Llanycrwys

Llanycrwys
Hamlet and community
Llanycrwys is located in Carmarthenshire
Llanycrwys
Llanycrwys
Location within Carmarthenshire
Community
  • Llanycrwys
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLlanwrda
Postcode districtSA19
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire

52°04′59″N 3°58′59″W / 52.083°N 3.983°W / 52.083; -3.983


Map of the community

Llanycrwys is a hamlet[1] and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated in the historical Cayo Hundred in the Union of Lampeter, it is situated near the River Cothi, and is separated from the parish of Caio by the Afon Twrch, which flows near the St. Davids church.[2][3] The church is isolated, and was restored in 1892 by C. H. Purday of Ewan Christian, who had a porch on the western side, with a timbered gable.[4]

In 1934, local schoolmaster Daniel Jenkins published Cerddi Ysgol Llanycrwys,[5] a collection of Welsh language poetry written by well-known Welsh poets for the celebration of St. David's Day at Llanycrwys between 1901 and 1920.

The community is bordered by the communities of Cynwyl Gaeo and Pencarreg, both being in Carmarthenshire; and by Llanfair Clydogau in Ceredigion.

  1. ^ "Llanycrwys, Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ Lewis, Samuel. "LLAN-Y-CRWYS [Llan-Crwys]". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, accessed via Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ^ Brayley, Edward Wedlake; Britton, John (1812). The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: North Wales. T. Maiden. p. 17.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Yale University Press. p. 342. ISBN 0-300-10179-1.
  5. ^ Knowles, Anne Kelly (1 February 1997). Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier. University of Chicago Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-226-44853-4.