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Bayvil

Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Field	Value
country	Wales
static_image	Bayvil church - geograph.org.uk - 391061.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	St Andrew's church
coordinates
official_name	Bayvil
community_wales	Nevern
unitary_wales	Pembrokeshire
constituency_westminster	Preseli Pembrokeshire
constituency_welsh_assembly	Preseli Pembrokeshire
post_town	Newport, Pembrokeshire
postcode_area	SA
os_grid_reference	SN1002640664

Bayvil () is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the north of the county, 5 km east of Newport. It is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish includes most of the village of Felindre Farchog. Together with the parishes of Monington, Moylgrove and most of Nevern, it constitutes the community of Nevern.

History

The name may derive from Norman-French Beauvil, a "pleasant settlement". It is in the heart of Welsh-speaking Pembrokeshire, in the Welsh cantref of Cemais.

The parish appears on a 1578 map of Pembrokeshire. It had, in 1844, a population of 130 in an area of 1350 acre. It included the more developed village of Felindre Farchog and part of the estate of Cwmgloyne, owned by the Lloyd family, and which gave its name to the former Cwmgloyne Arms in the nearby settlement of Crosswell. The estate was broken up to be sold in 1899 and part was sold for a total of £17,000. In 1909 the remainder, including the Bayvil portion, 356 acres, reached a bid of £6,550 before being withdrawn. Parts of the estate were bought by tenants.

Parish church

The parish church of St Andrew was built in the early 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building, being a scarce rural example of an Anglican church of the period. It is built from rubble stone, and has a bellcote and slate roof. The font is 12th century. There is a memorial to T. Lloyd dating from about 1850. Having been closed for a period, with the roof being repaired in 1905, the church was reopened for services in 1908. It is now disused and looked after by the Friends of Friendless Churches.

Demographics

Its census populations were: 102 (1801): 124 (1851): 67 (1901): 75 (1951): 44 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 100 (1891): 96 (1931): 70 (1971).

References

Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, {{ISBN. 0-907158-58-7, p 27
"Penbrok comitat". British Library.
"GENUKI: Bayvil".
"GENUKI Parish map no.21".
(27 September 1889). "Eglwyswrw: Great property sale". The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser.
(18 June 1909). "Cwmgloyne Estate under the hammer". The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser.
{{National Historic Assets of Wales
"Friends of Friendless Churches: Bayvil".
(2 April 1908). "Bayvil: Re-opening services". The County Echo.
"Church of St.andrew,4583 (N.side) Bayvil/Beifil, Nevern". British Listed Buildings.

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