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Cilrhedyn

Village and parish in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, Wales

Field	Value
country	Wales
coordinates
official_name	Cilrhedyn
community_wales	Clydau
community_wales1	Cenarth
unitary_wales	Pembrokeshire
unitary_wales1	Carmarthenshire
constituency_westminster	Ceredigion Preseli
constituency_westminster1	Caerfyrddin
constituency_welsh_assembly	Preseli Pembrokeshire
constituency_welsh_assembly1	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
os_grid_reference	SN277350

Cilrhedyn is a hamlet and parish in the counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the hill country to the south of the Teifi valley. The Afon Cych divides it into two unequal parts: West Cilrhedyn, Pembrokeshire and East Cilrhedyn, Carmarthenshire. The parish church is in West Cilrhedyn.

Name

The placename is Welsh, meaning "bracken nook". The area is largely Welsh-speaking. The parish appeared on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire as Kilryden.

West Cilrhedyn

The parish of West Cilrhedyn (Pembrokeshire) is now part of the community of Clydau. It had an area of 887 Ha, and consisted entirely of scattered farms. Its census populations were: 215 (1801): 257 (1851): 190 (1901): 127 (1951): 105 (1981). The percentage Welsh speakers was 100 (1891); 97 (1931); 94 (1971).

East Cilrhedyn

The parish of East Cilrhedyn (Carmarthenshire) was merged with the parish of Cenarth in 1934, and it is now part of the community of Cenarth. It had an area of 2238 Ha, and included the villages of Capel Iwan and Cwmorgan . Its census populations were: 517 (1801): 806 (1851): 691 (1901): 570 (1931). The percentage Welsh speakers was 100 (1891); 99 (1931).

References

Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, {{ISBN. 0-907158-58-7, p 363
"Penbrok comitat". British Library.

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