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Llanilar

Village in Ceredigion, Wales

Summary

Village in Ceredigion, Wales

Field	Value
type	Village and community
country	Wales
static_image_name	Eglwys S. Ilar, Llanilar-by-OLU.jpg
static_image_caption	St Hilary's Church
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unitary_wales	Ceredigion
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Map of the community

Map of the community

Llanilar () is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4 km southeast of Aberystwyth. It is the eponym of the hundred of Ilar. The population at the 2011 census was 1,085. The community includes Rhos-y-garth.

Name

In Welsh placenames, many smaller communities are named for their parish (llan), having grown up around the local church. This town's name honours its patron saint, although it is disputed whether that is the church's presumed founder Ilar (Welsh for "Hilary"), (The confusion is not helped by Edward Williams's numerous forgeries which he included in the Iolo Manuscripts.)

History and amenities

There is a Roman site just to the east. The present village was built along the southern side of the scenic River Ystwyth and contains a parish church, Nonconformist chapel, primary school, GP Surgery, and garage. The village post office is now closed but a mobile van visits several times during the week.

St Hilary's Church (Eglwys Sant Ilar) has a large square tower, chancel, nave, and porch. In the porch is a hollowed stone for holding holy water and, above the door, there is an ancient beam with carved heads and animals inscribed with the words J.S. W.W.A. Church Wardens, 1683. Under the name "Church of St Ilar", it is a grade II* listed building.

Llanilar railway station on the line from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth opened in 1867 and closed in 1964 following severe flooding in the Llanilar area.

Llanilar Football Club play at Castle Hill Park in the village.

Notable people

Saint Ilar (6th C. AD), a putative Breton missionary and martyr
John Jones (1700–1770), clergyman and controversialist
Evan Lewis (1818–1901), clergyman, Dean of Bangor Cathedral from 1884
Dai Jones MBE (1943–2022), a Welsh broadcaster who lived and farmed in Llanilar

References

"Community population 2011".
listed as a member of [[Saint Cadfan. Cadfan]]'s mission and a [[Martyr of the Faith. martyr]] but now almost totally forgotten, or the more famous [[Hilary of Poitiers. Hilary]] who was bishop of [[Poitiers]] in [[France]] and is still celebrated by the [[Church in Wales. Anglican]] and [[Catholic Church in England and Wales
Church in Wales. "[http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/places/churches/?id=3133 St Hilary, Llanilar]". 2014.
Meyrick, Samuel Rush. (1907) ''The History of Cardiganshire''. Stephen Collard. pg. 284.
"Church of Saint Ilar, Llanilar". British Listed Buildings.

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