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Penrhyn-coch

Village in Ceredigion, Wales

Summary

Village in Ceredigion, Wales

Field	Value
official_name	Penrhyn-coch
country	Wales
population	1,583
population_ref	(2009)
os_grid_reference	SN645842
coordinates
post_town	Aberystwyth
postcode_area	SY
postcode_district	SY23
dial_code	01970
unitary_wales	Ceredigion
lieutenancy_wales	Dyfed
constituency_welsh_assembly	Ceredigion
constituency_westminster	Ceredigion Preseli

Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach. The village is approximately 4+1/2 mi north-east of Aberystwyth.

The village has expanded since the 1970s with several housing estates being built. There are around 480 houses and an estimated population of 1,037 (2005). Most of the working population is employed in Aberystwyth or at the nearby Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological and Environmental Research.

Facilities

Penrhyn-coch has a range of facilities including a school, post office, petrol station, social club, tennis courts, children's playground, two places of worship St. John's parish church and Horeb Nonconformist chapel, three halls and a nursery. Just outside the village is a Natural Resources Wales (formerly Forestry Commission) site named Gogerddan Allt Ddel, with hillwalking and picnic facilities. Penrhyncoch F.C. of the Cymru North league play at Cae Baker in the centre of the village.

History

The village of Penrhyn-coch is a recent development; in the 18th century there was no village, the land formed part of the Gogerddan Estate owned by the Pryse family. The village started to develop at the end of the 18th century, but major growth did not occur until after the break-up of the Gogerddan Estate in the 1940s.

A memorial to the fallen of both World Wars who came from the village and surrounding area can be found outside the post office. The large block of quartz used for the memorial, according to a thesis published in 1939, is an ancient standing stone.

Notable residents

Penrhyn-coch was the birthplace of the great 14th-century poet Dafydd ap Gwilym and home for a period in the 1750s to hydrographer and scholar Lewis Morris. Revered national librarian David Jenkins lived there since childhood. It is the chosen home of novelist Niall Griffiths.

References

[https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3030 ''The Modern Antiquarian''. Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial (Banc Troed Rhiw Seiri Stone) (Standing Stone / Menhir)]

Wikipedia Source

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