Llanarth, Ceredigion
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Llanarth is a small village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is on the A487 road and is about Script error: No such module "convert". from both Aberaeron and New Quay. The community includes the village of Synod Inn.
Church
The parish church of St David's, once dedicated to St Fylltyg, is a Grade II* listed building. It was renovated in 1872.[1] A stone in the churchyard is sometimes pointed out as bearing the Devil's footprint. According to legend, he was trying to steal one of the church's bells one night but woke the vicar, who drove him off. He left the footprint as he fled.[2]
Amenities
Llanarth has a petrol station, post office, a primary school, a public house, a butcher, a convenience store and a garden centre.
Notable residents
- John Evans (died 1779), born at Meini Gwynion, curate of Portsmouth.
- Daniel Lewis Lloyd (1843–1899), schoolteacher and cleric, Bishop of Bangor, buried in Llanarth.
- Dafydd Jones (born 1979), Welsh rugby international and Llanelli Scarlets player was brought up in Llanarth.[3]
References
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- ↑ Dafydd Jones at BBC Mid Wales, September 2006. Accessed 22 October 2012.
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External links
- History of Llanarth
- geograph.co.uk, photos of Llanarth and surrounding area
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