Llanfarian
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Llanfarian (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a village, community and electoral ward in the county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth.
Llanfarian village lies above the banks of the river Ystwyth in the Ystwyth Valley. The community – which includes the villages of Rhydyfelin and Glanyrafon, and the hamlets of Chancery and Moriah – had a population of 1,541 at the 2011 census.
Amenities
Llanfarian is at the western edge of the Ystwyth Trail.[1]
Llanfarian has one primary school, Ysgol Llanfarian. A school at Chancery is referred to in a World War II children's evacuation account.[2]
Historical notes
The now disused and dismantled Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line stopped here at Llanrhystud Road station.[3]
Government
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Notable residents
- Matthew Vaughan Davies of Tanybwlch, landowner and politician
- Peter Walter Davies of the Welsh Kite Trust[4]
References
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External links
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- Photographs of Llanfarian – Ceredigion County Council, archived in March 2016
- Dismantled railway bridge
- Video clips of old railway in action
- Ystwyth Trail route
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