Penrhyn-coch

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country=Wales
population=1,037 (2005)
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latitude=52.43901
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postcode_district=SY23
dial_code=01970
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Penrhyn-coch is a small Welsh village, in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, located between the Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into the Afon Clarach. The village is approximately 4½ miles (7 km) 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 Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research.

The novelist Niall Griffiths lives in Penrhyn-coch.

Facilities

Penrhyn-coch has a range of facilities including a school, post office, petrol station, social club, football pitch, 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 Forestry Commission site with hillwalking and picnic facilities.

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, [ [http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3030 "The Modern Antiquarian" | Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial (Banc Troed Rhiw Seiri Stone) (Standing Stone / Menhir)] ] is an ancient standing stone.

Penrhyn-coch was the birthplace of the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym and home to Lewis Morris.

External links

* [http://www.penrhyncoch.ceredigion.sch.uk/ Penrhyn-coch Community School]
* [http://www.footballclubsonline.net/penrhyncoch Penrhyncoch Football Club]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/history/pages/penrhyncoch_hall.shtml BBC - Mid Wales History - Penrhyncoch Village Hall]
* [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/recreation.nsf/LUWebDocsByKey/WalesCeredigionNoForestGogerddanAlltDdelGogerddanPicnicSite Forestry Commission - Gogerddan Allt Ddel]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3090904 www.geograph.co.uk : photographs of Penrhyn-coch and surrounding area]

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