Editing Llanrhystud

{{Short description|Village in Ceredigion, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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| static_image_caption        = Llanrhystud, Ceredigion Village and church from the bridleway to Castell-bach.
| country                     = Wales
| coordinates                 =
| os_grid_reference           = SN538697
| official_name               = Llanrhystud
| population                  = 966
| population_ref              = (2011)<ref name="pop">{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125965&c=SY23+5DS&d=16&e=62&g=6491492&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1431442783823&enc=1 |title=Community population 2011 |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>
| shire_district              = 
| region                      = 
| shire_county                = [[Ceredigion]]
| unitary_wales               = [[Ceredigion]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Dyfed]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion Preseli]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)|Ceredigion]]
| post_town                   = LLANRHYSTUD
| postcode_district           = SY23
| postcode_area               = SY
| dial_code                   = 01974 
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|1=[[File:Wales Ceredigion Community Llanrhystyd map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
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'''Llanrhystud''' ({{IPA|cy|ɬanˈr̥əstɪd}}) is a seaside village, [[community (Wales)|community]] and [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral division]] on the [[A487 road]] in the [[county]] of [[Ceredigion]], in Wales, 9 miles (14&nbsp;km) south of [[Aberystwyth]], and 7 miles (11&nbsp;km) north of [[Aberaeron]]. It takes its name from an early Welsh saint. The community includes the village of Llanddeiniol.

The ''[[Cofiwch Dryweryn]]'' stone wall (meaning: "Remember Tryweryn") lies on the A487 a mile north of the village.

==History==
The village is named after the early Christian Welsh St Rhystyd, to whom the local [[Church in Wales]] (Anglican) church is dedicated.<ref name="church" /> Rhystyd was among missionaries who arrived from Armorica in the 6th century.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=William |last=Edwards |title=LLanrhystud |journal=Transactions of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society |date=1936 |volume=11 |page=63 |url=https://ceredigionhistory.wales/transactions-of-the-cardiganshire-antiquarian-society-vol-11/ |publisher=Gomerian Press |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>

According to a leaflet in the Ceredigion Archives:

{{blockquote|The present church structure dates from 1852 and took the place of an earlier church, signs of which may still be seen in the West end, under the Belfry. This old door, with the step leading down to it, was only discovered in 1958. ... The lower part of the Belfry is thought to have been laid in the 14th century if not before.<ref name="church">{{Cite web |url=http://www.llanrhystud.co.uk/llanrhystud-church-history/ |title=Llanrhystud Church History |date=9 December 2016 |publisher=Llanrhystud Online |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>}} 

The first mention of an [[incumbent]] is of Griffith Powell, who "on July 24th 1582 was a witness before the [[Court Leet]] at Aberystwyth". The document adds that Powell had been "in 1544 appointed [[Priest in charge|priest-in-charge]] of Llanrhystud at the yearly stipend of five pounds".<ref name="church" />

A [[Llanrhystud Castle|castle]] once existed nearby.

==Amenities==
The village has a primary school, Ysgol Wirfoddol Myfenydd.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.llanrhystud.co.uk/ysgol-wirfoddol-myfenydd-primary-school-llanrhystud/ |title=Ysgol Wirfoddol Myfenydd Primary School – Llanrhystud |date=2016-12-12 |website=Llanrhystud Online |language=en-GB |access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref> It also has a memorial hall, which contains a memorial table to the local fallen in the two World Wars.

The village lies on the [[Ceredigion Coast Path]], part of the [[Wales Coast Path]].

There is a [[Pub|public house]], the Black Lion, which also serves meals.<ref name="black_lion">{{Cite web |url=http://www.llanrhystud.co.uk/llanrhystud-pub-the-black-lion-hotel/ |title=The Black Lion Llanrhystud Pub Offers a Range of Meals & Drinks |date=12 December 2016 |publisher=Llanrhystud Online |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>

The village was once served by [[Llanrhystyd Road railway station]], on the now dismantled [[Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line]], nearly 7 miles (11.3&nbsp;km) up the [[A487|A487 road]] at the larger village of [[Llanfarian]].

==Population==
The village had a population of 646 as of the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W3700098.|title = Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics}}</ref> and the wider community, 966.<ref name="pop" /> The electoral ward stretches beyond the confines of Llanrhystud to include the village of [[Llangwyryfon]]. It has a total population of 1,562.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanrhystyd-w05000384#sthash.7fYf2kAi.dpbs |title=Ward population 2011 |access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[David Evans (Archdeacon of St Asaph)|David Evans]] (died 1910), [[Archdeacon]] of [[St Asaph]]
*[[David Edward Lewis]] (1866–1941), businessman and philanthropist in Australia

==Gallery==
<gallery>File:Cardigan Bay Beach scene - geograph.org.uk - 22421.jpg|Beach near Llanrhystud
File:Ford at Llanrhystyd - geograph.org.uk - 42178.jpg|Ford over the [[Afon Wyre|River Wyre]] (now closed)
File:Black Lion, Llanrhystud.jpg|Black Lion pub
File:Llanrhystud Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 520675.jpg|Memorial Hall
File:Eglwys Sant Rhystud, Llanrhystud, Ceredigion 03.JPG|The church of St Rhystud
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.llanrhystud.co.uk Llanrhystud Village Information]
*[https://ceredigionhistory.wales/llanrhystud/ Llanrhystud – Ceredigion Historical Society]
*[http://www.llanrhystud.co.uk/about.shtml Llanrhystud – Extract from "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" by Samuel Lewis 1833]

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