Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning. Cainnech of Aghaboe, Caradoc of Llancarfan and many other Welsh holy men studied there. Antiquarian Iolo Morganwg was born in the hamlet of Pen-onn near Llancarfan. At the 2001 census, the community had a population of 736.[1] In the 2011 census, the population was 747.[2] Most of the village lies within a conservation area designated by the local authority in 1971. Buildings listed as being of special historic interest include The Fox and Hounds public house, the former Bethlehem Chapel, the former Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel Cottage, Great House, Corner House and Llancarfan Primary School.[3] The community includes village of Moulton.
The spacious church, which in the later Middle Ages belonged to Gloucester Abbey, contains a stoup and interesting remains of a rood screen, now adapted as a reredos. In early 2008, architects discovered medieval wall painting in the church under layers of whitewash, including one of only three depictions of St George to be found in churches in Wales. Conservation-restoration work to reveal the entire mural was completed in 2013.[4]
The community forms half of the Rhoose electoral ward for elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
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Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish...
Catawg or Catwg; born c. 497 or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of...
Caradoc of Llancarfan (Welsh: Caradog o Lancarfan) was a Welsh cleric and author associated with Llancarfan in Wales in the 12th century. He is generally...
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys. The second "Life" of Gildas was written by Caradoc of Llancarfan, a friend of Geoffrey of Monmouth and his Norman patrons. However, Caradoc's...
Barry Tourist Railway, Medieval wall paintings in St Cadoc's Church, Llancarfan, Porthkerry Park, St Donat's Castle, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park and...
Welsh for "Iolo of Glamorgan". Edward Williams was born in Pen-onn, near Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan, and raised in the village of Flemingston (or Flimston;...
became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date). August...
Life of Saint Gildas, written in the early 12th century by Caradoc of Llancarfan, Arthur is said to have killed Gildas's brother Hueil and to have rescued...
the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2015. Caradoc (St. of Llancarfan) (1584). The Historie of Cambria. Archived from the original on 9 April...
(ecclesiastical settlement) at Llancarfan, where he was educated. The Vita Cadoci says that Elli succeeded Cadoc as Abbot of Llancarfan when Cadoc was preparing...
appears in the early 12th-century Latin Life of Gildas by Caradoc of Llancarfan. In that text, Melwas, king of the "Summer Country" (regnante in aestiua...
to have succeeded him, and Blethyn as given by Caradoc of Llancarfan. Caradoc of Llancarfan, in his Historie of Cambria (History of Wales), notes that...
celebration of divine service in church by day and by night. Cadoc founded Llancarfan in the latter part of the fifth century. He received the religious habit...
6th-century Britain. Not far from Llantwit Fawr stood Cadoc's foundation of Llancarfan, founded in the latter part of the fifth century. The son of Gwynllyw...
early 12th century by Caradoc of Llancarfan; of Saint Cadoc, written around 1100 or a little before by Lifris of Llancarfan; medieval biographies of Carannog...
Owain ap Cadwgan and his men The earliest account, that of Caradoc of Llancarfan, relates that "At the instigation of the Devil, he [Owain] was moved by...
of Saint-Quentin (141) Helinand of Froidmont (212) Gildas of Rhuys and Llancarfan (69) Monk Honorius of Autun (172) Monk Hugh of St. Victor, philosopher...
monks of Glastonbury Abbey in 1091. Welsh cleric and author Caradoc of Llancarfan, who wrote his Life of Gildas sometime between 1130 and 1150, recounts...
Conservative local councillor for Rhoose resigned over plans to shut Llancarfan's primary school, the February 2019 by-election returned former Welsh Conservatives...
Chronicle of the Princes (reprint ed.). London: Longman Green. Caradoc of Llancarfan Lloyd, John Edward (1959). "Cunedda Wledig, flourished 450, British prince"...
Carmarthenshire. Cadoc pursued Sawyl's warband after they stole food from Llancarfan Abbey. He found them sleeping under a tree and cut off their hair, before...
his immortality.; Vortigern mentioned) Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris of Llancarfan c. 1086 (Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but...
Barry Colwinston Cowbridge with Llanblethian Dinas Powys Ewenny Llanmaes Llancarfan Llandough Llandow Llanfair Llangan Llantwit Major Michaelston-le-Pit and...
Barry Colwinston Cowbridge with Llanblethian Dinas Powys Ewenny Llanmaes Llancarfan Llandough Llandow Llanfair Llangan Llantwit Major Michaelston-le-Pit and...
Barry Colwinston Cowbridge with Llanblethian Dinas Powys Ewenny Llanmaes Llancarfan Llandough Llandow Llanfair Llangan Llantwit Major Michaelston-le-Pit and...
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