Llanrhychwyn is a hamlet in Conwy county borough, Wales. It lies in the Conwy valley, less than a mile south of Trefriw, and a mile north-west of Llanrwst. Today neighbouring Trefriw is a village with a population of around 600, but in the time of Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn the Great), and up to the early 19th century, Llanrhychwyn was larger than Trefriw, which consisted simply of "a few houses here and there" (quote from Hanes Trefriw, by Morris Jones). Indeed, even today both Trefriw and Llanrhychwyn lie within the parish of Llanrhychwyn. The area around Llanrhychwyn had a population of only 178 in 2011.[1]
The adjacent Gwydir Forest would have provided work for many of the inhabitants. A number of small slate quarries and metal mines were located in the forest, and the heyday of metal mining here was between 1850 and 1919. The forest also provided wood, and timber, slate and metal ores were transported from the forest to the quay at neighbouring Trefriw, from where it was shipped downstream to the coast.
Llanrhychwyn takes its name from Saint Rhychwyn (sometimes recorded as Rhochwyn), son of Helig ap Glannog, the prince who lived at Llys Helig before it was inundated by the sea, and now the subject of myth and legend. Rhychwyn had several brothers who established churches and became saints, including Celynin, who established the old church at Llangelynnin, near Henryd, further down the valley.
^UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llanrhychwyn population (W00000987)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
Llanrhychwyn is a hamlet in Conwy county borough, Wales. It lies in the Conwy valley, less than a mile south of Trefriw, and a mile north-west of Llanrwst...
forge which provided quarry tools. The community includes the hamlet of Llanrhychwyn. Most of the village lies within the Snowdonia National Park, the boundary...
The valley is home to two of the oldest churches in Wales, those at Llanrhychwyn and Llangelynin, which respectively date back to the 11th and 12th centuries...
Llanrwst in the Conwy valley, the lane passing through the hamlet of Llanrhychwyn, or from the road through the Gwydir Forest. Access is not particularly...
19th century the estate largely comprised the parishes of Dolwyddelan, Llanrhychwyn, Trefriw, and Gwydir, totalling some 55 square miles (140 km2). Much...
parishes of Dolwyddelan (where the Wynns also had an ancestral home), Llanrhychwyn, Trefriw, and Gwydir, totalling some 55 square miles (140 km2). This...
Rhidian & Illtyd 1 Llanrhidian St Rhwydrus 1 Llanrhwydrus St Rhychwyn 1 Llanrhychwyn St Rhyddlad 1 Llanrhyddlad St Rhystyd 1 Llanrhystyd St Sadwrn 3 Henllan...
September (trad.) Virgin Rhwydrys 1 November (trad.) Rhychwyn 5th century Llanrhychwyn 12 June (trad.) Brother of Celynin Sadwrn 6th century 29 November (trad...
District, and in 1904 to create Capel Curig parish. Absorbed by Llanrhychwyn in 1905. Llanrhychwyn: Lost area in 1904 to create Capel Curig parish. Absorbed...
Rhychwyn was a 6th century saint of North Wales and the patron saint of Llanrhychwyn. Rhychwyn (sometimes recorded as Rhochwyn), was a son of Helig ap Glannog...
Retrieved 4 April 2019. Cadw. "Llanrhychwyn Church (3211)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019. "Llanrhychwyn Church". British Listed...
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a few miles south of Llanaber. Rhychwyn, the saint associated with Llanrhychwyn church. Bodfan, to whom the church at Llanaber, in Gwynedd, is dedicated...
farmers breeding cattle and sheep on a small holding in the parish of Llanrhychwyn in the Conwy Valley. In her youth, she was a member of Llanrwst Young...
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