Nantmor

Nantmor
The chapel at Nantmor
Nantmor Location withinGwynedd
OS grid reference	SH604460
Community	Beddgelert
Principal area	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAERNARFON
Postcode district	LL55
Dialling code	01766
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Nantmoris ahamletwhich lies about 1½ miles to the south of the village ofBeddgelertinGwynedd,Wales.

The current spelling of the name Nantmor is more modern – most old documentsfrom the 16th to the 18th century record the name asNanmor.

It lies close to the scenicAberglaslyn Passand theWelsh Highland Railway.Nantmor stationhas re-opened, following a 2007 vote in its favour by local residents.

A car park run by theNational Trustis a popular starting point forwalksup to Cwm Bychan or along theAfon Glaslyn.

The village is the home ofDafydd Nanmor,a renowned 15th centurybard(died c. 1490) who took his name from the hamlet, as didRhys Nanmorafter him. Dafydd Nanmor himself was possibly a bardic student ofRhys Goch,who lived at neighbouring Hafod Garegog.

Filmed in Nantmor in 1957, theInn of the Sixth Happinessis a 1958 British 20th Century Fox film based on the true story ofGladys Aylward,a tenacious British maid, who became a missionary in China during the tumultuous years leading up to theSecond World War.

Carneddi, a nearby hill farm, was the home ofRuth Janette Ruck,who published a trilogy of books about her experiences in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, namelyPlace of Stones,Hill Farm StoryandAlong Came a Llama.In 1980 she featured in theHTVAbout Britainseries in an episode called "The Lady and the Llama", which featured a year on the farm.

External links

• Biography of Dafydd Nanmor
• Capel Peniel Nantmor
• www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Nantmor and surrounding area