Ystrad Aeron
| Ystrad Aeron | |
|---|---|
 St Michael's Church, Ystrad Aeron | |
 View of the village showing the Vale of Aeron Inn | |
| OS grid reference | SN525565 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LAMPETER |
| Postcode district | SA48 |
| Dialling code | 01570 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Ystrad Aeronis a small village west ofFelinfachon theA482betweenLampeterandAberaeron,Ceredigion,Wales.It is part of the constituentcommunityofLlanfihangel Ystrad.
Facilities
[edit]The church, St Michael's, is in the centre of Ystrad Aeron. It survived as a medieval church until 1877, when it was entirely rebuilt.[1] Theatr Felinfachis located just outside the village, as is the Felin Fach Creamery.[1]
Other facilities in the village include a garage, a shop, a farmers’ co-op, a caravan park, and a pub,The Vale of Aeron.[2]Neuadd Goffa Felinfach Memorial Hall serves both Ystrad Aeron and Felinfach villages.
TheLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railwayline ran through the village.Felin Fach railway stationclosed in 1951 to passenger services. Initially it was named Ystrad. General freight ceased in 1963, and milk traffic in 1973.[3]
Dylan Thomas
[edit]The Vale of Aeron pub was frequented byDylan Thomasand his wife,Caitlin Thomas,when they lived at Plas Gelli in nearbyTalsarnin the early 1940s. The landlord then was Thomas Vaughan, whose son has described how Dylan and Caitlin used to walk across the fields to visit the pub.[4]Dylan and Caitlin’s Pub Walk: Talsarn to Ystrad Aeronis published in theDylan Thomas Trail.[5]The pub, now run as a villagecooperative,received a £300,000 grant in 2023 to enable renovations and support its long-term future.[6]
John Davies
[edit]The bookbinder and poet, John Davies (Shôn Dafydd y Crydd) 1722–1799, is buried in St Michael's graveyard. His grave is directly behind the wooden bench by the church door. The inscription on the grave reads:
"Beneath this stone lies John alone
Cordwainer,scribe, Musician,
Poet sublime in blank and Rhime,
Devine and Politician. "
John Davies’ diary with poems for 1 January 1796 to 19 December 1799 is in theNational Library of Wales.It is available online.[7]There is also a summary of its contents available,[8]as well as two newspaper reports[9]and a journal article.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ab"St Michael's Church, Llanfihangel Ystrad (420296)".Coflein.RCAHMW.
- ^"Old pubs in Ystrad Aeron Ceredigion A Pint of History, Please".pint-of-history.wales.
- ^M.R.C. Price (1995)The Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway,Oakwood Press
- ^D.N. Thomas (2000)Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow,pp61-62, Seren.ISBN1-85411-275-9
- ^D.N.Thomas (2002)The Dylan Thomas Trail,p91-92, Y Lolfa
- ^Bartholomew, Jem (25 September 2023)."Historic Welsh pub loved by Dylan Thomas receives £300,000 grant".The Guardian.Retrieved25 September2023.
- ^"National Library of Wales Viewer".hdl.handle.net.
- ^"John Davies Diary"(PDF).archives.library.wales.Retrieved3 June2021.
- ^Cledlyn Davies (1936)Sion Dafydd y Crydd,Welsh Gazette,27 February, andA Cobbler Diarist,Cambrian News,1 May.
- ^M. Freeman (2016)“Wife on the Moor Raising Turf”: The Diary of John Davies, Ystrad Aeron, 1796-1799,Ceredigionvol.17. no. 4.
External links
[edit]- www.geograph.co.uk: photos of Ystrad Aeron and surrounding area
- Theatre Felinfach website
- Ystrad Aeron War Memorials
- Neuadd Goffa Felinfach Memorial Hall
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