Place:Llandecwyn, Merionethshire, Wales

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Llandecwyn is a hamlet and a former parish near Penrhyndeudraeth in Gwynedd, Wales. Prior to 1974 it was in the historic county of Merionethshire, but it is now part of the community (or parish) of Penrhyndeudraeth.

The bulk of the population (between 40 and 50 houses) is now located around Cilfor close to the A496 road and served by Llandecwyn railway station, with a cluster of under ten houses around the road junction at Capel Brontecwyn half a mile up the hill to the southeast, and other isolated houses and farms scattered across the hillsides. Formerly, there was a sizeable population closer to the Anglican church of Saint Tecwyn and the lakes: Llyn Tecwyn Isaf and Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf. The church now stands alone, three-quarters of a mile due east of Cilfor.

The former parish of Llandecwyn stretched from the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd at Pont Briwet to the hills of the Rhinogs. It included the Bryn Bwbach road from Capel Brontecwyn to Eisingrug, a section of the main A496 road between Llandecwyn and Talsarnau, and another section of the A496 between Llandecwyn and Maentwrog. It also included land across the River Dwyryd: the area around Rhiw Goch and the road to Llanfrothen.

Research Tips

• A 1900 Ordnance Survey map of the historic county of Merionethshire is available on the A Vision of Britain through Time website. This shows all the old parishes within their urban and rural districts. Large farms and estates are also marked.