Mydroilyn

Mydroilyn is a village in the parish of Llanarth, Ceredigion, Wales, situated along the B4342 road.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Mydroilyn

The name of the village is derived from the confluence of two streams in the village, the Mydr and the Oilyn. It is a popular area for tourist accommodation during the summer months. Numerous old cottages, farmhouses, stables and mills have been converted into holiday homes.[1] O

f particular note is the 200-year-old farmhouse Aelybryn, which once belonged to a Welsh landowner. [2] The village contains the Holy Trinity Church,[3] Mydroilyn Independent Chapel, dated to 1898 by David Davies, and Y Ficar Wesleyan Chapel, dated to 1849.

There is also a small 19th century corn-mill named Y Felin.[4]

References
  1. "Mydroilyn". Wales Directory. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. "Aelybryn". English Country Cottages. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. Committee, Commonwealth Shipping (1910). Report. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 315.
  4. Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Yale University Press. p. 543. ISBN 0-300-10179-1.


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