Llanychaer (English: church on the Aer, a tributary of the River Gwaun) is a small rural village and parish in the community of Cwm Gwaun, north Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the port of Fishguard.
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OS grid reference | SM9835 |
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Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Fishguard |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
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Llanychaer was in the ancient hundred of Cemais. Early in the 19th century the population was 176 and only half the land in the parish was enclosed.[1] Later in the century, it was described as hilly, much of which was pasture, with the village consisting of a few farmhouses.[2]
Glandwr Baptist chapel in the village was built in 1894.[3] The Reverend Carl D Williams, a well-known preacher in Wales, had been the minister for 28 years (in all, a minister for 50 years) until his retirement in 2010.[4]
There are two bridges crossing the Gwaun in the north of the parish: at Cilrhedyn and Llanychaer. A disused mill close to the latter is recorded at the end of the 19th century.[5]
The parish is in the Diocese of St Davids, absorbed with two other parishes into the larger Parish of Fishguard of the Church in Wales.[6] Llanychaer (as Llanachaier) appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.[7] It is rural, with scattered settlements.[8]
The parish church of St David dates back at least to the 12th century with evidence of earlier use as a place of worship, possibly as early as the 6th century. The present church was completely rebuilt on earlier foundations about 1876.[9]