Penrhyn-coch

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Penrhyn-coch
Penrhyn-coch shown within the United Kingdom
Population	1037 (2005)
OS grid reference	SN645842
Principal area	Ceredigion
Ceremonial county	Dyfed
Constituent country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	SY23
Dialling code	01970
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
European Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Ceredigion
List of places: UK • Wales • Ceredigion

Coordinates: 52°26′20″N 3°59′40″W / 52.43901, -3.99435

Penrhyn-coch is a small Welsh village, in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, located between the Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into the Afon Clarach. The village is approximately 4½ miles (7 km) north-east of Aberystwyth.

The village has expanded since the 1970s with several housing estates being built. There are around 480 houses and an estimated population of 1037 (2005). Most of the working population is employed in Aberystwyth or at the nearby Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research.

The novelist Niall Griffiths lives in Penrhyn-coch.

1 Facilities
2 History
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Facilities

Penrhyn-coch has a range of facilities including a school, post-office, petrol station, social club, football pitch, tennis courts, children's playground, two places of worship (St. John's Church & Horeb Chapel), 3 halls and a nursery. Just outside the village is a Forestry Commission site with walking and picnic facilities.

[edit] History

The village of Penrhyn-coch is a recent development; in the 18th century there was no village, the land formed part of the Gogerddan Estate, owned by the Pryse family. The village started to develop at the end of the 18th century, but major growth did not occur until after the break-up of the Gogerddan Estate in the 1940s.

A memorial to the fallen of both World Wars who came from the village and surrounding area can be found outside the Post Office. The large block of quartz used for the memorial, according to a thesis published in 1939^[1] is an ancient standing stone.

Penrhyn-coch was the birthplace of the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym and home to Lewis Morris.