Melindwr

Community in Ceredigion, Wales

Human settlement in Wales

Melindwr

Ceredigion

CountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townAberystwythPostcode districtSY23Police Dyfed-Powys Fire Mid and West Wales AmbulanceWelsh

List of places: UK; Wales; Ceredigion

52°24′04″N 3°56′38″W / 52.401107°N 3.943803°W / 52.401107; -3.943803

Melindwr is a community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales, to the east of Aberystwyth and is 71.6 miles (115.1 km) from Cardiff and 173.8 miles (279.7 km) from London.^[1]^[2] In 2011 the population of Melindwr was 1070 with 54.7% of them able to speak Welsh.^[3]

Villages within this community include: Capel Bangor, Goginan, Pisgah, Cwmbrwyno, Pant-y-crug, Maes-bangor, Dollwen, Dol-y-pandy, Blaen-geuffordd and Pen-llwyn. The Afon Rheidol runs through the community.

Buwch a'r Llo Standing Stones (litr. "Cow and Calf") is a standing stone within the community; 52.4329°N 3.8815°W. Goginan mine, is a pre-Roan (Celtic) lead and zinc mine which is also situated in Melindwr community.^[4]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This stretches beyond the confines of Melindwr Community. The total population at the 2011 Census was 2020.^[5]

References

^ Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 May 2014
^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
^ Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats; Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 May 2014
^ http://www.mindat.org/ website; accessed 10 May 2014.
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 13 May 2015.