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Clydau Parish Church

Clydau (sometimes written as Clydaï or Clydey) is a village, parish and community in the Hundred of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is a small group of houses around the parish church, 8 km southwest of Newcastle Emlyn and 13 km southeast of Cardigan. Although the village is tiny, the parish is large, encompassing several larger hamlets, the village of Tegryn and a large number of scattered farms. The community consists essentially of the parishes of Clydey and West Cilrhedyn (3 km to the east: of the church.

The meaning of the name is uncertain: the church is dedicated to St Clydaï, who was allegedly a daughter of Brychan, and the parish may originally have been Llanglydaï. The River Cneifa, a tributary of Afon Cych, divides the parish into two ancient divisions: Uwchlawrllan to the southeast and Islawrllan to the northwest. A remote upland area with no classified roads, the community is a bastion of the Welsh language.

Census population of community 1100 (1801): 1457 (1851): 1057 (1901): 829 (1951): 681 (2001). The percentage of Welsh speakers was: 99 (1891); 97 (1931); 91 (1971).

Clydau electoral ward also includes the community of Boncath and had a population (2001) of 1425, with 58% Welsh speakers.


 
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