Cilcennin
Appearance
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Cilcennin | |
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Western approach to Cilcennin | |
Location within Ceredigion | |
OS grid reference | SN522602 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | SA48 |
Dialling code | 01570 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Cilcennin is a village in the community of Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, west Wales. The River Aeron is to the southwest.
History
[edit]Cilcennin is the site of a historic slaughter in 1210, when Owain Goch ap Gruffydd and three hundred men attacked and killed soldiers from a superior English and Welsh troops' body under the command of their uncle Maelgwn ap Rhys.[1]
The church in Cilcennin is dedicated to St. Cannen, and was rebuilt in the 19th century through public contributions.[1]
Gallery
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Tafarn Commercial Inn, Cilcennin
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Cilcennin church
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Cycle shop near Cilcennon
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lewis, Samuel (1840). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. London: Gilbert & Rivington. p. 431. ISBN 9780598739971.