Ysbyty Ifan
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 St John's Church at Ysbyty Ifan |
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Ysbyty Ifan shown within Conwy |
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| Population | 196 (in 2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SH8448 |
| Community | Ysbyty Ifan |
| Principal area | Conwy |
| Ceremonial county | Clwyd |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BETWS-Y-COED |
| Postcode district | LL24 |
| Dialling code | 01690 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Aberconwy |
| Welsh Assembly | Aberconwy |
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Ysbyty Ifan is a small but historic village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. A bridge over the, still small, Afon Conwy is in the village. The population in 2011 was 196 in 76 households (29 household spaces had no usual residents), over 79% of the population were able to speak Welsh.[1]
History
Ysbyty Ifan, until about 1190, was known as Dôl Gynwal (Welsh for Gynwal's Meadow). Then, it came to the attention of the Knights of St John, the Order of Hospitallers, who set up a hospital to care for pilgrims and also to be a hostel for them on their journeys (Ysbyty Ifan means hospital of St John).[2] Ysbyty Ifan was on the ancient pilgrimage routes, for example, from Bangor Is Coed (Bangor-on-Dee) to Holyhead and Bardsey Island and the Cistercian Way between Aberconwy and Cymer.[3][4] It is centrally located among a significant number of important pilgrimage destinations of the Middle Ages, see the map which only shows some of them.
In the 15th century, the Red Bandits of Mawddwy used Ysbyty Ifan as a hideout, taking advantage of the Knights' privilege of sanctuary.[3][4]
The hospital was abolished in 1540 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; the Church of St John is built on the site of the old hospital, and it contains a number of remnants that tell of the area’s history.[4] Effigies in the church are said to depict Rhys Fawr ap Maredudd (fl. 1485-1510), a local nobleman who served Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth, his wife Lowri, and his son Robert, chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey.[3][4]
Notable associations
- The poet William Cynwal was buried in Ysbyty Ifan in about 1588. He was a disciple of Gruffudd Hiraethog and took part in the second Caerwys eisteddfod in 1568.[5]
- Tomos Prys, sailor, buccaneer and poet, was buried in Ysbyty Ifan on 23 August 1634.[6]
- Abraham Lincoln's great, great grandfather, John Morris, lived in Bryn Gwyn, a farmhouse in Ysbyty Ifan which is now derelict. His daughter emigrated to Pennsylvania in the United States with a group of Quakers in the 17th century.[7]
- Siôn Dafydd Berson (c.1675-1769), poet, clog maker and lay reader, was buried in Ysbyty Ifan cemetery in 1769. Dafydd is mainly remembered as the person who taught Twm o'r Nant to read and write.[8] The inscription on his grave, by Twm o'r Nant, says "Galar, i'r ddaear ddu - aeth athraw..." (Oh grief, into the black earth - goes the teacher...)
- Gwallter Mechain, the Welsh bard, was made curate of Ysbyty Ifan in 1799.[9]
Today
Ysbyty Ifan has a primary school with two class rooms and a cafeteria. The village also has a bakery shop, a post office, a milk shop and a rugby union pitch with a children's playground.
The Ysbyty Ifan Estate is the largest single estate looked after by the National Trust. The area of the estate is over 8,000 hectares and includes moorland, river valleys and hill farms. The Migneint is an area of moorland and bog designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[10] The Trust is responsible for a number of holiday cottages within the estate including Foel-Gopyn, which is off the grid.
There are also a number of other places of interest near Ysbyty Ifan,[10] so the area attracts a large number of visitors including walkers,[11] especially during the summer months.
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Ysbyty Ifan
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Bridge over the Conwy
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Effigies, Ysbyty Ifan - geograph.org.uk - 1170458.jpg
Effigies in the church of Rhys Fawr and Lowri, and their son Robert
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Bryn Gwyn
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Ysbyty Ifan watermill
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Ysbyty Ifan Primary School
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Foel-Gopyn Cottage
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Ysbyty Ifan timeline
- A Vision of Britain Through Time
- British Listed Buildings
- Clwyd Churches
- Genuki
- Geograph
- Office for National Statistics
- Photograph of Bryn Gwyn
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