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Dist:0.2km<br/>On the outskirts of Llechryd: a textbook example of vegetable growing that inspires admiration and envy.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>There are different etymologies available for the name Llechryd, one being 'slate ford' - and indeed the original settlement was clustered around the river. However there was also dispersed settlement along the road leading towards Cardigan, and a good deal of C20 infill. This is one such small housing estate, going by the name of Waungiach - Snipe Meadow.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Substantial house with 4 acres and a drive was for sale when the photograph was taken. It's at the edge of Llechryd, on the A484 road leading towards Cardigan.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Roadside lodge house to Noyadd Wilym/William's Hall a big house standing further back in its own grounds. On the old map the conventional spelling Neuadd is used. It seems Noyadd represents the local, 'Cardi' pronunciation.
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Dist:0.9km<br/>The skeletal fingers of this dead tree, seen from the A484, seem to gesture towards the distant hill of Banc-y-warren near Pen Parc north of Cardigan where a gibbet once stood.
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Dist:0.9km<br/>Charming mosaic dated 2000 and set in the north wall of the village school. It depicts the children's faces and the birds and beasts to be found in the vicinity, including kingfisher, sewin, otter and even someone in a coracle. The motto means 'Effort and Success'.
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Dist:0.9km<br/>Modern primary school beside the main road in this long strung-out village. The banner at the front refers to a literacy scheme 'We have Read a Million Words'.
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Dist:1.1km west<br/>It's possible to have guided canoe trips or to hire kayaks to explore this beautiful stretch of river.
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Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>Non-conformist chapel with the date 1829, but originally established in 1791.
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Dist:1.2km west<br/>A wonderful haven for wildlife away from buildings, farming, walkers and dogs.
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>The stable block and service wing of Castell Malgwyn are of a later date than the mansion but both are built with local Teifi valley slate from the quarries nearby. The river runs directly behind this block and would have been used to deliver the building material.
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>There is historical evidence of an important dwelling here as far back as C14, or even before, but the owner of a nearby tinplate works, Sir Benjamin Hammet, acquired the old estate in 1792 and built this three storey Georgian style house and the nearby mid 19th century stable block and service wing. The mansion is now a hotel and the stable buildings and service buildings converted to tourist accommodation. A small park, entered through mid 19th century gates with flanking lodges of similar date, lies immediately to the east of the house, and wooded pleasure grounds flank the Afon Teifi to the north and west.
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>Georgian house by the Teifi near Llechryd.
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>A small stone bridge, almost invisible under its ivy cladding, spans the remnant of Sir Benjamin Hammet's canal that supplied water to his late-C18 tinplate works close by. The rest of the canal has long gone and the drive to Castell Malgwyn swings across at this point towards the front of the house. The little river Morgenau joins from the left and empties into the Teifi to the right.
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>Lilias Gower (1877-1959) was an outstanding croquet player in an age when women rarely had the chance to demonstrate sporting prowess. She was brought up at Castell Malgwyn and learnt to play at the Newcastle Emlyn courts after reading a book on the game. Entering her first major tournament at Budleigh Salterton as a novice in 1898 she caused a sensation by sweeping the board, and beating male players! It is thought that her father, Erasmus Gower, had this full-size croquet lawn made for her after this success. Lily Gower became Lady Champion of England the following year and the next two (1899, 1900, 1901). She married another croquet player, Reginald Beaton, and had two sons but carried on playing top-level croquet all her life, even into her eighties. Read more about this remarkable sportswoman here http://www.mauicroquetclub.org/people/LilyGower/ChampionessOfEngland.htm and here http://www.croquetrecords.com/swfcroquet/SWAN/gower/index.html Incidentally, Lily is not the only major sporting figure to belong to the family - the cricketer David Gower is related.
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