Llangybi, Ceredigion

For other uses, see Llangybi.

Llangybi is a village and community in the south of Ceredigion, Wales. It is located on the A485 between Tregaron to the north and Lampeter to the south, a mile and a half north of the village of Betws Bledrws, which is in the wider community. Silian is another village located within the community.

Llangybi
Llangybi Location within Ceredigion
Population	653 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SN578478
Principal area	Ceredigion
Preserved county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lampeter
Postcode district	SA48
Dialling code	01570
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Ceredigion Preseli
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Ceredigion
List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52.1592°N 4.0359°W / 52.1592; -4.0359 Map of the community

The River Dulas flows past the village and joins the River Teifi near Lampeter.

Llangybi is one of three villages in Wales named after Saint Cybi.^[2] The local church is also dedicated to Saint Cybi, which currently lies within the deanery of Lampeter of the diocese of Saint David's, and was at one time in the alternate patronage of the Earl of Lisburne and Lord Carrington.

Llangybi railway station was located on the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line, closing in February 1965.

Derry Ormond Tower

The Derry Ormond Tower is situated very prominently on a spur of hill between the two minor valleys of the Afon Denys and Nant Dyfel and overlooking the Dulas valley. It is said to have been built by local unemployed for the squire of Derry Ormond House. It is a grade II* structure but currently in poor condition with missing stairs.^[3]

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name also exists. This stretches beyond the boundaries of the Community with a total population of 1,484.^[4]

Notable residents

• David Davis 1745–1827), Welsh minister and poet, bardic name Dafis Castellhywel, was born at Goetre farmhouse
• Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), a Welsh historical novelist, local historian and biographer; raised in the village of Derry Ormond
• Kathryn Jenkins (1961–2009), a scholar of Welsh language and culture, lived and died in Llangybi

References

1. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 12 May 2015.
2. T. D. Breverton, The Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndŵr, 2001), d.g. Cybi.
3. "Derry Ormond Tower, Llangybi". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
4. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 May 2015.