Infobox saint name Saint Cybi birth date death date 6th century feast day 8 November br 13 August in Cornwall venerated in Anglican Communion br Roman Catholic Church image imagesize caption birth place Cornwall , England death place titles beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date Pre Congregation canonized place canonized by attributes patronage Cuby, Cornwall br Landulph, Cornwall br Llangibby , Monmouthshire , Wales br Llangybi, Cardigan, Ceredigion Cardigan , Wales br Tregony , Cornwall br Kenwyn , Cornwall major shrine suppressed date issues Saint Cybi in Welsh language Welsh or Saint Cuby in Cornish language Cornish was a 6th century Cornish people Cornish bishop , saint ... variant Middle Ages medieval lives . Life in Cornwall According to the Life of Saint Cybi , this saint ... home to find that his father was dead and he was King of Cornwall. Cybi politely declined the throne ..., as Caer Gybi fort Caer Gybi , Cybi s Fort on Holy Island, Anglesey Holy Island thence called Ynys Gybi , Cybi s Island . He founded a large and important monastery there. Cybi was a great friend ... complexion led to him being known as Cybi Felyn or Cybi the Tanned . He is also said to have attended ... station on the Red Wharf Bay branch line near Pentraeth , was named so as Cybi and Seiriol are said to have met there. Cybi died on 8 November 555 and was buried in Capel y Bedd the Chapel of the Grave ... of Welsh Saints . ISBN 1 903529 01 8 Reflist External links http yba.llgc.org.uk en s CYBI APS 0490.html?query Llangibby&field content Cybi on National Library of Wales Dictionary of Welsh Biography http www.stcybi.co.uk The Friends of St. Cybi http www.maryjones.us ctexts cybi2.html Celtic Literature Collective Vita Sancti Kebii Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cybi ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH Category 555 deaths Cybi Category Cornish saints Cybi Category Monarchs of Cornwall Cybi ... Cybi Category 6th century Christian saints ca Cybi de Cornualla cy Cybi es Cybi ... more details
Caeau Llety cybi is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion , west Wales . See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion UK SSSI stub Ceredigion geo stub coord missing Wales ... more details
Caer Gybi may refer to Caer Gybi fort , the small Roman fort and site of Saint Cybi s monastery at Holyhead, Wales the Welsh name for Holyhead , the settlement which grew up around the fort geodis ... more details
Llangybi can refer to one of several villages named after Saint Cybi , their reputed founder. In Wales Llangybi, Ceredigion Llangybi, Gwynedd Llangybi, Monmouthshire geodis cy Llangybi ... more details
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Seiriol was an early 6th century saint, who created a cell at Penmon place Penmon Priory on Anglesey , off the coast of north Wales . He later moved to Ynys Seiriol Puffin Island, Anglesey Puffin Island . He was a son of King Owain Ddantgwyn Owain Danwyn of Rhos north Wales Rhos . According to legend, he and Cybi Saint Cybi were good friends, and would meet weekly near Llanerchymedd , at the Clorach wells. Saint Cybi would walk from Holyhead , facing the rising sun in the morning and setting sun in the evening. Saint Cybi was known as Cybi Felyn Cybi the Tanned , as he was tanned during his journey. Seiriol, travelling in the opposite direction, from Penmon, would have his back to the sun. Thus, he was known as Seiriol Wyn Seiriol the Fair . Rhyd y Saint railway station English Ford of the Saints railway station on the Red Wharf Bay branch line near Pentraeth , was named so as Seiriol and Cybi are said to have met there. Seiriol was a younger brother of Cuneglas King Cynlas of Rhos north Wales Rhos and King Einion of Ll n . His cell at Penmon is said to have been rebuilt by his brothers, as they didn t think his humble residence was good enough. St Seiriol s Well Ffynnon Seiriol lies in a small chamber adjoining its remains. Both are protected by Cadw , the publicly funded body responsible for the historic monuments of Wales. Adjacent to them are the Church building church and ruins of a monastery also dating back to Seiriol s day. In his old age, Seiriol retired to Ynys Lannog which subsequently became known in Welsh language Welsh as Ynys Seiriol. Later it would be known to the Viking s as Priestholm, and is known as Puffin Island, Anglesey Puffin Island in English language English since the 19th century. Saint Seiriol is commemorated 1 February in both the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches . References Portal Saints http yba.llgc.org.uk en s SEIR IOL 0500.html?query Seiriol&field content Seiriol on National Library of Wales Dictionary of Welsh Biography ... more details
infobox UK feature official name Caer Gybi static image name Roman Wall around the site of St Cybi s Church geograph.org.uk 1414149.jpg static image caption Roman Wall surrounding St Cybi s Church shire county state Anglesey country Wales nation UK map name Wales Anglesey os grid reference SH247826 latitude 53.3118 longitude 4.6328 Caer Gybi was a small castra fortlet in Wales in the Roman Era Roman Wales in the Roman province of Britannia Superior . Its name in Latin is unknown. Today it stands at the centre of Holyhead in the Wales Welsh county of Anglesey . Holyhead is named Caergybi in Welsh language Welsh , after the fort. The fort is one of Europe s only three walled Roman Britain Roman forts. The fourth side fronted the sea and was probably the site of a quay . Its date is unknown, but it is generally thought to be part of a late 4th century scheme, associated with Segontium , which was set up to defend the west coast against Irish people Irish sea raiders. The Romans also built a watch tower , within Mynydd y Twr on the top of Holyhead Mountain , which was almost certainly used as the fort s look out point. Both were probably abandoned around 393, when the troops were probably sent to respond to the revolt of Eugenius of Gaul . In the 6th century, the old fort was given to Saint Cybi , who founded a monastery there. The Church of St Cybi still stands on the site today, with a small detached chapel over Cybi s grave. References cite book last Arnold first Christopher J coauthors Davies, Jeffrey L title Roman & Early Medieval Wales date 2000 publisher Sutton Publishing location Stroud External links Commons category Caer Gybi Roman Fort position left anglesey Category Roman forts in Wales Category Archaeological sites in Anglesey Category Cadw cy Caer Gybi caer ... more details
. ref Caffo was a companion and cousin of Cybi St Cybi , a Christian from Cornwall who was active in the mid 6th century. Cybi established himself in Anglesey within Caer Gybi fort a disused Roman fort in what is now called Holyhead the town s Welsh name is lang cy Caergybi , or Cybi s fort . ref cite web url http yba.llgc.org.uk en s CYBI APS 0490.html title Cybi fl. 550 , saint last Lloyd first ... publisher National Library of Wales ref Caffo is mentioned in connection with Cybi in a manuscript written in about 1200, which contains two accounts of Cybi s life. ref name Caffo ref cite book ... of Cybi s life until an incident when he was sent to fetch fire from a blacksmith. He returned to Cybi carrying a red hot coal in his clothes, which were not burnt. ref name Caffo ref cite book ... page n532 mode 2up year 1853 last Rees first W. J. publisher Longman ref At some point, Cybi ... brother Gildas had insulted Maelgwn, who then forced Cybi to dismiss Caffo both versions appear in the manuscript ... more details
infobox UK place country Wales static image Image Llangybi Parish Church.jpg 250px static image caption welsh name constituency welsh assembly Ceredigion Assembly constituency Ceredigion map type official name Llangybi unitary wales Ceredigion population lieutenancy wales Dyfed constituency westminster Ceredigion UK Parliament constituency Ceredigion post town Lampeter postcode district SA48 postcode area SA dial code 01570 os grid reference SN578478 latitude 52.1592 longitude 4.0359 Other uses Llangybi disambiguation Llangybi Llangybi is a village and parish 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 . 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 . ref T. D. Breverton, The Book of Welsh Saints Cyhoeddiadau Glynd r, 2001 , d.g. Cybi. ref The local church is also dedicated to Saint Cybi, which currently lies within the deanery of Lampeter of the diocese of St David s and the Cathedral Close Saint David s, and was at one time in the alternate patronage of the Earl of Lisburne and Lord Carrington . Notable residents David Davis Dafis Castellhywel , born at Goetre farmhouse in 1745. References reflist Ceredigion Category Villages in Ceredigion cy Llangybi, Ceredigion ... more details
Salomon also known, in Welsh language Welsh , as Selyf was a late 5th century cornish people Cornish warrior prince , possibly a Kingdom of Cornwall King of Cornwall . St Levan properly Selevan, a Celtic form of Solomon according to the Life of St Kybi was a Cornishman and the father of Kybi. In the department of Morbihan are four places probably connected to the same saint, who probably lived in the 6th or 7th century. On the cliff at St Levan is St Levan s Well and below it the probable remains of his chapel, which were described by William Borlase in his Antiquities . ref Doble, G. H. 1960 The Saints of Cornwall part 1. Truro Dean and Chapter pp. 3 9 ref Salomon is recorded, in the Life of Saint Cybi as a princeps militiae living in Eastern Cornwall , where Cybi, his son, was born. Wade Evans interpreted his title as captain of the guard , while others believe he was a sub king of Cornwall . David Nash Ford suggests that he succeeded to the realm of his cousin, Marcus Cunomorus King Mark . Cybi s life gives Salomon s father as Erbin of Dumnonia Erbin ap Geraint ap Lud, but the Welsh Bonedd y Saint says Geraint ab Erbin ap Constantine Corneu Custennin Gorneu . Erbin and Geraint have evidently been switched around, but it is unclear which position is correct. Geraint Geraint ab Erbin is certainly a character in the Welsh Arthurian legend Arthurian story of Culhwch and Olwen . Custennin is known from other records, but Lud is not and may be a further mistake. Salomon married Saint Wenna Gwen , the daughter of an Irish people Irish prince who had settled at Caer Goch near St David s in Pembrokeshire . Salomon is sometimes identified with one or both known Saints Selevan , of St Levan in Cornwall and Penmon place Penmon on Anglesey , or with Salwys , the supposed founder the church building church of Lansallos , also in Cornwall . His memorial could be the Chi Rho inscribed stone to be seen at St Just in Penwith Parish Church recording Selus lies here . References ref ... more details
About the village in Gwynedd other places Llangybi disambiguation Llangybi infobox UK place country Wales latitude 52.94465 longitude 4.34005 official name Llangybi welsh name population population ref static image name Ffynnon Gybi geograph.org.uk 102127.jpg static image width 250 static image caption small Ffynnon Gybi small static image alt see WP ALT static image 2 name static image 2 width static image 2 caption static image 2 alt see WP ALT unitary wales Gwynedd lieutenancy wales Gwynedd constituency welsh assembly Dwyfor Meirionnydd Assembly constituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency westminster Caernarfon UK Parliament constituency Caernarfon community wales Llanystumdwy postcode district LL53 postcode area LL post town PWLLHELI dial code 01766 os grid reference SH4241 cardiff distance Llangybi English language English Cybi s Church is a village and former civil parish in the Eifionydd area of the Wales Welsh county of Gwynedd , near Llanarmon, Gwynedd Llanarmon . The parish was abolished in 1934 and divided between Llanystumdwy and Llannor . ref http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10415913 A Vision of Britain Through Time Llangybi Civil Parish Retrieved 13 January 2010 ref As well as various menhir s, tumuli and stone circle s in the countryside around, the village is particularly noted for a holy well , Ffynnon Gybi English language English St Cybi s Well . According to local tradition the girls who wished to know their lover s intentions would spread their pocket handkerchiefs on the water of the well, and, if the water pushed the handkerchiefs to the south they knew that everything was right and that their lovers were honest and honourable in their intentions but, if the water shifted the handkerchiefs northwards, they concluded the contrary. A reference to this is made in severe terms by a modern Welsh poet. blockquote This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church to Saint Cybi , an eminent British saint, who ... more details
Saint Wenna born ca. AD 472 died 18 October ? 544 was a Cornish Saints Cornish saint and probably a Cornish people Cornish queen. She founded the church of Morval. She was known in Wales as Gwen ferch Cynyr , the daughter of Lord Cynyr Caer Goch Cynyr Ceinfarfog of Caer Goch in Pembrokshire . She married Salomon of Cornwall King Salomon of Kingdom of Cornwall Cornwall and became the mother of Saint Cybi . She was also the aunt of Saint David . Another Saint Wenna born ca. 463 was a princess and a daughter of Brychan who founded the church of Talgarth and then evangelised parts of north Cornwall. She founded the church of St Wenn and chapels at St Kew and Cheristowe in Hartland, Devon Stoke by Hartland , Devon . She died on 18 October, year unknown. Cornwall state collapsed Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wenna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 544 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wenna Category 544 deaths Category People from Pembrokeshire Category 6th century Christian female saints Category Welsh saints Category Medieval Cornish saints Cornwall stub UK saint stub UK royal stub Wales bio stub it Wenna ru sh Sveta Wenna ... more details
Infobox company company name Cybex International company logo Image CybexSignatureLogo.png 200px company type Fitness equipment manufacturer founder The Cybex Ergometer Company foundation Late 60s The Cybex Ergometer Company location Medway, Massachusetts Manufacturing Owatonna, Minnesota US Derbyshire UK key people John Aglialoro Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Arthur W. Hicks Jr. President and Chief Operating Officer industry Physical fitness Fitness products Exercise equipment revenue num employees 600 homepage http www.cybexintl.com cybexintl.com parent Lumex, also over Eagle Performance Systems Cybex International NASDAQ http finance.google.com finance?client ob&q NASDAQ CYBI CYBI is a fitness equipment manufacturer for commercial and consumer use. They produce mainly cardiovascular and strength equipment such as Arc Trainer arc trainer s, treadmill s, stationary bicycle s and Stepper disambiguation stepper s. Cybex markets their products through Distribution business distributors in over 87 countries. The company has over 600 employees and their products are manufactured in their two manufacturing facilities, located in Medway, Massachusetts , and Owatonna, Minnesota . Their Medway facility is where the majority of their cardiovascular products are built, and their Owatonna facility is where their strength products are built. History Cybex International was founded in the late 60 s as The Cybex Ergometer Company in Ronkonkoma, New York . It was acquired by Lumex , which was traded publicly on the American Stock Exchange . At that time, they manufactured isokinetic Physical therapy rehabilitation equipment. In 1995, Lumex sold its medical supply business and changed its name to Cybex AMEX CYB . In May 1997, Cybex merged with Trotter, Inc, primarily a manufacturer of treadmills, whose manufacturing facility was located in Medway. In this merger , UM Holdings, the owner of Trotter, Inc, gained 51 of Cybex s interests and publicly traded the company. In 1998, ... more details
was a follower of the Anglesey based saint Cybi , and travelled there with him from Cornwall he is said to have been one of Cybi s twelve seamen forming his family. He is the reputed founder of St Peulan ... more details
about the character in Irish mythology Caer Ibormeith the place in France Ca r the political group Conservative Action for Electoral Reform Image Caernarfon.jpg thumb 200px right The castle at Caernarfon , meaning in Welsh, the fortress opposite M n Anglesey . Image Dinefwr Castle.jpg thumb 300px Dinefwr Castle , 12th century In the Welsh language , caer means fortress , fort or citadel castle . Caer is the Welsh name for the city of Chester , situated in northwest England. It also forms, as a prefix, the Welsh equivalent of caster, cester and chester in Toponymy place names . The English word derives from Latin castrum fortified post , more common in the plural castra meaning military camp and is the equivalent of castell castle in Welsh. The word caer itself derives from the Brythonic languages Brythonic word kagro , as does the word cae modern Welsh for field , i.e. an enclosed piece of land . ref Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru , vol. 1, p. 384. ref Examples in Wales include Cardiff Caerdydd originally Caerdyf Fortress of the river Taf Holyhead Caergybi Fortress of Saint Cybi Caernarfon Fortress in Arfon Caerphilly Caerffili Fortress of Ffilli. Caerwent fortress of Gwent. England Examples of Welsh Caer names as exonym s for English cities Caerfuddai Chichester Caergaint Canterbury Caergrawnt Cambridge Caerhirfryn Lancaster Caerliwelydd Carlisle Caerloyw Gloucester Caerlwytgoed Lichfield Caerl r Leicester Caersallog Salisbury Caerwrangon Worcester Caerwynt Winchester Caerwysg Exeter Scotland Southern Scotland contains many placenames with a Caer element, toponymic remnants of the Kingdoms of Yr Hen Ogledd . Some examples are Carriden House Carriden fort of Eidyn. Falkirk council area Falkirk Caerlaverock fort of Llywarch Hen Llywarch . Dumfriesshire Cramond Caer Almond , Fort on the river Almond. City of Edinburgh Caerlanrig fort in the glade clearing. Roxburghshire Carfrae fort on the brae. East Lothian and Berwickshire Cardrona fort of Ronan. Peebleshire See also Wel ... more details
Rhyd y Saint railway station was situated on the Red Wharf Bay branch line between Holland Arms railway station and Benllech , the second station after the line branched from the main Anglesey Central Railway . Legend has it that the station s name Ford of the Saints is derived from the nearby ford crossing ford where two of Anglesey s most famous saints , Cybi and Seiriol are said to have met from time to time. Opening in 1908 it was a very simple station with only one short 60ft platform on the Railroad directions Down north west side and a wooden waiting hut. It was an unstaffed request stop with no goods yard or sidings. ref name RhydySaint Jones, Geraint Anglesey Railways , page 81. Carreg Gwalch, 2005 ref Access to the station was via a short flights of steps from the minor road passing above the station. A look at any modern or contemporary Ordnance Survey map will show that this, along with the preceding station Ceint railway station Ceint are perhaps two of the most remote on the island. The station closed in 1930, as did the line itself to passenger trains, and the station building removed. The tracks themselves were taken up in 1953 and very little evidence remains of the station, the overgrown platform being just about visible. ref name RhydySaint2 Jones, Geraint Anglesey Railways , page 104. Carreg Gwalch, 2005 ref Historical Rail Start rail line previous Ceint railway station Ceint next Pentraeth railway station Pentraeth route Red Wharf Bay branch line Red Wharf Bay Branch col aaaaaa end box References reflist coord 53.25881 4.25165 type landmark region GB source npemap.org.uk enwiki display title Category Transport in Anglesey Category Disused railway stations in Anglesey Category Railway stations opened in 1908 Category Railway stations closed in 1930 ... more details
coord 53.253 3.976 display title region GB scale 20000 St Winifred s School was a school for girls based in Llanfairfechan , Conwy county borough , North West Wales . History Image bc 640x373.jpg thumb Bron Castell, High Street, Bangor c1905 St. Winifred s was founded on 3 May 1887 and named after the Welsh people Welsh 7th century Saint Winefride . Its driving force and primary sponsor was the Honourable Eleanor Douglas Pennant, one of the daughters of Lord Penrhyn . Initially based in Bangor, Wales Bangor , north west Wales, the school later moved to the small coastal town of Llanfairfechan , eight miles east of Bangor. The school was founded to fill the void of quality female education available at the time, and it primarily accepted boarders with a small number of day girls, all mostly from a middle class background. Tuition was holistic to provide, upon a sound and accurate system, a religious and useful education for the daughters of clergymen and professional men of limited means, and the agricultural and commercial classes generally taken from the first prospectus . The school was a member of the Midland Division of Woodard Schools , part of a UK body established by Canon Woodard to support teaching within an Anglican context. Location The school was initially situated in three houses known as Garfield Terrace along Garth Road, expanding to five as pupil numbers rose. The houses were not designed as or suited to being school accommodation, so the school subsequently moved to the grander Bron Castell on the High Street. The continued success of the school resulted in the purchase of two houses opposite the site known as Saint Cybi s and Saint Beuno s . Further increasing numbers resulted in a move to a purpose built site in Llanfairfechan in September 1922, which consisted of separate accommodation, teaching facilities and chapel. The site of the school near the centre of the town is now occupied by modern housing, but is preserved in the name St Winifred s C ... more details
coord 50.271 4.892 display title File St Cuby s church geograph.org.uk 510824.jpg St Cuby s Church thumb File Cuby, Tregony geograph.org.uk 92309.jpg thumb right Tregony, the main street looking north east Cuby lang kw Sen Kubi is a civil parishes in England civil parish and village in Cornwall , England, United Kingdom, situated approximately 7 miles 12 km south west of St Austell . ref Ordnance Survey Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494 ref Cornelly parish was united with Cuby in 1934. ref http www.genuki.org.uk big eng Cornwall CubywithTregony index.html GENUKI website retrieved 2009 04 18 ref Tregony was at the head of a navigable channel in medieval times but the River Fal became badly silted due to tin streaming and its sea borne trade went to Truro. Cuby Parish Church The church of Cuby is dedicated to Cybi Saint Cuby , a Wales Welsh saint since the parish church of Tregony was lost to the River Fal ca. 1540 Cuby Parish Church has been in fact the parish church of Tregony also. The church was rebuilt in 1828 though some of the medieval masonry still exists on the north side and the tower of two stages is of the 14th century. In the south aisle is an inscribed stone of the 6th or 7th century Nonnita Ercilini Rigati ... tris Fili Ercilini . ref Pevsner, N. 1970 Cornwall , 2nd ed. Penguin Books p. 61 ref The church in Norman times belonged to the alien priory at Tregony but in 1278 ownership passed to Merton Priory in Surrey, ref Cornish Church Guide 1925 Truro Blackford pp. 82 83 ref The church tower dates from the 13th century, but was shortened in the 19th century as it was leaning towards the church. It is rumoured that this may have been caused by the storage of contraband in the tower. Citation needed date February 2011 Notable person William Hennah , first lieutenant of HMS Mars 1794 HMS Mars is buried at Cuby Parish Church. His ship was part of the British fleet under Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar . References refli ... more details
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infobox UK place country Wales welsh name Caergybi constituency welsh assembly Ynys M n Assembly constituency Ynys M n official name Holyhead latitude 53.3088 longitude 4.6328 unitary wales Anglesey lieutenancy wales Gwynedd constituency westminster Ynys M n UK Parliament constituency Ynys M n post town HOLYHEAD postcode district LL65 postcode area LL dial code 01407 os grid reference SH245825 population 13,580 population ref includes other Holy Island settlements Holyhead IPAc en audio En uk Holyhead.ogg h l h d respell HOL i hed lang cy Caergybi IPA cy k r g bi , the town of Cybi is the List of Anglesey towns by population largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales . It is also a major Port of Holyhead port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland . Despite being the largest town in the county, with a population of 11,237 2001 census , it is neither the county town nor actually on the island of Anglesey. Holyhead is located on Holy Island, Anglesey Holy Island . It was originally connected to Anglesey via Four Mile Bridge , so called because it was four miles 6 km from Holyhead on the old A5 road Great Britain turnpike Road to London . In the mid 19th century, John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley Lord Stanley , a local philanthropist, funded the building of a larger causeway. Known locally as The Cob , it now carries the A5 road Great Britain A5 and the North Wales Coast Line railway line . The A55 road Great Britain A55 dual carriageway runs parallel to The Cob on a modern causeway. Prehistoric and Roman history Image St Cybi s Church Holyhead 2004.jpg thumb left St Cybi s Church at Holyhead main Caer Gybi fort The town centre is built around St. Cybi s Church, which is built inside one of Europe s few three walled Roman fort s the fourth wall being the sea, which used to come up to the fort . The Roman Britain Romans also built a lighthouse watchtower on the top of Holyhead Mountain inside Mynydd y Twr, a prehistoric hillfor ... more details
coord 50 16 N 5 04 W region GB type city display title Image Truro from the river.jpg thumb The River Kenwyn, which converges with the Allen and becomes the River Truro Kenwyn lang kw Keynwynn is a settlement and civil parishes in England civil parish in Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. The settlement is a suburb of the city of Truro and is situated half a mile 1 km north of the city centre. ref Ordnance Survey Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494 ref It gives its name to one of three rivers that flow through the city. History and toponymy It is likely that the church of Kenwyn is very early and in fact the mother church of Truro. The original dedication is doubtfully St Keyne Keynwen is the earliest form of the name which would be Keyn and wen white blessed by the 15th century it was assumed to be St Kenwyn no medieval records have it with the prefix Saint . Subsequently the dedication was attributed to St Cybi Cuby . ref Cornish Church Guide 1925 Truro Blackford p. 117 ref The manor of Kenwyn was held in the 12th century by Richard de Luci after it had been confiscated by the King. Apparently the borough of Truro was established by the lord in part of the manor and this was the beginning of Truro as a town, then called Triuereu. ref Halliday, F. E. 1959 A History of Cornwall . London Duckworth p. 112 ref In Domesday Book the manor of Kenwyn appears as Tregavran in later usage Trehaverne . It was in the possession over many centuries of the families of Lantyan, Beville and Grenville, and Enys. ref Henderson, C. 1935 Records of the Borough of Truro before 1300, in Essays in Cornish History , edited by A. L. Rowse and M. I. Henderson. Oxford Clarendon Press pp. 1 18 ref The earliest form of the name is Keynwen 1259 , from keyn ridge and gwen white ref cite book title The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place names author Ekwall, Eilert publisher Clarendon Press location Oxford Eng. year 1940 pages 260 edition 2nd isbn 0 19 869103 ... more details
This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest SSSIs in the Ceredigion Area of Search . For SSSIs elsewhere in Wales , see List of SSSIs by Area of Search . Aberarth Carreg Wylan Afon Rheidol ger Capel Bangor Afon Teifi Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch Banc Llety spence Banc y Mwldan Banc y Warren Borth Clarach Bron Aberanerch Bryn Bras Cae Ffos yr odyn Cae Ty hen Caeau Ardwyn Caeau Crug Bychan, Ty Gwyn a Llwyn Ysgaw Caeau Llety cybi Cae r Meirch Chwarel Ponterwyd Ponterwyd Quarry Coed a Gweunydd Gilfach gwyddil Coed Allt Craig Arth Coed Allt Lan las Coed Cwm Cletwr Coed Cwm Einion Coed Mynachlog fawr Coed Nant Llolwyn Coed Tyddyn du Coed y Crychydd Coedydd a Cheunant Rheidol Rheidol Woods & Gorge Coedydd a Chorsydd Aber Teifi Teifi Estuary Woodlands & Marshes Comin Esgairmaen Comin Silian Comins Capel Betws Cors Bwlch y baedd Cors Caranod Cors Caron Cors Fochno Cors Gorsgoch Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod Cors Nantcwnlle Cors Penbwlch Cors y Sychnant Craigyfulfran & Clarach Craig y pistyll Creigiau Aberarth Morfa Creigiau Cwm Ceriw a Ffos las Morfa Bychan Creigiau Pen y graig Cwm Doethie Mynydd Mallaen Cwm Llyfnant Cwmsymlog Dolau Hafod Dyfi Elenydd Falcondale Lake Ffordd Coed Dol Fawr Figyn Blaen Brefi Glanfedw Glanrhocca Gro Ty n yr Helyg Gro Ystwyth Gwaun Garthenor a Llanio Isaf Gwaun Pen lan Gwaun Troed rhiw seiri a Llyn Mynydd gorddu Gwaun Ystrad Caron Gweunydd Pendinas Hen Berth Fron Badarn a Phersondy Llyn Eiddwen Llynoedd Ieuan Mwyngloddfa Brynyrafr Mwyngloddfa Castell Mwyngloddfa Cwmbrwyno Mwyngloddfa Cwmystwyth Mwyngloddfa Llechweddhelyg Mwyngloddfa Llety Ifan Hen Vaughan Mine Mwyngloddfa Nant y cagl Eaglebrook Mine Nant Cledlyn Pingos Old Cilgwyn and Cae Heslop Parc Pont faen Parc y rhos Pencarreg gopa a Moel Hyrddod Pencreigiau r Llan Rheidol Shingles and Backwaters Rhos Blaen Carrog Rhos Blaenclettwr Rhos Bron yr helem Rhos Bryn Hir Rhos Bryn wichell Rhos Bwlch y rhandir Rhos Cilcennin Rhos Cross Inn Rhos Cwmsaeson Rhos Esgairwen fawr a Rhosgoch f ... more details
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