Gwytherin
Gwytherin is a village in Conwy County Borough , Wales . It has won the “Best Kept Village” award four times.
The village is in the valley of the River Cledwen . The sources of the rivers Elwy , Aled and Alwen are located in the local area . The Lion Inn is located in the center of the village .
Church and monastery
The Anglican church in the town center is dedicated to Saint Winefrid ( Welsh : Gwenffrewi) and dates from 1869. However, it is assumed that the church goes back to a previous building, which was donated by Prince Eleri around 600 AD . He had founded a double monastery on the site. He served as abbot while his cousin's daughter, St. Gwenffrewi, was abbess. The church is an important stop on the North Welsh Pilgrimage Route. In the churchyard there are three yew trees and a row of four menhirs .
In the literature
Gwytherin is the setting for the crime novel A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (1977). The novel is the first of a series of 21 novels about the monk Brother Cadfael and the monks of Shrewsbury Abbey in the 12th century. Cadfael corresponds to the historical Robert of Shrewsbury (Robert Pennant, † 1168).
literature
- Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. 1833 & 1849.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ genuki.org
- ↑ snowdoniaheritage.info ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ N , 3 ° 41 ′ W