Felindre Farchog

Coordinates: 52°01′02″N 4°46′10″W / 52.0172°N 4.7695°W / 52.0172; -4.7695

Felindre Farchog is a village in the community of Nevern in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located around 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Cardigan, and within the parish of Bayvil. The A487 road from Cardigan to Newport runs through the village.

The village, on the River Nevern, consists of a few houses, a former college and an inn. A number of small mines used to exist to the south-west of the village.

History

At the eastern end of the village is the College, a 17th-century building founded by Sir George Owen and modernised in 1852 by Sir Thomas Lloyd in Gothic style to house the Court of the Lordship of Cemais. The building became private accommodation in 1976.

The parish church of Saint Andrew at Bayvil, an early 19th century Georgian building, is disused but upkept.

Amenities

Independent worship is at Cana Chapel, built in 1810, rebuilt in 1857, and still in use in 2006.

The Salutation Inn stands by the river in the centre of the village.

Felindre

Felindre (English: Velindre) is a rural village in south Wales. The village can be found in the far north of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr.

The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was working until the late 1960s, there was also an abbatoir and a post office in the village. It also had three shops, and two mobile shops which used to come around the village twice a week. Again this was in the late 60's and 70's. The school in the village is Welsh speaking. There is also a public house in the village, the Shepherds Inn.

Felindre works site

In 1956, the Steel Company of Wales opened a tinplate works at Felindre to complement new facilities at Port Talbot and Trostre. In 1967, the Steel Company of Wales was nationalised, becoming part of British Steel, which inherited the additional tinplate works at Ebbw Vale. By 1970, Felindre works employed 2,500 people and was producing 490,000 tonnes of tinplate per annum. Having already closed the tinplate works at Port Talbot, on review of the three remaining tinplate plants within its South Wales division, in December 1980 it was decided to close the site at Felindre. In March 1981, 1,300 people were made redundant, though 138 were found jobs at Trostre, leaving 768 on site. Production was run down until 1989, when another 108 were given jobs at Trostre. The grounds of the former steelworks played host to the National Eisteddfod 2006.