Moylgrove


Moylgrove, also spelled Moylegrove, is a village and parish in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, about from Cardigan, in the community of Nevern.

Description

The placename "Moylegrove" means "Matilda's Grove"; "Matilda" may have been the wife of a Norman lord of the manor. The Welsh placename may mean "Irishman's farm" or "grove farm".
The parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Its population is predominantly Welsh-speaking. The village lies in the valley of Nant Ceibwr, about from its outlet into the Irish Sea at Ceibwr Bay. Ceibwr Bay, owned by the National Trust and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, is a favourite walking and picnicking site for both locals and holiday makers, with spectacular cliff scenery.

History

The Welsh name of the parish, Trevethel, appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.
Moylgrove was described by Lewis in 1833 as a parish of enclosed arable land and pasture with some 400 inhabitants. It is served by the church of St Peter about half a mile to the west of the village centre; St Peter's is annexed to the parish church of St Andrew at Bayvil. Bethel Independent chapel was built in the village before 1800 and rebuilt from 1850; a Baptist chapel was built in 1894. At that time the parish was in the Hundred of Cemais and the commote of Is Nyfer.

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