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Swyddffynnon is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2790°, -3.9180°.

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Swyddffynnon

Swyddffynnon in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Swyddffynnon is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Swyddffynnon is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, situated 3.75 miles (6 km) to the north of Tregaron, near the northern edge of Cors Caron (Tregaron Bog). Swyddffynnon lies within the parish of Lledrod Uchaf (Welsh for 'upper Lledrod').

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History

The name Swyddffynnon is a contraction of Swydd-y-ffynnon-oer (English: administrative area of the cold well/spring). The 'swydd' element being added to its earlier name 'Fennanoyr' (English: cold well/spring), which is first mentioned in the late 12th century, when the area was granted by Rhys ap Gruffudd to Strata Florida Abbey. Fennanoyr may have been a bond settlement or an administrative focus for the monastic grange of Mefenydd. After the Dissolution all of Strata Florida's lands were granted to the Earl of Essex. Soon after, the land around Swyddffynnon appears to have been purchased by the Lloyds of Ffos-y-bleiddiaid (English: moat/ditch of the wolves) and later acquired by the…

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