Llanilar

Coordinates: 52°21′N 4°01′W / 52.350°N 4.017°W

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Llanilar
Village and community
St Hilary's Church
Llanilar Location within Ceredigion
Principal area	Ceredigion
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52°21′N 4°01′W / 52.350°N 4.017°W / 52.350; -4.017 Map of the community

Llanilar (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanˈɪlar]) is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of Aberystwyth. It is the eponym of the hundred of Ilar. The population at the 2011 census was 1,085.^[1] The community includes Rhos-y-garth.

Name

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In Welsh placenames, many smaller communities are named for their parish (llan), having grown up around the local church. This town's name honours its patron saint, although it is disputed whether that is the church's presumed founder Ilar (Welsh for "Hilary"),^[2] listed as a member of Cadfan's mission and a martyr but now almost totally forgotten, or the more famous Hilary who was bishop of Poitiers in France and is still celebrated by the Anglican and Catholic churches in Wales.^[3] (The confusion is not helped by Edward Williams's numerous forgeries which he included in the Iolo Manuscripts.)

History and amenities

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There is a Roman site just to the east. The present village was built along the southern side of the scenic River Ystwyth and contains a parish church, Nonconformist chapel, primary school, GP Surgery, and garage. The village post office is now closed but a mobile van visits several times during the week.

St Hilary's Church^[4] (Eglwys Sant Ilar) has a large square tower, chancel, nave, and porch. In the porch is a hollowed stone for holding holy water and, above the door, there is an ancient beam with carved heads and animals inscribed with the words J.S. W.W.A. Church Wardens, 1683. ^[5] Under the name "Church of St Ilar", it is a grade II* listed building.^[2]

Llanilar railway station on the line from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth opened in 1867 and closed in 1964 following severe flooding in the Llanilar area.

Notable people

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Saint Ilar (6th C. AD), a putative Breton missionary and martyr
John Jones (1700–1770), clergyman and controversialist
Evan Lewis (1818–1901), clergyman, Dean of Bangor Cathedral from 1884
Dai Jones MBE (1943–2022), a Welsh broadcaster who lived and farmed in Llanilar

References

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^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Church of Saint Ilar, Llanilar". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Vol. III, pp. 299 f. Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 25 Nov 2014.
^ Church in Wales. "St Hilary, Llanilar". 2014.
^ Meyrick, Samuel Rush. (1907) The History of Cardiganshire. Stephen Collard. pg. 284.

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