Bryncrug

{{Redirect|Rhyd-yr-onen|the railway station on the Talyllyn Railway|Rhydyronen railway station}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | official_name = Bryncrug | welsh_name = | coordinates = {{coord|52.608|-4.056|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Bryncrug - 2009-02-27.jpg | static_image_caption = Bryncrug | population = 622 | population_ref = (2011) | community_wales = Bryn-crug | unitary_wales = Gwynedd | lieutenancy_wales = | constituency_welsh_assembly = Gwynedd Maldwyn | constituency_westminster = Dwyfor Meirionnydd | post_town = TYWYN | postcode_district = LL36 | postcode_area = LL | dial_code = 01654 | os_grid_reference = SH607032 | cardiff_distance = | module= 240px<br />Map of the community }}

'''Bryncrug''' ({{pronunciation|Bryn-crug.ogg|Welsh pronunciation|help=no}}), sometimes spelt '''Bryn-crug''', is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Afon Fathew flows through the village and into the River Dysynni. The village is situated to the north east of the town of Tywyn, at the junction of the A493 and B4405 roads. Although the village is usually spelt ''Bryncrug'' in English, the community name uses the Welsh language version, ''Bryn-crug''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics: Bryn-crug|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121346&c=Bryn-Crug&d=16&e=62&g=6488962&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1363919447590&enc=1|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 622.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121346&c=LL36+9RA&d=16&e=62&g=6488963&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1431620480748&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref>

To the south west of the village stood Ynysymaengwyn, a mansion built in 1758 but now demolished. To the south stood Cynfal motte-and-bailey castle, built in 1137 by Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, brother of Owain Gwynedd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302770/details/CASTELL+CYNFAL,+BRYN-Y-CASTELL+CASTLE+MOUND/|title=Castell Cynfal, Bryn-Y-Castell Castle mound|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|access-date=1 February 2009}}</ref>

The poet David Richards (1751–1827), bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was born at Glanyrafon near Bryncrug.

Mary Jones, famous for walking to Bala at the age of sixteen to buy a Bible, lived in the village when older, and was buried in the village after her death in 1864.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anngriffiths.cardiff.ac.uk/bible.html|title=Bala and the Bible: Thomas Charles, Ann Griffiths and Mary Jones|publisher=Cardiff University|access-date=1 February 2009}}</ref>

The football club, Tywyn & Bryncrug F.C. (Welsh language: Clwb Pêl-droed Tywyn a Bryncrug), play their home matches in the village.

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Category:Bryncrug Category:Villages in Gwynedd Category:Communities in Gwynedd