Pen-llwyn

{{Short description|Village in Ceredigion, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = | official_name = Pen-llwyn | static_image = | coordinates = {{coord|52.406218|-3.983093|region:GB|display=inline,title}} | cardiff_distance_mi = 72.5 | cardiff_distance_km = 116.7 | london_distance_mi = 175.4 | london_distance_km = 282.3 | unitary_wales = Ceredigion | community_wales = Melindwr | constituency_welsh_assembly = Ceredigion | constituency_westminster = Ceredigion Preseli | post_town = Aberystwyth | postcode_district = SY23 | postcode_area = SY | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SN 6519 8054 | population = | map_type = }} '''Pen-llwyn''' (also spelled as ''Penllwyn'') is a hamlet in the community of Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 72.5 miles (116.7 km) from Cardiff and 175.4 miles (282.3 km) from London. Pen-llwyn is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070611082423/http://www.cynulliadcymru.org/memhome.htm National Assembly for Wales Website]; recalled 24 February 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/?sort=2&type=3 parliament.uk Website]; recalled 24 February 2014</ref>

==Etymology== The name derives from the welsh language meaning "the head of the grove".

==Notable people== * Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin (1850–1925), Welsh language poet and congregational minister, was raised at Tanrallt, Pen-llwyn * Lewis Edwards (1809–1887), educator and Nonconformist minister. * Owen Prys (1857–1934), academic and theologian, born here

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==See also== *List of localities in Wales by population {{Ceredigion}}

Category:Villages in Ceredigion