Population 369 (2011) Community Bryneglwys Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Sunday 3:01 AM Post town Corwen | OS grid reference SJ145472 Country Wales Postcode district LL21 Dialling code 01490 Principal area Denbighshire | |
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Bryneglwys is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. The village lies to the northeast of Corwen on a hill above a small river, Afon Morwynion. The community covers an area of 24.48 km2 and extends to the top of Llantysilio Mountain. It had a population of 369 at the time of the 2011 census, an increase from 344 during the 2001 census. The 2011 census showed 36.0% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 50.3% in 2001. The name of the village means "church hill" in English and was first recorded in 1284 with the spelling "Breneglus".
Map of Bryneglwys, Corwen, UK
The village church is dedicated to Saint Tysilio. There has been a church on the site since the 7th century but the current building dates from the 15th century and was restored around 1570 and again in 1875. Yale Chapel was added to the church around 1575.
The local primary school is Ysgol Dyffryn Iâl which has two sites, one in Bryneglwys and one in the nearby village of Llandegla. It is a bilingual school under the control of the Church in Wales.
The 16th-century historian David Powel came from the village. To the northeast of the village stands Plas yn Iâl, the ancestral home of the Yale family who included Elihu Yale, a benefactor of Yale University in the USA.