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OS grid reference
  
SN229331

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
SA35

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:39 AM

Dialling code
  
01239

Welsh assembly
  
Country
  
Wales

Post town
  
Police
  
Dyfed-Powys

Community
  
Principal area
  
Tegryn

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 19 km/h, 88% Humidity

Tegryn is a hilltop linear village in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community and parish of Clydau and is the largest settlement in the community.

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Map of Tegryn, Llanfyrnach, UK

It is at the eastern end of the Preseli Mountains, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Llanfyrnach.

Description

Tegryn is a village in the north Pembrokeshire community of Clydau and is home to the Clydau Community Centre (Canolfan Clydau), a charity. It was opened in November 2014 and cost £600,000.

The village has a pub, the Butchers Arms, a post office (established in 1948), a garage and a primary school.

Education

In 1860 a schoolroom was built near the chapel. The present school in Tegryn is Ysgol Clydau Primary School. A 2008-9 Estyn report described the school as having a strong Welsh ethos; there were 63 pupils between 4 and 11 years old, and a third of pupils used Welsh as a main language at home.

In 2014 there were 53 children at the school.

Worship

A Welsh Independent chapel was established at Llwyn-yr-hwrdd to the south of the village in 1805. It was rebuilt in 1817 and 1846, and in 1873 it had a membership of 335.

References

Tegryn Wikipedia


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