Llangwm, Conwy

{{Short description|Village and community in Conwy, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Proudly flying the flag for Saint David at Ty`n-y-Bryn, Llangwm - geograph.org.uk - 1011301.jpg

| static_image_caption = Ty'n-y-bryn

| label_position = top

| official_name = Llangwm

| welsh_name =

| country = Wales

| os_grid_reference = SH964445

| coordinates = {{coord|52.988|-3.543|display=inline,title}}

| population = 470

| population_ref = (2011)

| community_wales = Llangwm

| unitary_wales = Conwy

| lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Clwyd West

| constituency_westminster = Clwyd West

| post_town = CORWEN

| postcode_district = LL21

| postcode_area = LL

| dial_code = 01490

| module= 240px
Map of the community

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Llangwm is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located in the valley of the Afon Medrad, close to the borders with Denbighshire and Gwynedd, {{convert|2.9|mi|km}} south of Cerrigydrudion, {{convert|7.8|mi|km}} west of Corwen and {{convert|27.9|mi|km}} south east of Conwy. At the 2001 census the community had a population of 516,{{cite web|title=Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Conwy|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790561|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=9 April 2013}} decreasing to 470 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125921&c=LL21+0PB&d=16&e=62&g=6489679&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432303053932&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=22 May 2015}} It is one of three communities in the Uwchaled ward, and includes the hamlets of Dinmael, Gellioedd, Glan-yr-afon, Llangwm, Maerdy, and Ty-nant.

The Old House at Cysulog, north-west of Maerdy, is a {{frac|1|1|2}}-storey 17th-century farmhouse built of stone, with slate roofs and some weatherboarding. It bears date panels showing both 1650 and 1652, and is Grade II* listed.{{cite web|title=Cysulog Old House and Attached Cartshed Block|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/408216/details/CYSULOG+OLD+HOUSE+AND+ATTACHED+CARTSHED+BLOCK,+MAERDY/|work=Coflein|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|accessdate=14 April 2013}} In the centre of Maerdy, Gwesty y Gafr ({{langx|en|The Goat Hotel}}) is an early 19th-century inn, which still retains the character of a roadside hostelry. It is Grade II listed.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=19591 |desc=Gwesty y Gafr (The Goat Hotel) |grade=II |access-date=2 April 2019}} Saint Jerome's Church in Llangwm is also Grade II listed. Although there was a church on the site as early as 1210, the present building is medieval, but was substantially rebuilt in 1747, and further restored in 1873. A 14th-century heraldic stone is set in the gable of the porch.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=102 |desc=Church of St Jerome |grade=II |access-date=2 April 2019}} On the hillside north of the village, above the Afon Ceirw, Cefn-nannau Methodist Chapel was built for the Calvinistic Methodists in 1801, and rebuilt in 1896. It is considered an example of an unaltered late-Victorian country chapel, and is similarly Grade II listed.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=19590 |desc=Capel M C Cefn Nannau |grade=II |access-date=2 April 2019}}

Aled Owen is a hill farmer from Ty-nant, who has secured himself a reputation as a world-class sheepdog trial competitor. With his dog Llangwm Bob, he won the 2002 World Sheepdog Trial Championship at Bala, going on to with the 2008 event at Llandeilo with Roy.{{cite web|title=The Bala World Sheepdog Trials 2002|url=http://www.sheepdogchampionships.co.uk/bala/final.html|publisher=Sheepdog Championships|accessdate=14 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726164530/http://www.sheepdogchampionships.co.uk/bala/final.html|archive-date=26 July 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=World Sheep Dog Trials|url=http://www.farmersguardian.com/world-sheep-dog-trials/20591.article|accessdate=14 April 2013|newspaper=Farmers Guardian|date=19 September 2008}} He also took first place at the 2007 International Sheepdog Trials at Burnchurch Castle in Ireland, again with Roy, equalling the record of three wins with three different dogs.{{cite news|title=International Sheepdog Trials Ireland 2007|url=http://www.farmersguardian.com/international-sheepdog-trials-ireland-2007/12096.article|accessdate=14 April 2013|newspaper=Farmers Guardian|date=19 September 2007}} He had previously won in 1999, with an earlier dog named Roy, and in 2000 with Llangwm Bob.{{cite web|title=List of International Supreme Sheepdog Champions 1906–2011|url=http://tlcschnauzers.tripod.com/herdingdogsonline/id52.html|publisher=Herding Dogs Online|accessdate=14 April 2013}}