Llannefydd

{{Short description|Village in Conwy County Borough, Wales}}

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

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Hawk and Buckle, Llannefydd - geograph.org.uk - 784863.jpg

| static_image_caption = Llannefydd

| label_position = left

| official_name = Llannefydd

| welsh_name = Llanefydd

| country = Wales

| os_grid_reference = SH981706

| coordinates = {{coord|53.223|-3.527|display=inline,title}}

| population = 590

| population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125954&c=Llannefydd&d=16&e=62&g=6489525&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1399933841421&enc=1|title=Area: Llannefydd (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=12 May 2014}}

| community_wales = Llannefydd

| unitary_wales = Conwy

| lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Clwyd West

| constituency_westminster = Bangor Aberconwy

| post_town = DENBIGH

| postcode_district = LL16

| postcode_area = LL

| dial_code = 01745

| module= 240px
Map of the community

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Llannefydd (sometimes {{langx|cy|Llanefydd}}) is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located on the border with Denbighshire, between the Afon Aled and River Elwy, {{convert|5.7|mi|km}} north west of Denbigh, {{convert|5.8|mi|km}} south west of St Asaph, {{convert|6.9|mi|km}} south of Abergele and {{convert|15.2|mi|km}} south east of Conwy. In the 2011 census the community parish had a population of 590. The community includes the village of Cefn Berain and part of the hamlet of Bont Newydd.

Saint Nefydd and Saint Mary's church, founded in the fifth century,{{cite web|title=Llannefydd: St Nefydd and St Mary|url=http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/eglwysi/llannefydd.htm|work=Clwyd Churches|publisher=Clwyd Family History Society|accessdate=9 April 2013|year=2012}} is Grade I listed; the farms of Berain and Plas Uchaf are Grade II* listed, with Plas Uchaf's gardens being listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.{{NHAW|uid=183|num=PGW(Gd)55(CON)|desc=Plas Uchaf, Llannefydd |class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}} Numerous agricultural buildings in the community, along with a number of bridges over the two rivers, are Grade II listed.{{cite web|title=Listed Buildings in Llannefydd, Conwy, Wales|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/conwy/llannefydd|work=British Listed Buildings|publisher=British Listed Buildings Online|accessdate=9 April 2013}} In 1978, archaeological excavations in a cave at Bont-newydd, in the east of the community, unearthed the teeth and jawbone of an 11-year-old Neanderthal boy dating from 230,000 years ago, the oldest human remains discovered in Wales.{{cite web|title=The Oldest People in Wales: Neanderthal Teeth from Pontnewydd Cave|url=http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/article/1968/|work=Rhagor: Explore Our Collections|publisher=National Museum of Wales|accessdate=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613164909/http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/article/1968/|archive-date=13 June 2013|url-status=dead}}

Thomas Edwards, better known as the Welsh language dramatist and poet Twm o'r Nant, was born in Llannefydd in 1738, but fled to Llandeilo to avoid imprisonment for his uncle's debts, for which he had stood surety. His anterliwtau ({{langx|en|interludes}}), satirical musical plays, lambasted tax collectors, landlords, lawyers and the religious hypocrisy of the established church, and promoted Methodism.{{cite web|title=Thomas Edwards|url=http://www.llandeilo.org/thomas_edwards.php|work=Llandeilo Through the Ages|publisher=Terry Norman|accessdate=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730095224/http://www.llandeilo.org/thomas_edwards.php|archive-date=30 July 2013|url-status=dead}}

Nearby is the hill Mynydd y Gaer which has a hillfort and is 280 metres (919 feet) with views stretching to Snowdonia, the Clwydian Range and Mynydd Hiraethog.