Llandissilio
| Llandissilio | |
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 St Tysilio parish church |
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 Llandissilio
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| Llandissilio shown within Pembrokeshire | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Clunderwen |
| Dialling code | 01437 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | |
| Welsh Assembly | |
Llandissilio is a village in the community of Llanddisilio West in east Pembrokeshire, Wales on the A478 road between Efailwen to the north and Clunderwen to the south. A largely ribbon development along the main road, the village is surrounded by farmland.
The village takes its name from Tysilio, a 7th-century Welsh saint to whom the parish church is dedicated.
Ancient remains indicate that the area that is now the village of Llandissilio has been occupied for many centuries. For part of its history the parish of Llandissilio was in Carmarthenshire.
The parish was originally part of the Hundred of Derllys in Carmarthenshire.
A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen in 1710 found that of about 120 families in the parish, 40 attended church at Easter, 20 at Whitsuntide and 20 at Christmas and noted "the Minister suffers in his reputation for being addicted to drinking and swearing" and "the roof of the north side of the Chancell lies open to the wind & weather."
The population of the parish of Llandissilio West in 1801 was 281. By 1981 the population had grown to 458. In 1891, 97% were Welsh-speaking, and 75% spoke only Welsh; 10 years later those speaking only Welsh had fallen to 29%. By 1981, 70% still spoke Welsh, but only 1% were not English-speaking.
In 1831 nearly half of men over 20 years were agricultural labourers, and nearly a quarter were farmers employing them. The rest of the male population was engaged in retail or handicrafts.
Slate quarrying and corn milling were carried out in the 19th century.
Boys from Creek Road LCC School, Greenwich, London, were evacuated to Llandissilio during World War 2 (pictured). The War Memorial records the names of ten men of the parish who were killed in World War 1 and World War 2, and the memorial was Grade II listed in 2004.
Llandissilio is situated on the Landsker Borderlands Trail, a circular waymarked long distance footpath running through Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. The village is surrounded by farmland with deciduous trees. Near the south of the village is the source of the River Conyn which then flows south-west to meet the Eastern Cleddau.
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