Cilmeri

Village and community in Wales, United Kingdom

Cilmeri (or Cilmery; Welsh pronunciation^ⓘ) is a village and community in Powys, mid-Wales, United Kingdom in the historic county of Brecknockshire, two and a half miles west of Builth Wells on the A483 to Llandovery. The village is served by Cilmeri railway station on the Heart of Wales Line. In the 2001 census, Cilmeri Community had a population of 438 and 191 households.^[1] The population at the 2011 had fallen slightly to 431.^[2]^[3] The community includes the settlement of Llanganten and a small part of Builth Wells west of the River Ithon.^[4]

The village is famous for being close to the spot where the last native prince of Wales from the Royal House of Aberffraw, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, was either killed in action or captured alive and subjected to summary execution by the soldiers of King Edward Longshanks, on 11 December 1282. A memorial stone to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was erected on the site in 1956 and serves as the focal point for an annual ceremony of remembrance by Welsh nationalists on the anniversary of his death.^[5]

References

^ "Area: Cilmery Community (Parish) : Parish Headcounts, 2001". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Community population 2011". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
^ "Cilmeri history". Cilmeri.org [site defunct as of 2018]. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Cilmery Parish Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Death of Llywelyn". Cilmeri.org. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2012.