Tal-y-bont Cyflwyniad/Introduction

Introduction

Tal-y-bont is a pleasant village located about seven miles north of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on relatively flat land where three valleys meet, Cwm Leri, Cwm Ceulan and Cwm Slaid. It has about 300 houses, most of which stand alongside the A487 trunk road.

Tal-y-bont is the main village in the community of Ceulan-a-maesmawr which has a population of a little over a thousand people. There is also the small village of Bont-goch which lies in the upper valley of the river Leri, some three miles from Tal-y-bont. In addition to the two villages, the community has a number of large and small farms.

In 1998 a wind farm was built on the hills between Bont-goch and Tal-y-bont.

Tal-y-bont developed during the 19th century to serve the agricultural sector and as a centre for the wool and lead industries. During the 20th century these industries declined and much of the population now commutes to work in Aberystwyth. However, the village has several businesses, two chapels and a church, and thriving community school.(http://www.ysgolccc.org.uk/talybont/)

Welsh is the first language of the majority of the population.

The community newspaper is called Papur Pawb. It was the first community newspaper to be established in rural Wales. The first edition appeared in 1974.

The village is famous for its agricultural show which is held annually at the end of August, and for the Welsh publishing and printing company Y Lolfa.

Our village is not the only one in Wales with the name Tal-y-bont and some confuse it with the Talybont in the Conwy valley, Talybont, Merioneth, and Talybont-on-Usk, Powys.