Cwrtnewydd, also spelled Cwrt-newydd or Cwrt Newydd, is a village in the community and parish of Llanwenog, towards the south of the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Capel-y-Bryn, Cwrtnewydd
Cwrtnewydd is located in Ceredigion
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Location within Ceredigion
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Preserved county
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Ceredigion
52°6′43″N 4°12′20″W / 52.11194°N 4.20556°W / 52.11194; -4.20556

Cwrtnewydd is on the B4338 road, north of the A475, just to the west of the town of Lampeter and to the northwest of Llanybydder.

Notable people

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  • Abel Morgan (1673-1722), Welsh Baptist minister, born in Cwrtnewydd
  • David Bevan Jones (1807–1863), (AKA Dewi Elfed), Baptist minister in Cwrtnewydd, bard, and leading figure in the Latter Day Saint movement
  • David Thomas (1828–1909), (AKA Dewi Hefin), poet and teacher, schoolmaster in Cwrtnewydd
  • David Rees Davies [cy] (1875-1964), poet and local historian, born in Cwrtnewydd
  • Edgar Evans (1912-2007), operatic tenor, born in Cwrtnewydd
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  • "Cwrtnewydd". Ceredigion. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  • "Cwrt Newydd, Cardiganshire". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.