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Llangwm, CORWEN, LL21 0RD

The former church of St Jerome, Llangwm.

This church in Llangwm is sadly closed and boarded up.

At the centre of the village of Llangwm is the "corlan" diwylliant - literally translated as Culture "enclosure" - the word is mostly used for "sheepfold", and is apt in this rural area. Llangwm has long been renowned for its cultural traditions, with a male voice choir, youth choirs and folk dancing. The plaque on the right commemorates Lois Blake Image, who revived Welsh Folk Dancing.

Llangwm Church is now disused and the windows boarded up. The site may first have been established in the early medieval era, but the present church is a simple structure with nave and chancel as one cell, its fabric undatable, its windows 18th and 19th Century. Inside all the fixtures and fittings have been stripped out leaving a few wall memorials heaped on the floor.

The motto of the school, "Yn y llaw fach mae'r holl fyd", translated as "the whole world is in a small hand".

Primary school for Llangwm and the surrounding area, which has about 45 pupils, the majority of which come from Welsh-speaking families.

There are references to a church on the site in the early thirteenth century. The church was rebuilt in 1747, and was restored in 1873/1874. It was closed some years ago, and services for the parish are now conducted in St. Catherine's, Dinmael.

This plaque was placed to honour Lois Blake, who was the driving force behind the revival of Welsh folk dancing in the 1930's. She was an Englishwoman who moved from Liverpool, where she had been a member of the English Folk Dance Society. On moving to Llangwm, she was amazed to find that very few folk dances were performed in Wales and she set about researching Welsh dances and dancing. She became a founded member and first president of the Welsh Folk Dance Society. The plaque was unveiled by her daughter Felicity, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Welsh Folk Dance Society.

Closed for many years, the Chapel school was built by the chapel community when there was religious division from the church. Now it's used for storage.