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Rhyd-uchaf

hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ24182549 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rhyd-uchaf is a hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales, approximately 2.4 miles (3.9 km) northwest of Bala and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of Frongoch (by footpath), on an unnamed road which provides access to Arenig Fawr. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 78.

Talybont Chapel

Talybont Chapel was built in 1837, with services held on behalf of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.

Governance

Rhyd-uchaf is within the electoral ward of Llandderfel and the parish of Llanycil.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Rhyd-uchaf” is hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Rhyd-uchaf, hamlet and Gwynedd, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1837—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Rhyd-uchaf, hamlet and Gwynedd is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24182549. Authority coordinates are 52.927, -3.638. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1837.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Rhyd-uchaf primary sources, Rhyd-uchaf archive and Rhyd-uchaf research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rhyd-uchaf” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.