Pandy Tudur (Standardised Welsh: Pandytudur) is a village in Conwy county borough, in the north-west of Wales. It lies 5 miles northeast of Llanrwst.
Origins of the name
The name was originally Pandybudr, from the Welsh pandy ('fulling mill') and budr ('dirty'). The meaning 'dirty fulling-mill' was considered unattractive and the adjective budr was replaced in Victorian times by the personal name Tudur, thus giving Pandytudur (supposedly 'Tudur's fulling mill').[1]
In its list of standardised Welsh place-names in Conwy County Borough, the Welsh Language Commissioner recommends the use of Pandytudur in both English and Welsh. While Conwy County Borough Council has used "Pandy Tudur".[2]
Language
At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 55.5% of the population spoke the Welsh language. The highest percentage of speakers was within the 5-9 age group, where 71.1% could speak the language. Children in the village mostly attend a small Welsh-medium primary school in the nearby village of Llangernyw.
Facilities
The village has a chapel of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
Nearby lie the turbines of Moel Maelogan wind farm.
References
- ^ Owen, Hywel Wyn; Morgan, Richard (2007). Dictionary of the place-names of Wales. Llandysul: Gomer. p. 358. ISBN 978-1-84323-901-7. OCLC 191731809.
- ^ "Pandytudur". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
External links
Media related to Pandy Tudur at Wikimedia Commons
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