Rhyd-y-Marchogion

Rhyd-y-Marchogion was a farm in Llanelidan, Denbighshire. The farmhouse, attached cartshed, and garden wall as well as the farmyard buildings are Grade II listed buildings.^[1] Both the farmhouse and the farmyard buildings have now been converted into two separate homes.

The name translates literally as "Ford of the Knights". As the Hesbin river flows alongside some of the farmyard buildings, the name implies that knights on horseback used to cross the river at a shallow point nearby. At one time four roads met near the farm gate, and it is unclear whether there was just one or two fords as the Hesbin now runs under B5429 (road) and it is also possible to walk through the river in another direction, following what is now an abandoned trackway. Nearby is the hamlet of Rhyd-y-Meudwy ("Ford of the Hermit").

William Jones (pen name: Ehedydd Iâl) wrote the popular Welsh hymn, Er nad yw 'nghnawd ond gwellt (Literal translation: Though my flesh is nothing but straw) from under a tree in the orchard of Rhyd-y-Marchogion during a heavy storm of thunder and lightning.

Y nefoedd uwch fy mhen
A dduodd fel y nos,
Heb haul na lleuad wen
Nac unrhyw seren dlos,
A llym gyfiawnder oddi fry
Yn saethu mellt o'r cwmwl du.

Er nad yw 'nghnawd ond gwellt
A'm hesgyrn ddim ond clai,
Mi ganaf yn y mellt,
Maddeuodd Duw fy mai:
Mae craig yr oesoedd dan fy nhraed,
A'r mellt yn diffodd yn y gwaed.

Listed buildings in Llanelidan

Grade II*	St Elidan's Church Nantclwyd Hall

Grade II	Carmel Baptist Chapel with former caretaker's house at rear Efail-y-Plas bridge Garth-y-Neuadd Farmhouse Barn at Garth-y-Neuadd Glan Hesbin farmhouse Barn at Glan Hesbin Cartshed at Glan Hesbin Groes-wen Nos. 1–6 Hendre Bach Nos. 1–6 Hendre Cottages Leyland Arms public house Cottage and farm buildings at rear of Leyland Arms public house Llanelidan school and master's house Milestone near West Lodge Milestone near Braich-y-Cwm Archway with clock tower at entrance to service yard Bridge on the main drive to Nantclwyd Hall Castellated shooting hide over pond outfall at Nantclwyd Hall East gateway at south perimeter road to Nantclwyd Hall Lakeside rotunda at Nantclwyd Hall Main gateway to Nantclwyd Hall Office range at south west of Nantclwyd Hall Stag and hounds sculpture and pedestal on entrance axis to Nantclwyd Hall Walled garden to the south-east of Nantclwyd Hall, with gazebos and pavilions West (former main) gates to Nantclwyd Hall West entrance lodge to Nantclwyd Hall West gateway at south perimeter road to Nantclwyd Hall Old Rectory with high wall to roadside Plas-yr-Esgob (the Bishop's Manor House) Barn range at Plas-yr-Esgob Cowhouse at Plas-yr-Esgob Lofted cartshed range at Plas-yr-Esgob Stable range at Plas-yr-Esgob Pont Nant Clwyd Rhyd-y-Marchogion farmhouse with attached cartshed range and garden wall Rhyd-y-Marchogion farmyard group Seion Wesleyan Methodist Chapel including forecourt wall with railings 1 & 2 Capel Wesley (Cottages attached to Seion Chapel) Limekiln at Trewyn Tŷ Brith

References

↑ "Listed Buildings in Denbighshire". Retrieved 21 May 2014.

External links

A recording of the hymn by côr Godre'r Aran available to buy from Sain

Coordinates: 53°02′45″N 3°18′25″W / 53.04572°N 3.30702°W / 53.04572; -3.30702

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