Salem
Salem is a small Welsh village in Ceredigion, located between the Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers. The closest village is Penrhyn-coch. The Salem Independent Church was built in 1864, in a similar style to the older church at Capel Bangor.Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Ceredigion, Wales
- Also known as: “Sale (Ceredigion)” and “Salem, Ceredigion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Mynydd-gorddu and Ystrad Peithyll.
Ystrad Peithyll
Castle
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ystrad Peithyll is the remains of a small 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle on the River Peithyll, near Penrhyn-coch in northern Ceredigion, Wales. The castle was attacked and destroyed by followers of Gruffydd ap Rhys in the early 12th century. Ystrad Peithyll is situated 1½ miles southwest of Salem.
Saint John’s Church
Church
Photo: Jason.nlw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint John’s Church is situated 1½ miles west of Salem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bont Goch and Penrhyn-coch.
Bont Goch
Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bont Goch is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, 2 miles northeast of Aberystwyth. With Talybont, it is in the community of Ceulanamaesmawr. The historic name was Elerch, which may be related to the name of the river Leri which flows through the area. Bont Goch is situated 1½ miles northeast of Salem.
Penrhyn-coch
Village
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach. Penrhyn-coch is situated 1½ miles west of Salem.
Cwmsymlog
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cwmsymlog is a short valley, sheltering a hamlet of the same name, in Ceredigion, in the west of Wales. Once an important mining area, but the mining slowly declined and finally came to an end in 1901. Cwmsymlog is situated 2 miles east of Salem.
Salem
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.44102° or 52° 26′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.95926° or 3° 57′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C4RC2RR+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 550386139OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q10968561
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Salem” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Salem”
- Irish: “Salem”
- Welsh: “Salem (Ceredigion)”
- Welsh: “Salem, Ceredigion”
- Welsh: “Salem”
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