Well Street and The Pond

 

Unlike many rural Villages, Trelawnyd never had a featured pond in its centre. To the east of the village Pwll budr ( dirty pond ) was situated and Trefor Evans of Cwm road remembers it as a young boy as being “ unkept” and rubbish filled. 

Well Street, in the very heart of the village, unsurprisingly , featured a covered Well which for many years was the only source of water for the entire village. Situated away from the well was the spring run off and this provided the borders to Siambr Wen and the Still house an “ unofficial “ pond area of marsh ground. This area has been used as an unofficial tip and left as scrubland for years until the 1980s  it silted up completely , only being cleared three times , twice at the instigation of the Community Council and latterly by the Community Association who hopes to hold an open day soon to show what environmental benefits having a freshwater pond

 A series of standpipes were brought in by the village and council in the 1920s and can still be seen today up High-street, London Road, and The Marian. Most farms such as Pen Y Cefn Isa , down Cwm Road  still have their own wells,