Elysian Grove (Welsh: Llwyn Afallon)Elysian Grove, Ceredigion County Council website, accessed 31 March 2014. is a street in the town and community of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, which is from Cardiff.
The area was built up in the 1930s.William Troughton, Aberystwyth Through Time, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2010 . Prior to this, Elysian Grove, also known as Panglais Dingle,A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to North Wales (southern Section), p. 42, Ward, Lock & Company, 1912 . referred to an area on the lower slopes of Panglais Hill. It was well known as an entertainment venue, with an open-air stage during the summer, mainly offering concerts and pierrot. There was also a pay-for-entry playground and woodland walks run by the Penglais Estate. Live outdoor entertainment began on the site in the late 1890s and continued until 1926.Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, Aberystwyth, 1277-1977, pp. 119, 121, Gomer Press, 1977, . A contract for a 1,000-seat pavilion was tendered in 1908."Contractors column", The Electrical Review, vol. 62, iss. 1587, p. 699, 24 April 1908. and built by 1910. The remains of the stage, located slightly uphill of the start of Dan-Y-Coed, were still visible in the 1970s.
See also List of localities in Wales by population
References
External links Peter Davis Digitised Postcards Collection:Coflein, postcard depicting a woodland walk in Elysian Grove.