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Aethwy Rural District
Aethwy was a rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ... in the administrative county of Anglesey, Wales, from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Bangor rural sanitary district which was on Anglesey. In 1933 it was expanded by a county review order, taking in all of the abolished Dwyran Rural District. The district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of a single Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey district. Civil parishes Over its existence the rural district contained the following civil parishes: †In Dwyran RD until 1933. References *https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030241/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10114081&c_id=10001043 {{coord, 53 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (), is a large village and local government community on the island of Anglesey, Wales, on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. Both shortened (Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG) and lengthened () forms of the placename are used in various contexts (with the longer form pronounced ). At the 2011 Census, the population was 3,107, of whom 71% could speak Welsh. It is the sixth largest settlement on the island by population. The long form of the name, with 58 characters split into 18 syllables, is purported to be the longest place name in Europe and the second longest one-word place name in the world. History There has been human activity and settlement in the area of the village since the Neolithic era (4000–2000 BC), with subsistence agriculture and fishing the most common occupations for much of its early history. The island of Anglesey was at that point reachable only by boat across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog
Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog (occasionally spelt Llanfihangel Esgeifiog or Llanfihangelesgeifiog) is a community (civil parish) and former ecclesiastical parish in Anglesey, Wales, east of Llangefni. Description The community includes the villages of Gaerwen and Pentre Berw; it also includes the Malltraeth Marsh RSPB. The percentage of Welsh language speakers in the community in 2011 was 76.5%. Coal was mined in the area from the 15th to the 18th centuries. The old parish church of St Michael, less than a mile from Gaerwen, now lies in ruins. It was replaced by the new church of St Michael in Gaerwen, in 1847. Governance At the local level the community elects eleven community councillors to Llanfihangel Esgeifiog Community Council. Until 2012 the community's boundaries, together with those of neighbouring Penmynydd, defined the electoral ward of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog. This ward elected a county councillor to the Isle of Anglesey County Council until The Isle of Anglesey ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Districts Of Wales
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are described as rural. Different countries have varying definitions of ''rural'' for statistical and administrative purposes. In rural areas, because of their unique economic and social dynamics, and relationship to land-based industry such as agriculture, forestry and resource extraction, the economics are very different from cities and can be subject to boom and bust cycles and vulnerability to extreme weather or natural disasters, such as droughts. These dynamics alongside larger economic forces encouraging to urbanization have led to significant demographic declines, called rural flight, where economic incentives encourage younger populations to go to cities for education and access to jobs, leaving older, less educated and less wealthy populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trefdraeth
Trefdraeth is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales, within the community of Bodorgan about southwest of the county town of Llangefni. Trefdraeth's Church in Wales parish church of St Beuno dates from the 13th century. Glantraeth Football Club play their home games in Trefdraeth. They are the only club on Anglesey to have won a Cymru Alliance league and cup double, the second tier of Welsh football. Notable people * William Williams (1739–1817), a Welsh antiquarian and poet. * John Owen Jones (1861–1899), (known as ) a campaigning journalist, was born at Ty'n y Morfa, Trefdraeth. * Naomi Watts Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama '' For Love Alone'' (1986) and then appeared in three television series, '' Hey Dad..!'' (1990), '' ... (born 1981), who lived locally as a child, is president of Glantraeth F.C. References Villages in Anglesey Bodorgan {{A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentraeth
Pentraeth (; ) is a village and community on the island of Anglesey (''Ynys Môn''), North Wales, at . The Royal Mail postcode begins LL75. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 1,178. The village itself having a population of 557. Its Welsh name means ''at the end of (or head of) a beach'', and it is located near Traeth Coch (Red Wharf Bay). There is a small river, Afon Nodwydd which runs through it. The village's ancient name was ''Llanfair Betws Geraint''. In 1170 it was the site of a battle when Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd landed with an army raised in Ireland in an attempt to claim a share of the kingdom of Gwynedd following the death of his father Owain Gwynedd. He was defeated and killed here by the forces of his half-brothers Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri. In 1859, Charles Dickens stayed in the village on his trip, as a journalist for ''The Times'', to visit the wreck of the ''Royal Charter'' in Moelfre. Between 1908 and 1950 it was served by Pentraet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penmynydd
Penmynydd (; ), meaning "top of the mountain" in Welsh, is a village and community on Anglesey, Wales. It is known for being the birthplace of the Tudors of Penmynydd, which became the House of Tudor. The population according to the United Kingdom Census 2011 was 465. The community includes the village of Star. Description Penmynydd is located on Anglesey off the north west coast of Wales, situated on a slight hill on the B5420 road between Menai Bridge and Llangefni, at . The Royal Mail postcode begins LL61 with a community population taken at the 2011 census of 465. Edward Greenly gave the name of the village to the Monian ‘Penmynydd Zone of Metamorphism', a Precambrian blueschist terrane stretching along the hill from Red Wharf Bay to Newborough; the blueschist event has been dated to about 550 million years ago. When Welsh nobleman Rhys ap Tudur was executed in 1412, lands of the Penmynydd family were forfeited. The village is notable for its early 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niwbwrch
Newborough ( cy, Niwbwrch) is a village in the south-western corner of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales; it is in the community (and former electoral ward) of Rhosyr, which has a population of 2,169, increasing to 2,226 at the 2011 census. the village itself having a population of 892 with 68% born in Wales. History In medieval Gwynedd, Rhosyr was the royal demesne ( cy, maerdref) and seat of governance for the commote of Menai.Lloyd, John E. ''A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest''p. 232 Longmans, Green, & Co. (London), 1911. Accessed 20 Feb 2013. The ruined court buildings of Llys Rhosyr ('Rhosyr Court') lie on the outskirts of the present village. Their precise nature is uncertain, but archaeologists at Gwynedd Archaeological Trust consider them to have been a royal home and have established an exhibition of their findings in the village's Pritchard Jones Institute. Modern Newborough was founded by citizens of Llanmaes in eastern Angles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansadwrn
Llansadwrn (; ; ) is a small village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located in the countryside above the valley of the River Tywi, about halfway between Llandovery (Welsh: Llanymddyfri) to the north-east, and Llandeilo to the south-west. It is just off the A40 road, between Carmarthen (about 20 miles SW) and Brecon (about 25 miles E). The community is bordered by the Carmarthenshire communities of Cynwyl Gaeo, Llanwrda, Myddfai, Llangadog, Manordeilo and Salem, and Talley. History According to tradition, it was founded by an early Christian saint, Sadwrn ( fl. around 460). Four miles to the west of the village are the ruins of Talley Abbey ( cy, Abaty Talyllychau). One mile to the west is the hamlet of Waunclunda, and above Waunclunda is an ancient fort. Little information is available about this fort, but it is believed to have been an Iron Age and then a Roman fort. It is believed to be important for its potential archaeology. The village is also believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanidan
Llanidan is a community in the south of Anglesey, Wales which includes the village of Brynsiencyn (). The parish is along the Menai Strait, about 4 miles north-east of Caernarfon (across the strait). The parish church of St Nidan is near the A4080 highway, a little to the east of Brynsiencyn. The ruins of an earlier parish church survive. History Possible site of Roman invasions On the basis of field names it has been suggested that the Roman army under Suetonius Paulinus landed here in 60, and again in 78 under Agricola, overcoming the Ordovices of north-west Wales and Anglesey, at a spot known as Bryn Beddau, (Hill of Graves in Welsh). In 1867 it was suggested that the local field names "Maes Hir Gad" (Area of long battle) and "Cae Oer Waedd" (Field of cold or bitter lamentation) may indicate the site of these battles Roman coastal settlement Near Tai Cochion house, excavation and geophysical survey has revealed part of a Roman settlement of unusual layout, and on the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangristiolus
Llangristiolus is a village and community in the middle of Anglesey, Wales, southwest of Llangefni, and is named after Saint Cristiolus. The River Cefni flows through the village. The village is within a mile of the A5 and A55 roads. The village of Rhostrehwfa is in the community. The church of St Cristiolus, Llangristiolus, dates from the 12th century. Notable people * Henry Maurice (ca.1647–1691), a Welsh clergyman * Richard Owen, (1839–1887), a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister and preacher. * Edward Greenly (1861–1951), English geologist, buried at Llangristiolus * Medwyn Williams (born ca.1940), a Welsh vegetable gardener, 11 x gold medallist at the Chelsea Flower Show. * Naomi Watts (born 1968), film actress, lived in Llangristiolus with her maternal grandparents at Llanfawr as a child. * Rhun ap Iorwerth (born 1972), MS for Ynys Môn resides in the village * Meinir Gwilym Meinir Elin Gwilym (born 31 March 1983) is a Welsh-language pop and folk si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangoed
Llangoed () is a small village, community (Wales), community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward just north of Beaumaris, Anglesey, Beaumaris, on the Isle of Anglesey or ''Ynys Môn'', at . The Royal Mail postcode begins LL58. Llangoed ward has a population of 1,275 (2001), falling at the 2011 census to 1,229. The village's Welsh placenames, placename means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the Welsh language. Llangoed is on the banks of a brook called the Afon Lleiniog, which flows from the hamlet of Glanrafon to the sea, beneath the ruins of an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle, Castell Aberlleiniog. The 17th-century parish church of St Cawrdaf, Victorian restoration, restored in the 19th century, is in the north of the village, near a Victorian architecture, Victorian school and chapel. The modern centre of the village is a steep hill lined by cottages, a post office, grocery store and chapel. To the south of the village is a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
