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Llanfair P
Llanfair ( Welsh for "St. Mary's Parish") may refer to: Places * Llanfair Clydogau; a small village in Mid Wales * Llanfair, Gwynedd, a village in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd * Llanfair-is-gaer, a former parish in Arfon, Gwynedd * Llanfair, Vale of Glamorgan, a community near Cowbridge * Llanfair Caereinion, Powys; a small town in east central Wales * Llanfair PG (''Llanfairpwllgwyngyll''), Anglesey; a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales * Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn, hamlet in Pembrokeshire *Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales * Llanfair, Alabama, USA Fiction * Llanfair (''One Life to Live''), the Lord family mansion on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' Other uses *"Llanfair", a popular Welsh hymn tune; see "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" is a Christian hymn associated with Easter. Most of the stanzas were written by Charles Wesley, and the hymn appeared under the title "Hymn for Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair Clydogau
Llanfair Clydogau is a small village and Community (Wales), community encompassing , located about north-east of Lampeter on the B4343 road, in Ceredigion, Wales. It has a population of 634 as of the 2011 UK census, 87.5% of whom are Welsh language, Welsh-speaking,The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. p. 487 yet only 46% were born in Wales?. Formerly located within the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Moyddyn.GENUKI: Llanfair Clydogau The community is located at the southernmost area of Ceredigion's former lead and silver mines, which until the 1760s were highly productive. Clydogau refers to the River Clydogau or Clywedogau as it was originally spelt. The meaning of "clywedog" is audible, or noisy. The basins of Clywedog-isaf, Clywedog-ganol and Clywedog-uchaf are nearby. The community includes the hamlet of All Saints' Church, Cellan, Cellan. There are two churches still in regular use, Saint Mary's Parish Church and the Union of Welsh Independents, Welsh Independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair, Gwynedd
Llanfair is a village and community in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. It has a population of 474, reducing to 453 at the 2011 census. The village of Llanfair is situated to the east of the A496 coastal road between Llanbedr and Harlech, and includes Llandanwg and Pensarn. The parish church of St Mair (St Mary), dating from the 12th century, was restored in the 19th century. It is a grade II* listed building. The Chwarel Hen slate quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their envi ..., which operated in the 19th and early 20th century, is situated close to the village and is open to the public. References External links Chwarel Hen slate quarry {{Gwynedd-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair-is-gaer
Llanfair-is-gaer was an ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest ... in Caernarfon, Gwynedd: the parish church was St Mary's. References Hamlets in Wales Populated places in Gwynedd {{Gwynedd-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair, Vale Of Glamorgan
Llanfair is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located immediately south of the town of Cowbridge and includes the settlements of St Hilary, Llandough, St Mary Church (Welsh: ''Llan-fair'') and The Herberts. The population in 2011 was 611. Llanfair has a community council comprising eight councillors, who meet regularly at St Hilary Village Hall. For elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council the community is part of the Cowbridge electoral ward. Buildings of note in Llanfair include Old Beaupre Castle near St Hilary, which is Grade I listed and Llandough Castle which is Grade II* listed. St Hilary's parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ... is also Grade II* listed. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair Caereinion
Llanfair Caereinion is a market town and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales upon the River Banwy (also known as the River Einion), around 8 miles west of Welshpool. In 2011 the ward had a population of 1,810; the town itself had a population of 1,055 according to Nomis. History Its name is a combination of Welsh ' "church" + ' "Mary" and ' "fort" + ', a personal name, meaning "the church of Mary tthe fort of Einion". The town is built upon the site of an old Roman fort. The site of the Battle of Maes Moydog (1295) is nearby. In 1758 the town was almost completely wiped out by a major fire. Geography The town is close to Welshpool and not far away are the towns of Machynlleth and Llanfyllin. The town acts as a major centre for a lot of scattered hamlets and villages around the community. The electorate of the community only places it fourteenth in the rank of the county's eighteen towns. Llanfair Caereinion is classified as an area centre in the Powys Unitary Develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair PG
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 acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn
Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn is a hamlet and small parish in the community of Eglwyswrw, north Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is a rural parish with few dwellings and was in the ancient Hundred of Cemais. Name An English translation of Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn would be "St Mary's church of the white stream". According to Lewis, the parish derives its name "from the dedication of its church to St.Mary, and its distinguishing adjunct probably from the abundance of white quartz stones scattered over the lands and in the bed of a brook by which it is watered". History The parish (as ''Cap. Nantgwin'') appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. Until about 1790 the parish was combined with that of Eglwyswen and was . When it became an independent parish it covered . In 1833 there were 237 inhabitants in the parish and in 1929 the population was 190. Worship R. J. Withers designed the parish church when it was rebuilt in 1855; it has a wooden, slated spire and is dedicated to St Mary. Ebenezer Bapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales, situated in the Vale of Clwyd about one mile south of the town of Ruthin. By the 2001 census, it had 1048 residents and 50.6% of them could speak Welsh. The figures for the 2011 census were: population 1,053:Welsh speakers 46.9%. The age group with the highest percentage of Welsh speakers was the 15-year-olds where every one could speak it. The villages of Pentrecelyn and Graig Fechan are located in the community. Church of St. Mary and St. Cynfarch ‘The church of St. Mary in the Vale of Clwyd’ – in Welsh Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd – shares its dedication with ‘Saint’ Cynfarch, apparently a Celtic chieftain from northern Britain, related to Coel Hen or ‘Old King Cole’. It is fine big 15th century ‘double-naved’ church with an impressive tower. It also shares its churchyard with massive yew trees, the stump of a preaching cross, a Georgian ‘vestry house and a timbered lychgate inscri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfair (One Life To Live)
Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. The city exists in the same fictional universe as cities from other existing or defunct ABC daytime dramas, including Pine Valley, Pennsylvania from ''All My Children'', Port Charles, New York from ''General Hospital'', and Corinth, Pennsylvania from '' Loving''. Overview The community is a fictional suburb of Philadelphia. It is thought to be modelled after the Chestnut Hill section of the city, although the prevalence of Welsh placename elements may suggest an inspiration from the Welsh settlements in the area such as the Upper Merion and Lower Merion Townships, north west of the City. The name ''Llanview'' is a conjunction of Welsh language placename element ''Llan'' (a sacred enclosure) with English -view, for a meaning of ''Sacred-View'' or ''View of the Sacred Place''. Other in-universe locations, such as the Lord estate of ''Llanfair'' (-''fair'' is a Wels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
