Arfon, from the
Welsh for ''Facing Anglesey'', refers to the southern shore of the
Menai Strait
The Menai Strait ( cy, Afon Menai, the "river Menai") is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. It varies in width from from Fort Belan to Abermenai Point to from ...
, the part of mainland Wales closest to the island of
Anglesey. It may refer to:
Places
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District of Arfon, an administrative subdivision of Gwynedd county (1974–1996)
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Arfon (Senedd constituency) (2007–present)
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Arfon (UK Parliament constituency) (2010–present)
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Arfon transmitting station, a radio and television mast near Caernarfon
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Cantref Arfon, an administrative division of the Kingdom of Gwynedd (until 1284)
People
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Arfon Griffiths
Arfon Trevor Griffiths MBE (born 23 August 1941) is a Welsh former football player and manager. During his playing career which lasted from 1959 to 1979, Griffiths played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a football ...
(born 1941), Welsh footballer
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Arfon Haines Davies
Arfon Haines Davies (born 1948) is a Welsh television presenter who began his career as a continuity announcer for HTV Wales (now part of ITV Cymru Wales) during the 1970s and 1980s.
Haines-Davies comes from Aberystwyth and studied drama in Londo ...
(born 1948), Welsh television presenter
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Arfon Jones
Owain Arfon Jones (born March 1955) is a Welsh police officer who was the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police from 2016 to 2021. He is a former member of Plaid Cymru.
Jones had a long career in the North Wales Police, becoming ...
, Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales Police
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Arfon Williams
Arfon Williams (born 1958) is a Welsh Anglican priest.
Williams was educated at Aberystwyth University and Wycliffe Hall Oxford. After a curacy in Carmarthen he held Incumbencies in Aberystwyth and
. He was Archdeacon of Merioneth from 2002 u ...
(born 1958), Welsh Anglican priest
Other
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Arfon (hymn tune) Arfon is a traditional Welsh hymn tune which exists with major and minor variants.
General information
The hymn tune Arfon originates as a Welsh folk tune of six lines (with the second couplet duplicate of the firstbeing omitted), but it was adap ...
, a traditional Welsh hymn tune
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HMT ''Arfon'', a WWI Royal Navy minesweeper; now a protected wreck in the English Channel
See also
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Arfor - Welsh economic programme
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