Bryngwran is a village and
community
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in
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
Wales
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, located on the
A5 trunk road. It lies west of
Llangefni
Llangefni (meaning "church on the River Cefni", ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, ma ...
, south west of
Llannerch-y-medd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a small village, community and post town on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The Royal Mail postcode is LL71, and it has a population of 1,360, of whom more than 70% is Welsh speaking.
The village is situated near the ce ...
and south east of Holyhead, and includes the villages of Bryngwran,
Capel Gwyn
Capel Gwyn is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales, in the community of Bryngwran
Bryngwran is a village and community in Anglesey Wales, located on the A5 trunk road. It lies west of Llangefni, south west of Llannerch-y-medd and ...
and
Engedi.
At the
2001 census the community had a population of 781, increasing to 894 at the 2011 census. The village itself has a population of around 400.
Saint Peulan's Church stands in an isolated position at Llanbeulan, in the south east of the community. A medieval building, it partly dates from the 12th century, but was extended in the 14th, and restored in the mid-19th century. The gritstone
font dates from late 12th century. It is considered an example of a "rural medieval church retaining its simple character" and is
Grade II* listed.
Pandy Treban, a former
fulling
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mill in the north of the community, and the 18th-century bridge at Pont Factory Cymunod, over the Afon Crigyll on the border with
Bodedern
Bodedern is a village and community in the west of Anglesey, Wales.
At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,074, decreasing slightly to 1,051 at the 2011 census. The community includes the settlements of Llanllibio and Pen-llyn.
Location ...
, are
Grade II listed.
Notable people
*
Alun Michael (born 1943), politician, born in Bryngwran. He served as
First Minister of Wales and leader of
Welsh Labour
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from May 1999 to February 2000, Member of Parliament for
Cardiff South and Penarth from 1987 to 2012, and
Police and Crime Commissioner for
South Wales since 2012.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name existed. This stretched beyond the confines of Bryngwran Community with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,903.
Following the ''Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012'' the ward was amalgamated into a new multi-councillor ward,
Canolbarth Môn
Canolbarth Môn (meaning: ''Central Anglesey'') is an electoral ward in the centre of Anglesey, Wales. It includes the communities of Bryngwran, Bodffordd, Llangefni, and Trewalchmai, and the majority (excluding the Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd c ...
.
References
External links
A Vision of Britain Through TimeBritish Listed BuildingsGeographOffice for National Statistics
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Former wards of Anglesey