Llan () and its variants ( br, lan; kw, lann; xpi, lhan;
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
and gd, lann) are a common element of
Celtic placenames
Celtic toponymy is the study of place names wholly or partially of Celtic origin. These names are found throughout continental Europe, Britain, Ireland, Anatolia and, latterly, through various other parts of the globe not originally occupied by C ...
in the
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
and
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
, especially of
Welsh toponymy
The place-names of Wales derive in most cases from the Welsh language, but have also been influenced by linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English. Toponymy in Wales reveals significant features of ...
. In Welsh an (often
mutated
In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Viral genomes contain either DNA or RNA. Mutations result from errors during DNA or viral replication, mitos ...
) name of a local saint or a geomorphological description follows the ''Llan''
morpheme
A morpheme is the smallest meaningful Constituent (linguistics), constituent of a linguistic expression. The field of linguistics, linguistic study dedicated to morphemes is called morphology (linguistics), morphology.
In English, morphemes are ...
to form a single word: for example Llanfair is the parish or settlement around the church of (Welsh for "
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
").
Goidelic
The Goidelic or Gaelic languages ( ga, teangacha Gaelacha; gd, cànanan Goidhealach; gv, çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages.
Goidelic languages historically ...
toponyms end in ''-lann''.
The various forms of the word are distantly
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...
with
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
''land'' and ''lawn'' and presumably initially denoted a specially cleared and enclosed area of land. In
late antiquity
Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...
it came to be applied particularly to the sanctified land occupied by communities of
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
converts
Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliatin ...
. It is part of the name of more than 630 locations in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
and nearly all have some connection with a local patron saint. These were usually the founding saints of the parish,Baring-Gould, Sabine ''The Lives of the Saints'', Vol. 16, "The Celtic Church and its Saints", p. 67 Longmans, Green, & Co. (New York), 1898. relatives of the ruling families who invaded Wales during the early Middle Ages. The founder of a new ''llan'' was obliged to reside at the site and to eat only once a day, each time taking a bit of bread and an egg and drinking only water and milk. This lasted for forty days, Sundays excepted, after which the land was considered sanctified for ever. The typical ''llan'' employed or erected a circular or oval embankment with a protective
stockade
A stockade is an enclosure of palisades and tall walls, made of logs placed side by side vertically, with the tops sharpened as a defensive wall.
Etymology
''Stockade'' is derived from the French word ''estocade''. The French word was derived ...
, surrounded by wooden or stone huts. Unlike Saxon practice, these establishments were not chapels for the local lords but almost separate tribes, initially some distance away from the secular community. Over time, however, it became common for prosperous communities to become either
monasteries
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
forbidden to lay residents or fully secular communities controlled by the local lord.
In the later Middle Ages ''llan'' also came to denote entire
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
es, both as an ecclesiastical region and as a subdivision of a
commote
A commote (Welsh ''cwmwd'', sometimes spelt in older documents as ''cymwd'', plural ''cymydau'', less frequently ''cymydoedd'')''Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru'' (University of Wales Dictionary), p. 643 was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales ...
or
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
.
Place names in Wales
Places named after saints
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Llanaelhaearn
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Llanaelhaearn is a village and community on the Llŷn Peninsula in the county of Gwynedd, Wales. The community includes the larger village of Trefor and has a population of 1,067, increasing to 1,117 at the 2011 Census.
Name
The to ...
, Saint
Aelhaiarn
Saint Aelhaiarn or Aelhaearn (Welsh for "Iron Eyebrows";Baring-Gould, Sabine & al''The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain'', Vol. I, pp. 101 ff ...
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Llanafan Fawr
Llanafan Fawr is a village and community and ecclesiastical parish in the former cantref of Buellt (Builth) and historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales. It is now part of Powys. The community includes the former parish of Llanfihangel Bryn Pa ...
'Great Llanafan',
Saint Afan
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
* Llanafan Fechan 'Little Llanafan' (now often 'Llanfechan'), Saint Afan
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Llanafan y Trawsgoed
Llanafan is a small village between Tregaron and Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, in Wales. Llanafan is around ten miles from Aberystwyth and Tregaron. It is named for its parish church, St Afan's ('), which serves as the chapel for the nearby Trawsgoe ...
Llanallgo
Llanallgo (; ) is a small village a mile from the coast of the island of Anglesey. The community is in the community of Moelfre, Ynys Môn, Wales, which is 136.4 miles (219.6 km) from Cardiff and 214.9 miles (345.9 km) from London ...
Llanarmon, Gwynedd
Llanarmon ''( English: Garmon's Church)'' is a small village and former civil parish in the old commote of Eifionydd and Cantref Dunoding in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The parish was abolished in 1934 and incorporated into Llanystumdwy. T ...
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Saint Garmon
Germanus of Auxerre ( la, Germanus Antissiodorensis; cy, Garmon Sant; french: Saint Germain l'Auxerrois; 378 – c. 442–448 AD) was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop of Autissiodorum in Late Antique Gaul. He abandoned a career as a h ...
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Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (; often referred to as Llanarmon DC or locally simply as Llanarmon) is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the River Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road, five miles (8 km) south-west of ...
, Saint Garmon
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Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr
Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, occasionally referred to as Llanarmon Fach, is an isolated rural parish in Powys, Wales. It was formerly in Denbighshire, and from 1974 to 1996 was in the county of Clwyd. It measures and has a population of 40.
The scat ...
, Saint Garmon
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Llanarmon-yn-Iâl
Llanarmon-yn-Iâl is a village, and local government community, in Denbighshire, Wales, lying in limestone country in the valley of the River Alyn.
The community is part of an electoral ward called Llanarmon-yn-Iâl/Llandegla. The population o ...
, Denbighshire, Saint Garmon or St.
Germanus of Auxerre
Germanus of Auxerre ( la, Germanus Antissiodorensis; cy, Garmon Sant; french: Saint Germain l'Auxerrois; 378 – c. 442–448 AD) was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop of Autissiodorum in Late Antique Gaul. He abandoned a career as a h ...
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Llanarthney
Llanarthney ( cy, Llanarthne; ) is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales. Situated on the B4300 road 12 km (7.5 miles) east of Carmarthen and 10 km (6 miles) west of Llandeilo, the community had a population at the ...
, St Arthney
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Llanasa
Llanasa is a village and community in the county of Flintshire, north-east Wales. Llanasa is described as one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire. It originally comprised the townships of Gronant, Gwespyr, Kelston, Golden Grove, Picton, Trew ...
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Saint Asaph
Saint Asaph (or Asaf, Asa) was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph.
Biography
No traditional Welsh account devoted to the life of Asaph exists. He is, though, well- ...
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Llanbabo
Llanbabo ''(Welsh: Church of Pabo'') is a small village two miles north west of Llannerch-y-medd in Anglesey, Wales. It lies within the community of Tref Alaw.
The ancient church of St Pabo, Llanbabo is dedicated to Saint Pabo: possibly Pabo Po ...
, Saint Pabo
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Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion
Llanbadarn Fawr is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is on the outskirts of Aberystwyth next to Penparcau and Southgate. It forms the eastern part of the continually built-up area of Aberystwyth. It holds two electoral wards, Padar ...
, Saint
Padarn
Padarn ( la, Paternus, Padarnus; cy, Padarn; br, Padern; ? – 550 AD) was an early 6th century British Christian abbot-bishop who founded St Padarn's Church in Ceredigion, Wales. He appears to be one and the same with the first bishop of Bra ...
Llanbadarn Fynydd
Llanbadarn Fynydd (meaning ''Church of Padarn in the mountain'') is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, and is from Cardiff and from London.
The community includes the villages of Llanbadarn Fynydd, Llananno and Llaithddu. I ...
, Saint Padarn
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Llanbadarn y Garreg
Llanbadarn-y-Garreg is a village in the community of Aberedw, Powys, Wales. It is 45.1 miles (72.6 km) from Cardiff and 141.9 miles (228.4 km) from London.
Llanbadarn-y-Garreg is represented in the Senedd by Kirsty Williams ( Liberal ...
, Saint Padarn
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Llanbadoc
Llanbadoc ( cy, Llanbadog Fawr) is a village and community in the county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent in Wales. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 806.
The village is in the Newport postal district of N ...
Llanbadrig
Llanbadrig is a village and community (and former electoral ward) in Anglesey, Wales. The parish includes the township of Clygyrog, Tregynrig and the port of Cemaes (pronounced "Kem-ice"), and was formerly in the cwmwd of Talybolion. The ar ...
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Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...
Llanbedr
Llanbedr () is a village and community south of Harlech. Administratively, it lies in the Ardudwy area, formerly Meirionnydd, of the county of Gwynedd, Wales.
History
Ancient monuments at Llanbedr include Neolithic standing stones; the St ...
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Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
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Llanbedr, Crickhowell
Llanbedr is a small village northeast of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales and the community of Vale of Grwyney. It lies above the river known as the Grwyne Fechan just above its confluence with the Grwyne Fawr in the southern reaches of ...
St Peter
*Llanbedr (Radnorshire),
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
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Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd is a small village and community in Denbighshire in Wales, approximately 2 miles north-east of the town of Ruthin on the main A494 road towards Chester.
There are several places called Llanbedr in Wales, as the word li ...
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Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
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Llanbedrgoch
Llanbedrgoch () is a hamlet and post town, a mile south of the town of Benllech and west of Red Wharf Bay, on the island of Anglesey ( cy, Ynys Môn), north Wales. The parish church is St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, a Grade II* listed buildi ...
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Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
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Llanbedrog
Llanbedrog is a village and community on the Llŷn peninsula of Gwynedd in Wales. It is situated on the south side of the peninsula on the A499 between Pwllheli and Abersoch. Formerly in the county of Caernarfonshire, it had a population of 1 ...
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Saint Petroc
Saint Petroc or Petrock ( lat-med, Petrocus; cy, Pedrog; french: link=no, Perreux; ) was a British prince and Christian saint.
Probably born in South Wales, he primarily ministered to the Britons of Devon (Dewnans) and Cornwall (Kernow) then f ...
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Llanbedr-y-cennin
Llanbedr-y-Cennin is a small village in Conwy county borough, Wales, in the community of Caerhun.
It lies in the foothills on the western side of the Conwy valley, in Wales. The river Conwy runs through the valley, running into the sea to the no ...
Peulan
Saint Peulan was a Welsh holy man in the early part of the 6th century, the son of Paulinus, a saint from south Wales who taught Saint David. A follower of Cybi, a saint associated with the island of Anglesey in north Wales, Peulan is commemora ...
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Llanberis
(; ) is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, mo ...
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Saint Peris
Saint Peris was a little-known Welsh saint of the early Christian period, possibly 6th century.
He is referred to in the Bonedd y Saint as a 'Cardinal of Rome'. However, he may have been one of the many children of Helig ap Glannog of Tyno Heli ...
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Llanblethian
Llanblethian ( cy, Llanfleiddian) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales which sits upon the River Thaw. It makes up part of the community of Cowbridge with Llanblethian, which consists of the village itself, the larger market town of Cow ...
, Saint Bleiddian
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Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair () is a village, community and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in area, is the second largest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920.
Description
The co ...
, Saint Mary
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Llandanwg
Llandanwg () is a village in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, in Llanfair community Wales. It is situated on the coast, has a railway station, and a medieval church in the sand dunes behind the beach which is a Grade II listed building.
The villag ...
Llandecwyn
Llandecwyn () is a hamlet near Penrhyndeudraeth in Gwynedd, Wales.
The bulk of the population (between 40 and 50 houses) is now located around Cilfor close to the A496 road and served by Llandecwyn railway station, with a cluster of under ten ho ...
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Saint Tecwyn
Saint Tecwyn is the patron saint and founder of Llandecwyn in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
Tecwyn (sometimes transliterated as Tegwyn - feminine version Tegwen; and sometimes anglicised as Teckwyn) was a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the ...
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Llandefaelog Fach, Powys
Llandyfaelog Fach is a hamlet, 35.9 miles (57.8 km) from Cardiff, in the community of Honddu Isaf, Powys, Wales.
Llandyfaelog Fach is represented in the National Assembly by James Evans (Conservative Party), and the Member of Parliament is ...
, St
Maelog
Maelog was a 6th-century pre-congregational saint of Wales and a child of King Caw of Strathclyde.
He was the patron Saint of Llanfaelog,J Douglas Davies, Saint Maelog: A Brief Long Life. (J Douglas Davies, 1995). where he built Church of Saint ...
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Llandegveth
Llandegveth ( cy, Llandegfedd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
Location
Llandegveth is located between Cwmbran, in Torfaen, and Usk in rural Monmouthshire.
History & amenities
Llandegfedd Reservoir, located nearby is named af ...
Llanddeiniolen
Llanddeiniolen (; ; ) is a hamlet and name of a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is from Cardiff and from London. It comprises the villages of Deiniolen, Bethel, Dinorwig, Rhiwlas, Brynrefail and Penisarwaun, and is the third-l ...
, Saint
Deiniol
Saint Deiniol (died 572) was traditionally the first Bishop of Bangor in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales. The present Bangor Cathedral, dedicated to Deiniol, is said to be on the site where his monastery stood. He is venerated in Brittany as Sain ...
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Llandderfel
Llandderfel is a village and a sparsely populated community in Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala, formerly served by the Llandderfel railway station. The community also includes the settlements of Glan-yr-afon, Llanfor, Cefnddwysarn and Frongoch. T ...
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Saint Derfel
Derfel, known as Derfel Gadarn ('' darn'': "mighty, valiant, strong"), was a 6th-century Celts, Celtic Christians, Christian monk regarded as a saint. Local legend holds that he was a warrior of King Arthur.
Family
Medieval Wales, Welsh trad ...
Saint Marcellina
Marcellina (c. 327 – 397) was born in Trier, Gaul the daughter of the Praetorian prefect of Gaul, and was the elder sister of Ambrose of Milan and Satyrus of Milan. Marcellina devoted her life as a consecrated virgin to the practice of prayer a ...
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Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire
Llanddeusant () is a very sparsely populated community in the Black Mountain (range) of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is about 5 miles southeast of Llangadog.
Llanddeusant lies within the Llansadwrn & Llangadog / ...
, two saints:
Saint David
Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...
and
Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his ...
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Llanddew
Llanddew is a small village and community about 2 km or 1 mile north-east of Brecon, Powys, Wales. The population as of the 2011 UK Census was 232. It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire).
Its manor belongs to the ...
, St David
*Llanddewi Nant Honddu (
Llanthony
Llanthony (, cy, Llanddewi Nant Honddu ) is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom.
Location
Llanthony is located in the Vale of Ewyas, a deep and long valley with g ...
), St David
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Llandegfan
Llandegfan (; ; meaning ''The Church of St Tegfan'') is a village on the east of island of Anglesey in Wales. It is part of the community of Cwm Cadnant.Davies (2008) p.180 Population is around 1,580.
History and description
The original villag ...
Saint Tegfan
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Llandegla
Llandegla or Llandegla-yn-Iâl is a village and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. In the 2011 census, the community had a population of 567.
Name
The village's name is Welsh for the "Parish of Saint Tecla", which honours th ...
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Saint Tegla
Llandegla or Llandegla-yn-Iâl is a village and Community (Wales), community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, the community had a population of 567.
Name
The village's name is Welsh lan ...
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Llandegley
Llandegley ( cy, Llandeglau), is a village near Llandrindod Wells, in the community of Penybont, in Powys, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It is the location of Llandegley International Airport.
It lies from Cardiff and from London.
This area is r ...
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Saint Tegla
Llandegla or Llandegla-yn-Iâl is a village and Community (Wales), community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, the community had a population of 567.
Name
The village's name is Welsh lan ...
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Llandeilo
Llandeilo () is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. Its population was 1,795 at the 2011 Census. It is adjacent to the westernmost point of the B ...
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Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his ...
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Llandeilo'r-Fan
Llandeilo'r-Fan is a small village located in Powys, Wales. It is located between Llandovery and Brecon. It is very rural and is located in a hilly area of mid wales. The village has a church, community hall and a few houses. The nearest shop a ...
Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his ...
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Llanddaniel Fab
Llanddaniel Fab (or Llanddaniel-fab) is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales. At the 2001 census it had a population of 699, increasing to 776 at the 2011 census.
It is near the prehistoric monument of Bryn Celli Ddu which was construct ...
Saint Deiniol Fab see
St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab
St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab, is a small 19th-century parish church in the centre of Llanddaniel Fab, a village in Anglesey, north Wales. The first church in this location is said to have been established by St Deiniol Fab (to whom the ch ...
Llanddewi Brefi
Llanddewi Brefi () is a village, parish and community of approximately 500 people in Ceredigion, Wales.
In the sixth century, Saint David (in Welsh, ''Dewi Sant''), the patron saint of Wales, held the Synod of Brefi here and it has borne his na ...
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Saint David
Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail ab ...
Llanddewi Rhydderch
Llanddewi Rhydderch is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales at OS . It is off the B4233 road, roughly southeast of Abergavenny, lying within the administrative community of Gobion Fawr.
History
The township of Llanddewi Rhydderch grew around ...
, St David
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Llanddewi Velfrey
Llanddewi Velfrey or Llandewi Velfrey (also Llan-ddewi-vel-vre) ( cy, Llanddewi Efelffre) is a village, parish and community of Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Historically it was in the Narberth Hundred. The village is in Lampeter Vale, northeast ...
, St David
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Llanddewi Ystradenny
Llanddewi Ystradenni is a community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. The population of the Community at the 2011 census was 310.
Centred on the village of Llanddewi, it also includes the hamlet of Heartsease.
The motte and bailey
A motte-and-ba ...
, St David
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Llanddoged
Llanddoged is a small village which lies in the hills a little over a mile to the north of Llanrwst, in Conwy county borough, Wales. The village itself has a small population, with a surrounding rural farming community. Most of the population a ...
Llanddona
Llanddona (; ); ) is a village and community noted for its sandy beach in the Welsh county of Anglesey. Located between Benllech and Beaumaris, it is popular as a holiday destination, particularly for families. Llanddona has no shops; however, ...
St Dona's Church, Llanddona
St Dona's Church, Llanddona (; )) is a small 19th-century parish church in the village of Llanddona, in Anglesey, north
Wales. The first church on this site was built in 610. The present building on the site dates from 1873, and was designed by ...
Saint Dwywe
Saint Dwywe was a 5th- or 6th-century pre-congregational saint of Wales. She was a native of the ancient Cumbric-speaking kingdoms, which stretched from south-western Scotland down as far as South Yorkshire, and is estimated to have been born be ...
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Llanddyfnan
Llanddyfnan is a village and community (Wales), community in Anglesey, Wales, located north east of Llangefni, north west of Menai Bridge and west of Beaumaris.
Description
The community includes the villages of Capel Coch, Ceint, Llanddyfna ...
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Saint Dyfnan
Saint Dyfnan was an obscure Welsh saint. He was sometimes accounted a son of Brychan, the invading Irish king of Brycheiniog.
Legacy
Llanddyfnan ("St Dyfnan's") was dedicated to him on Anglesey and claimed his relic
In religion, a relic i ...
Llandissilio
Llandissilio is a village and parish in the community of Llandissilio West in east Pembrokeshire, Wales on the A478 road between Efailwen to the north and Clunderwen to the south. A largely ribbon development along the main road, the village is ...
, Saint
Tysilio
Saint Tysilio (also known as/confused with Saint Suliac; la, Tysilius, Suliacus; died 640 AD) was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar, son of the reigning King of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, maternal nephew of the great Abbot Dunod of Bangor ...
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Llandogo
Llandogo ( cy, Llaneuddogwy) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south Wales, between Monmouth and Chepstow in the lower reaches of the Wye Valley AONB, two miles north of Tintern. It is set on a steep hillside overlooking the River Wye and acro ...
, in Welsh Llaneuddogwy, St Euddogwy (
Oudoceus
Saint Oudoceus (Latin) or Euddogwy (Welsh language, Welsh) (c.536–c.615 or 625) is generally known as the third Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales. In reality he was probably a 7th-century bishop at Llandeilo Fawr. Wendy Davies puts his epi ...
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Llandough, Llanfair
Llandough ( cy, Llandochau) is a village in the community of Llanfair, south of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is border ...
, Saint Dochau/Dochdwy
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Llandough, Penarth
Llandough ( /lænˈdɒk/; cy, Llandochau Fach an'doːχaɨ vaχ is a village, community and electoral ward in the Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg, links=no), Wales, approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south west of Cardiff city centre, ...
, Saint Dochau/Dochdwy
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Llandrillo, Denbighshire
Llandrillo (or, in full, Llandrillo yn Edeirnion) is a small village and community in the Edeirnion area of Denbighshire in Wales, between Bala, and Corwen on the B4401 road. It was historically in the county of Merionethshire, and has a popula ...
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Saint Trillo
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
Saint Trillo
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
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Llandrinio
Llandrinio is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, close to the Wales-England border. It is situated on the B4393 road which travels from the village of Ford, Shropshire to Lake Vyrnwy. The community, Llandrinio and ...
, Saint Trunio
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Llandudoch
St Dogmaels ( cy, Llandudoch) is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Ceredigion. A little to the north of the village, fu ...
, Saint
Dogmael
Saint Dogmael (or Docmael, Dogfael, Dogmeel, Dogwel, Toel) was a 6th-century Welsh monk and preacher who is considered a saint. His feast day is 14 June.
Life
Dogmael (or Dogfael, Dogwel) was of the house of Cunedda, descended from the kings of W ...
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Llandudno
Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community – which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigsi ...
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Saint Tudno
Saint Tudno () is the patron saint of Llandudno (whose name is derived from his), and founder of the original parish church, located on the Great Orme peninsula.
Origins
Saint Tudno is said to have been one of the seven sons of King Seithenyn, ...
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Llandwrog
Llandwrog (; Welsh language: meaning 'The church of Saint Twrog') is a village and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, most notable for the presence of the headquarters of Welsh record label Sain and the site of Caernarfon Airport. It has ...
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Saint Twrog
Saint Twrog - feast day 26 June - was a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the church at Maentwrog, having come to Wales early in the Age of the Saints.
Early life
It is believed that Twrog was the son of Ithel Hael o Lydaw of Brittany. He w ...
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Llandybie
Llandybie ( cy, Llandybïe , " Saint Tybie's church") is a community which includes a large village of the same name situated north of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Llandybie village itself is ...
Llandyfaelog
Llandyfaelog () is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
According to the 2001 census the community has a population of 1,272, of which 71.88 percent are Welsh speaking. The population at the 2011 Census had increased to 1,304.
The commu ...
, St
Maelog
Maelog was a 6th-century pre-congregational saint of Wales and a child of King Caw of Strathclyde.
He was the patron Saint of Llanfaelog,J Douglas Davies, Saint Maelog: A Brief Long Life. (J Douglas Davies, 1995). where he built Church of Saint ...
Dyfan
Saint Dyfan is a highly obscure figure who was presumably the namesake of Merthyr Dyfan ("martyrium of Dyfan") and therefore an early Christian saint and martyr in southeastern Wales in Roman or Sub-Roman Britain.Bartrum, Peter C"Dyfan, St.", i ...
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Llandyfriog
Llandyfriog is a Community (Wales), community in Ceredigion, Wales. It includes the Adpar part of Newcastle Emlyn and the villages, Bangor Teifi, Trebedw, Bryndioddef-isaf, Glyncaled, Berthyfedwen, Pont Ceri and Llanfair Orllwyn. In 2011, the popul ...
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Saint Brioc
Saint Brioc ( Breton: ''Brieg''; cy, Briog; kw, Breock; french: Brieuc; died c. 502) was a 5th-century Welsh holy man who became the first abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. He is one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Life
Very lit ...
Tyfrydog
Tyfrydog (sometimes given as Tyvrydog) was a Christian from north-west Wales in the fifth or sixth century, who was later venerated as a saint. He is said to have established a church in Anglesey, and although no part of the original structure re ...
Llandygai
Llandygái (; ; ; also Llandegai) is a small village and community on the A5 road between Bangor and Tal-y-bont in Gwynedd, Wales. It affords a view of the nearby Carneddau mountain range. The population of the community taken at the 2011 ...
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Saint Tegai
Saint Tegai (sometimes spelt Tygai) is the patron saint and founder of Llandygai in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
According to Enwogion Cymru, Tegai was a saint who lived in the early part of the sixth century He was one of the sons of Ithel Hae ...
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Llandyrnog
Llandyrnog is a large village and community in Denbighshire, Wales lying in the valley of the River Clwyd, about from Denbigh and from Ruthin. The village has good road links to Denbigh and the main A541 road at Bodfari, and is served by bus ...
, Saint Tyrnog
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Llandysilio
Llandysilio is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales.
Its population at the 2001 Census was 962, increasing to 1,122 at the 2011 census. The present parish church, dedicated to Saint Tysilio
Saint Tysilio (also ...
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Saint Tysilio
Saint Tysilio (also known as/confused with Saint Suliac; la, Tysilius, Suliacus; died 640 AD) was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar, son of the reigning King of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, maternal nephew of the great Abbot Dunod of Bangor ...
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Llandyssil
Llandyssil is a village in Powys, Wales, about two miles from the town of Montgomery.
The village is part of the Llandyssil community. In 2001 there were 420 inhabitants in the parish, of whom 300 lived in the village itself.The population figu ...
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Saint Tysul
Saint Tysul was a 5th-century pre-canonical saint and patron saint of the churches of Llandysul in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) and Llandyssil in Maldwyn (Montgomeryshire), Powys. Tysul’s full name was Tysul ap Corun ap Cunedda – or son of C ...
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Llandysul
Llandysul is a small town and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. As a community it consists of the townships of Capel Dewi, Horeb, Pontsian, Pren-gwyn, Tregroes, Rhydowen and the village of Llandysul itself. Llandysul lies in sout ...
, Saint Tysul
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Llanelieu
Llanelieu (English ''Llaneleu'') is a small settlement and former civil parish (community) in Powys, Wales on the northern edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the historic bounds of Brecknockshi ...
, St Ellyw see
St Ellyw's Church, Llanelieu
St Ellyw's Church, is a redundant church in the village of Llanelieu, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. It is sited at the edge of the Black ...
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Llanelltyd
Llanelltyd ( cy, Llanelltyd) is a small village and community in Gwynedd, to the northwest of Dolgellau. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 514, 57.4% of which speak Welsh.
It is home to the 12th-century Cymer Abbey, a grade ...
, Saint
Illtud
Saint Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Gla ...
Llanfachreth
Llanfachreth is a settlement approximately three miles north-east of Dolgellau, Gwynedd, in the community of Brithdir and Llanfachreth within the historic boundaries of Merionethshire ( cy, Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), Wales.
History
Llanfac ...
, Saint Machreth, (derived from the Welsh
soft mutation
In linguistics, lenition is a sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonority hierarchy, sonorous. The word ''lenition'' itself means "softening" or "weakening" (from Latin 'weak'). Lenition can happen both synchronic analysis, s ...
of that saint's name, and not to be confused with
Llanfachraeth
Llanfachraeth is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales. It is located near the west coast of the island, at the head of the Alaw estuary, east of Holyhead, south west of Amlwch and north west of Llangefni. The A5025 road runs through ...
which is from , 'small', and , 'beach'
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Llanfaelog
Llanfaelog is a village and community in western Anglesey, Wales. It is situated some 13 kilometres south-east of Holyhead and 22 kilometres west of the city of Bangor. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,679, increasing to 1,758 at ...
, Saint Maelog
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Llanfaelrhys
Llanfaelrhys is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, located on the Llŷn Peninsula
The Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn or , ) extends into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Angl ...
, Saint Maelrhys
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Llanfaethlu
Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwrog ...
Llanfairfechan
Llanfairfechan ("Little Mary, Mother of God, St Mary's llan (placename), Parish") is a town and Community (Wales), community in the Conwy County Borough, Wales. It is known as a seaside resort and had a population at the United Kingdom Census 20 ...
`Little Saint Marys Parish`
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Llanfaglan
Llanfaglan is a parish in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It lay in the medieval cwmwd of Is Gwyrfai.
Llanfaglan is a medieval parish bordering with the parish of Llanbeblig, Caernarfon, on the shore of the Menai Strait and Traeth y Foryd.
It is in ...
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Saint Baglan
Saint Baglan was a 6th-century hermit who lived at Baglan in Wales.
Life
Baglan is said, on doubtful evidence, to have been a Breton prince, the son of Ithel Hael. He studied at Saint Illtud's monastic school at Llanilltud Fawr ( Llantwit Maj ...
Llanfechell
Llanfechell ( cy, 'Llanfechell' ' church + Saint ''Mechell'') is a village in Anglesey, Wales. It is the largest of several small villages and dispersed settlements that make up Mechell Community Council area. It is east of Holyhead, and west of ...
, Saint
Mechell
Saint Mechell was the 6th century founder and first abbot of the ''clas'' (a type of early Welsh/Celtic monastery) of Llanfechell, on Anglesey in north-west Wales. St Mechell's day is celebrated on 15 November. It is claimed that he is buried in L ...
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Llanfflewyn
Llanfflewyn is a village in the community of Mechell, Anglesey, Wales, which is 141.9 miles (228.3 km) from Cardiff and 224.1 miles (360.6 km) from London. St Fflewin's Church, Llanfflewin is located here.
References
See also
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Llanfoist
Llanfoist ( cy, Llan-ffwyst) is both a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, and the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Llanfoist derives from ''Ffwyst'', an early Christian Welsh saint, although the anglicised version of the church ...
, St Ffwyst
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Llanfwrog, Anglesey
Llanfwrog is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It lies about to the northeast of Holyhead. The village lies near the coast about a mile east of Beach Gribin. A country road connects it with the A5025 road, one mile east, and Llanfaeth ...
Llanfwrog, Denbighshire
Llanfwrog is a village in Denbighshire, in northern Wales. It hosts a church,
Llanfwrog
Church of St Mwrog and St Mary. The sturdy medieval tower of St Mwrog's crowns the hill west of Ruthin, marking the point where town gives way to countrysi ...
Llanedi
Llanedi () is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Once the name of a parish, Llanedi is now a community taking in the hamlet of Llanedi and the villages of Hendy, Fforest (suburbs of Pontarddulais) and Tycroes. The community popula ...
, Saint Edith
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Llanedeyrn
Llanedeyrn ( cy, Llanedern) is a former village, now a district and community, in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales, located around 3.5 miles from the city centre. The parish of Llanedeyrn rests on the banks of the river Rhymney and is vis ...
Llanengan
Llanengan ( Welsh for " St. Einion's") is a small village and community around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. The popular seaside re ...
Einion Frenin
Saint Einion Frenin (Welsh: old ', mod. ' or ', "Saint Einion the King"; la, Ennianus or ''Anianus'') was a late 5th-Abersoch Virtual Guide"History: The Pilgrim's Trail and Some of Its Churches" Accessed 18 Nov 2014. and ...
, also known as Engan
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Llannefydd
Llannefydd is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located on the border with Denbighshire, between the Afon Aled and River Elwy, north west of Denbigh, south west of St Asaph, south of Abergele and south east of ...
, Saint Nefydd
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Llanegryn
Llanegryn is a village and a community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It was formerly part of the historic county of Merionethshire ( cy, Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd). It is located within Snowdonia National Park south of the Snowdonia (''Eryri' ...
, Saint Egryn
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Llanegwad
Llanegwad () is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2011 census was 1,473.
Llanegwad is built up mainly of small farms and detached homes. The community is bordered by the communities of: Llanfihangel Rhos ...
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Saint Egwad
Saint Egwad was a 7th-century Catholic bishop and Saint of Wales.
He built a church at Ystrad Tywi. He is the Patron Saint of Llanegwad, Wales, and in the Middle Ages there was a festival at this town, in his honour. He is also commemorated in t ...
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Llaneilian
Llaneilian (; ) is a village and community (Wales), community in the Wales, Welsh county of Anglesey. It is located in the north east of the island, east of Amlwch, north west of Menai Bridge and north of Llangefni. The community includes th ...
, Saint Eilian
*Llanelian-yn-rhos, a former civil parish in
Conwy County Borough
Conwy County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south, and Denbighshire to the east. Other settlements in the county borough include Abergele, Betws-y-Coed, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, ...
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Saint Elian (Wales)
Elian was a saint who founded a church in North Wales around the year 450. The parish of Llanelian-yn-Rhos in Conwy County Borough is named after him. The legend of St. Elian says he was related to Isfael (another Welsh saint) and laboured in ...
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Llanelidan
Llanelidan is a small village and community (Wales), community in the county of Denbighshire in north-east Wales. The community also includes the hamlet of Rhyd-y-Meudwy.
The church, village hall and pub all lie within 200 yards of each other ...
Llanellen
Llanellen ( cy, Llanelen) is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located south of Abergavenny.
The population was 506 in 2011.
Geography
The Blorenge mountain towers above the village. The River Usk passes close ...
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Saint Elen
Saint Elen ( cy, Elen Luyddog, lit. "Helen of the Hosts"), often anglicized as Helen, was a late 4th-century founder of churches in Wales. Traditionally, she is said to have been a daughter of the Romano-British ruler Octavius / Eudaf Hen ( ...
, often anglicised as St Helen
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Llanelli
Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. ...
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Saint Elli
Saint Elli was a 6th-century Welsh saint, or possibly two saints. Llanelli in Carmarthenshire and Llanelly in Monmouthshire (formerly in Breconshire) are both named after Elli.
There are traditions about a male saint Elli and a female saint Ell ...
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Llanelly
Llanelly ( cy, Llanelli) is the name of a parish and coterminous community in the principal area of Monmouthshire, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales. It roughly covers the area of the Clydach Gorge. The popula ...
, St Elli
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Llanelwedd
Llanelwedd is a village and community near Builth Wells, in Powys, Wales. It lies within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire. Llanelwedd features the Royal Welsh Showground.
Location and geography
Llanelwedd is on the right bank of the W ...
, Saint Elwedd
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Llanelwy
St Asaph (; cy, Llanelwy "church on the Elwy") is a city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355, making it the second-smallest city in Britain in terms of population and urban ...
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Saint Asaph
Saint Asaph (or Asaf, Asa) was, in the second half of the 6th century, the first Bishop of St Asaph, i.e. bishop of the diocese of Saint Asaph.
Biography
No traditional Welsh account devoted to the life of Asaph exists. He is, though, well- ...
Llanerfyl
Llanerfyl is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Located near the River Banwy, the community includes the village of Llanerfyl, several farms and wide tracts of marchland. The southern part of the community includes Cwm Nan ...
, Saint
Erfyl Saint Erfyl (also known as Eurfyl, among other names) was a female Welsh virgin. A church in Llanerfyl, Powys, where her grave is thought to be located, has been dedicated to her. A holy well in her name was formerly located nearby.
History
Record ...
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Llaneuddog
Llaneuddog is a hamlet in the community of Llaneilian, Ynys Môn, Wales. It lies along the A5025 road, between Brynrefail and Penysarn, near Dulas. It belonged to the historical parish of Llanwenllwyfo, now part of Llaneilian. The hamlet take ...
, Saint Euddog
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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 Harlec ...
, St Mary
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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 popul ...
, St Mary
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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 lang ...
, St Mary
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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 t ...
, Saint Mary
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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 woul ...
St Mary
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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 (Llanfa ...
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Saint Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
and
Saint Tysilio
Saint Tysilio (also known as/confused with Saint Suliac; la, Tysilius, Suliacus; died 640 AD) was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar, son of the reigning King of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, maternal nephew of the great Abbot Dunod of Bangor ...
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Llanfair Talhaiarn
Llanfair Talhaiarn ( cy, Llanfair Talhaearn), abbreviated to ''Llanfair TH'', is a village and community approximately south of Abergele in Conwy county borough, Wales. Until 1974 it was included in Denbighshire.
The village derives its name ...
Llanfechan
Llanfechan is a small church settlement in the community of Treflys, consisting of a church and a farm, and the surrounding area, it is beside the A483 on the north side of the Irfon Valley near Cilmeri, about west of Builth Wells, Powys, Wales. ...
or Llanafan Fechan,
Saint Afan
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
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Llanferres
Llanferres is a village and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. At the 2001 Census the population of the village was recorded as 676, increasing to 827 at the 2011 census.
Geography
It is located 230 metres above sea level in t ...
, Saint Berres (
Brice of Tours
Saint Brice of Tours ( la, Brictius; 370 444 AD) was a 5th-century Frankish bishop, the fourth Bishop of Tours, succeeding Martin of Tours in 397.
Background
Brice was a contemporary of Augustine of Hippo and lived in the time of the Council o ...
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth is a village and a Community (Wales), community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales.
The area includes six villages: Alltwalis, Dolgran, Gwyddgrug, Llanfihangel-Ar-Arth, New Inn, Carmarthenshire, New Inn and Pencader, Carm ...
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Saint Michael
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
, the Archangel
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Llanvihangel Crucorney
Llanvihangel Crucorney ( cy, Llanfihangel Crucornau) is a small village in the community (parish) of Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located north of Abergavenny and south-west of Hereford, England on the A465 road.
Setting
Llanvihan ...
, St Michael, the Archangel
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Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located within the historic county of Denbighshire (on the border with Merionethshire) on the Afon Alwen, at the south western edge of the Clocaenog Fore ...
, the Archangel, Michael (Mihangel)
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Llanfihangel Rhydithon
Llanfihangel Rhydithon is a community in the county of Powys, (Radnorshire) Wales, and is 56.1 miles (90.3 km) from Cardiff and 143.5 miles (231.0 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Llanfihangel Rhydithon was 228 with 6.7% of the ...
St Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet
St Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet, is a redundant church in the hamlet of Llanfihangel Rogiet near the village of Rogiet, Monmouthshire, Wales. It has been designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building and is unde ...
Llanfihangel Talyllyn
Llanfihangel Talyllyn is a small village in the community of Llangors in Powys (previously Brecknockshire), Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Llangors Community Council.
Description
Llanfihangel Talyllyn has a church, a village hal ...
, St Michael (Mihangel) and All Angels
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Llanfihangel y Creuddyn
Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn () is an ancient parish in the upper division of the hundred of Ilar, Ceredigion, West Wales, 7 miles south east from Aberystwyth, on the road to Rhayader, comprising the chapelry of Eglwys Newydd, or Llanfihangel y Creud ...
, St
Michael (archangel)
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
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Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa
Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa () was a parish within the former historic county of Montgomeryshire. It now forms a major part of the community of Llanfihangel in Powys, which covers an area of . Its Community Council extends to take in Dolanog and Ll ...
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 ...
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Michael and All Angels
Michaelmas ( ; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical calendars on 29 September, an ...
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Llanfihangel-y-Traethau
Llanfihangel-y-traethau ("St. Michael's on the Beaches") was a parish in Ardudwy, Gwynedd, north-west Wales centred on a church of the same name in the village of Ynys. The original parish church was built in the 12th century on a tidal island. La ...
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Saint Michael
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
, the Archangel
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Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn
Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn () is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The church in the village, St Mihangel's, is a Grade II listed building and is the chapel for the nearby airbase, RAF Valley. It is in the community
A community is a s ...
Saint Bilo
Saint Bilo ( cy, Sant Belyau) was a 5th century saint and one of the 24 daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog. She founded a church in Llanfilo, which is now a village in the community of Felin-fach in Powys.Breverton, T.D. 2000, ''The Book of Welsh ...
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Llanfoist
Llanfoist ( cy, Llan-ffwyst) is both a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, and the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Llanfoist derives from ''Ffwyst'', an early Christian Welsh saint, although the anglicised version of the church ...
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Llanfrothen
Llanfrothen () is a hamlet and community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, between the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog and is 108.1 miles (174.0 km) from Cardiff. In 2011 the population of Llanfrothen was 437 with 70.1% of them abl ...
, Saint Brothen see
St Brothen's Church, Llanfrothen
St Brothen's Church, Llanfrothen, is a redundant church at the edge of the village of Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building because it is "a fine Medieval church retaining much of exterior and ...
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Llanfrynach
Llanfrynach is a village and community in the county of Powys, Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. The population of the community as taken at the 2011 census was 571. It lies just to the southeast of Brecon in the Brecon Beacons N ...
Saint
Brynach
Saint Brynach was a 6th-century Welsh saint. He is traditionally associated with Pembrokeshire, where several churches are dedicated to him.
Life
A 12th-century account of Brynach's life states that sometime in the early 6th century, Brynach tr ...
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Llanfyllin
Llanfyllin ( – ) is a market town, community and electoral ward in a sparsely populated area in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's community population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could speak Welsh. Llanfyllin means ''church or p ...
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Llanfynydd
Llanfynydd is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 499. It lies some 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the county town, Carmarthen. Bordering it are the communities of Llansawe ...
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Llanfyrnach
Llanfyrnach () is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is in the electoral ward and community of Crymych. The village of Crymych and the hamlets of Hermon, Glandwr and the eastern part of Pentre Galar are in Llanfyrnach par ...
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Brynach
Saint Brynach was a 6th-century Welsh saint. He is traditionally associated with Pembrokeshire, where several churches are dedicated to him.
Life
A 12th-century account of Brynach's life states that sometime in the early 6th century, Brynach tr ...
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Llangadfan
Llangadfan is a small village in Powys, Wales, based in the community of Banwy. The village lies on the A458 between Foel and Llanerfyl, from Llanwddyn. Dyfnant Forest is located nearby. The village is said to be known for its country dances. ...
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Saint Cadfan
Saint Cadfan ( la, Catamanus), sometimes Anglicized as Gideon, was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales. He was said to have received the island of Bardsey from Saint E ...
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Llangadog
Llangadog () is a village and Community (Wales), community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which also includes the villages of Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire, Bethlehem and Capel Gwynfe. A notable local landscape feature is Y Garn Goch with two Ir ...
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Saint Cadoc
Saint Cadoc or Cadog ( lat-med, Cadocus; also Modern Welsh: Cattwg; born or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learnin ...
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Llangadwaladr
Llangadwaladr () is a small village in south-west Anglesey, Wales, located around 2 miles east of Aberffraw and 3 miles south of Gwalchmai, Anglesey, Gwalchmai. It is part of the community (Wales), community of Bodorgan.
The village is a short ...
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Cadwaladr
Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (also spelled Cadwalader or Cadwallader in English) was king of Gwynedd in Wales from around 655 to 682 AD. Two devastating plagues happened during his reign, one in 664 and the other in 682; he himself was a victim of the ...
Llangaffo
Llangaffo is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It lies along the B4419 and B4421 roads, north of Dwyran, south of Gaerwen and northwest of Llanidan. It is named after Caffo, a 6th-century saint. A church, St Caffo's Church, is name ...
Llangain
Llangain is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, in the south-west of Wales. Located to the west of the River Towy, and south of the town of Carmarthen, the community contains three standing stones, and two chambered tombs as well as the ...
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Llangammarch Wells
Llangammarch Wells or simply Llangammarch ( cy, Llangamarch) is a village in the community of Llangamarch in Powys, Wales, lying on the Afon Irfon, and in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire).
It is the smallest of the four spa ...
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Llangain
Llangain is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, in the south-west of Wales. Located to the west of the River Towy, and south of the town of Carmarthen, the community contains three standing stones, and two chambered tombs as well as the ...
, St Cain
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Llangan
Llangan ( cy, Llanganna) is a small village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located approximately outside the market town of Cowbridge. As a community it contains the settlements of St Mary Hill, Treoes and Llangan itself. I ...
, St Canna
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Llanganten
Llanganten is a small village in the community of Cilmeri, Powys, Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the ...
Llangathen
Llangathen () is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2011 census was 507.
The parish church of St Cathen is a Grade II* listed building and houses the tomb of Anthony Rudd, an Elizabethan Bishop of St Davi ...
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Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel ( cy, Llangatwg Feibion Afel) is a rural parish and former community, now in the community of Whitecastle in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located west of Monmouth and some east of Aber ...
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Cadoc
Saint Cadoc or Cadog ( lat-med, Cadocus; also Modern Welsh: Cattwg; born or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learnin ...
Cadoc
Saint Cadoc or Cadog ( lat-med, Cadocus; also Modern Welsh: Cattwg; born or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learnin ...
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Llangattock (Crickhowell)
Llangattock ( cy, Llangatwg) is a village, community and electoral ward in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It lies in the Usk Valley just across the river from the town of Crickhowell. The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passe ...
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Llangedwyn
Llangedwyn is a village in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 402. The community includes the hamlet of Pen-y-bont Llanerch Emrys.
It lies in the Tanat Valley near to the Wales/England border. ...
Saint Cedwyn see
St Cedwyn's Church, Llangedwyn
St Cedwyn's Church at Llangedwyn was formerly in the historic county of Denbighshire but since 1996 has been within the Montgomeryshire Shire Area of Powys, Wales. St Cedwyn's was a chapel of ease of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. Llangedwyn is 7 mi ...
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Llangeinor
Llangeinor (Welsh: ''Llangeinwyr'') is a small village (and electoral ward) located in the Garw Valley around north of Bridgend in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,243. The entire village is now ...
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Llangeinwen
Llangeinwen is a village on the island of Anglesey in the community of Rhosyr.
It is the location of St Ceinwen's Church, Llangeinwen.
Welsh educator and founder of Aberystwyth University
, mottoeng = A world without knowledge is ...
Llangeitho
Llangeitho is a village and community on the upper River Aeron in Ceredigion, Wales, about four miles (6 km) west of Tregaron and north of Lampeter. Its population of 874 in 2001 fell to 819 at the 2011 census.
Nonconformism
The village is lin ...
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Saint Ceitho
Ceitho was an abbot and a saint living in West Wales in the 6th Century. According to legend he was one of the five sons born to Cynyr Barbtruc ( cy, Cynyr Farfdrwch) of Cynwyl Gaeo, and a descendant of the ancient Welsh king Cunedda Wledig. Along ...
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Llangeler
Llangeler () is a hamlet and community located in north Carmarthenshire, Wales. The name is believed to refer to St. Gelert. Llangeler parish covers a wide area including to the west, the textile village of Drefach Felindre, Waungilwen, Cwmpen ...
Llangelynnin
Llangelynnin (; Welsh language, Welsh for ''The church of Celynnin'') is a former parish in the Conwy valley, in Conwy county borough, north Wales. Today the name exists only in connection with the church, a school in the nearby village of Henry ...
Llangelynnin, Gwynedd
Llangelynnin (; also Llangelynin) is a small village and community near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. Although the village is usually known as ''Llangelynnin'' in English, the community name used is ''Llangelynin''.
St Celynnin's Church
The parish ch ...
Llangennech
Llangennech (()) is a village and community in the area of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which covers an area of .
It is governed by Llangennech Community Council and Carmarthenshire County Council. Llangennech is also the name of the count ...
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Llangennith
Llangennith ( cy, Llangenydd/Llangynydd) is a village in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. It is located in the Gower. Moor Lane leads westwards to a caravan park near Rhossili Bay and Burrows Lane leads northwards to a caravan park ...
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Saint Cenydd
Saint Cenydd (Modern cy, Cennydd; french: Kinède; century), sometimes anglicisation, anglicised as Saint Kenneth, was a Celtic Christianity, Christian hermit on the Gower Peninsula in Wales, where he is credited with the foundatio ...
Saint Keyne
Keyne (; also referred to as Keane, KayaneJ. Meyrick ''A Pilgrim's Guide to the Holy Wells of Cornwall'', pp. 68–69 Keyna, Cenau, Cenedion, CeinwenRay Spencer ''A Guide to the Saints of Wales and the Westcountry'', pp. 51–52David Hugh Farme ...
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Llangian
Llangian is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located north west of Abersoch, in the community of Llanengan. The parish was abolished in 1934 and divided between Llanengan ...
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Saint Cian
Saint Peris was a little-known Welsh saint of the early Christian period, possibly 6th century.
He is referred to in the Bonedd y Saint as a 'Cardinal of Rome'. However, he may have been one of the many children of Helig ap Glannog of Tyno Heli ...
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Pontardawe
Pontardawe () is a town and a community in the Swansea Valley (Welsh: ''Cwmtawe'') in Wales. With a population of 6,832, it comprises the electoral wards of Pontardawe and Trebanos. A town council is elected. Pontardawe forms part of the county bo ...
Llangollen
Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beau ...
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Llangolman
Llangolman () is a village and parish in the southeastern Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Mynachlog-ddu. There are prehistoric remains nearby and the parish has a history of slate and clay quarrying.
His ...
Llangrannog
Llangrannog (sometimes spelt as Llangranog) is both a village and a community in Ceredigion, Wales, southwest of New Quay. It lies in the narrow valley of the River Hawen, which falls as a waterfall near the middle of the village. Llangrannog ...
, Saint Caranog or
Carantoc
Saint Carantoc ( cy, Carannog; ga, Cairnech; br, Karanteg; la, Carantocus), also anglicized as Carantock, Carannog and by other spellings, was a 6th-century abbot, confessor, and saint in Wales and the West Country. He is credited with foundin ...
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Llanrhian
Llanrhian is a small village, community and parish in Pembrokeshire in west Wales, near the coast, south of Porthgain village. The community of Llanrhian includes the settlements of Llanhowell ( cy, Llanhywel), Croesgoch, Portheiddy, Porthgai ...
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Saint Rhian
Saint Rhian was a Welsh abbot. He is a virtually unknown saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''sai ...
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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 vil ...
Saint
Cristiolus
Cristiolus was a Welsh saint who lived in the 6th century.
According to tradition, he was a son of Hywel, son of Emyr Llydaw and therefore brother to Sulien, Rhystud and Derfel Firm, and perhaps also Dwywe (or Dwywau).
There are churches d ...
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Llangunllo
Llangunllo (sometimes Llangynllo) is a village and community in central Powys (formerly in Radnorshire), Wales, located about 5 miles west of Knighton. It is named after St Cynllo. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 369.
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Cynllo
Saint Cynllo () is a British saint, who lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, generally described as a brother of Saint Teilo. Cynllo was known for "...the sanctity of his life and the austerity of his manners."
Life
Cynllo is various ...
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Llangunnor
Llangunnor is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
It is the southern suburb of Carmarthen town and consists mainly of typical suburban housing which has expanded in recent years. It has a small shop, two chapels, a church ...
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Llangurig
Llangurig is both a village and a community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The population was 723 in the 2011 UK Census. The community includes the hamlet of Cwmbelan.
The River Wye, the A470 and the A44 trunk roads pass through Llangurig, ...
Llangwyfan, Aberffraw
Llangwyfan named after St. Cwyfan is a hamlet in the community of Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales, which is 130.8 miles (210.6 km) from Cardiff and 218 miles (350.8 km) from London.
References
See also
* List of localities in Wales b ...
Saint
Cwyfan
Cribinau is a small tidal island off the south west coast of the isle of Anglesey in Wales between Porth China and Porth Cwyfan. The island is in Aberffraw Community, about west of Aberffraw village.
The island can be reached on foot at low ti ...
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St Cwyfan's Church, Llangwyfan
St Cwyfan's Church is a Grade II*-listed medieval church in Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales. Located on the small tidal island of Cribinau, it is popularly known as the "Little Church in the Sea" (or ''Eglwys bach y môr'' in Welsh). The church da ...
Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...
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Cwyfan
Cribinau is a small tidal island off the south west coast of the isle of Anglesey in Wales between Porth China and Porth Cwyfan. The island is in Aberffraw Community, about west of Aberffraw village.
The island can be reached on foot at low ti ...
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Llangwyfan, Aberffraw
Llangwyfan named after St. Cwyfan is a hamlet in the community of Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales, which is 130.8 miles (210.6 km) from Cardiff and 218 miles (350.8 km) from London.
References
See also
* List of localities in Wales b ...
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Llangwnnadl
Llangwnnadl is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd
Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders wi ...
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Llangwyryfon
Llangwyryfon is a village and community in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on the B4576 about 8 miles to the south and east of Aberystwyth. The village lies in the valley of the River Wyre and contains the roadbridge where the B4576 cross ...
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Saint Ursula
Saint Ursula (Latin for 'little female bear', german: link=no, Heilige Ursula) is a legendary Romano-British Christian saint who died on 21 October 383. Her feast day in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar is 21 October. There is little infor ...
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Llangwyllog
Llangwyllog () is a small village and ancient parish in the centre of Anglesey, Wales.
It is found three miles to the north of the island's capital, Llangefni, and two miles north of Llyn Cefni, the island's second largest body of water. The se ...
Saint
Cwyllog Saint Cwyllog (or Cywyllog)Baring-Gould, p. 279. was a Christian holy woman who was active in Anglesey, Wales, in the early 6th century. The daughter, sister and niece of saints, she is said to have founded St Cwyllog's Church, Llangwyllog, in the m ...
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Llangybi, Monmouthshire
Llangybi (also spelled Llangibby) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located south of the town of Usk and north of Caerleon, in the valley of the River Usk.
In 2011 the village itsel ...
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Llangybi, Gwynedd
Llangybi ''( English: Cybi's Church)'' is a village and former civil parish in the Eifionydd area of the Welsh county of Gwynedd, near Llanarmon. The parish was abolished in 1934 and divided between Llanystumdwy and Llannor.
St Cybi's chu ...
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Llangybi, Ceredigion
Llangybi is a village and parish in the south of Ceredigion, Wales. It is located on the A485 between Tregaron to the north and Lampeter to the south, a mile and a half north of the village of Betws Bledrws, which is in the wider community. ...
) Saint
Cybi
Saint Cuby (in Cornish) or Saint Cybi (in Welsh) was a 6th-century Cornish bishop, saint and, briefly, king, who worked largely in Cornwall and North Wales: his biography is recorded in two slightly variant medieval 'lives'.
Life in Cornwal ...
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Llangyfelach
Llangyfelach is a village and community located in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Llangyfelach is situated about 4 miles north of the centre of Swansea, just west of Morriston. It falls within the Llangyfelach ward. To the west is open ...
, Saint Cyfelach
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Llangyndeyrn
Llangyndeyrn () is a village, Community (Wales), community and electoral ward in the River Gwendraeth river valley, valley, Carmarthenshire, in Dyfed region of West Wales, United Kingdom. The village name is often spelt as Llangendeirne.
The W ...
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Llangynfelyn
Llangynfelyn is both a parish and a community in Ceredigion, Wales, midway between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth. It stretches from the Leri estuary in the west to Moel y Llyn in the east, and from Lodge Park in the north to Talybont on the A48 ...
, Saint Cynfelyn
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Llangynhafal
Llangynhafal is a village and community to the north of Ruthin, in Denbighshire, North Wales. It has a thriving public house, the Golden Lion. The community includes the village of Gellifor.
Llangynhafal is the home oTy Gwalia which is the no ...
, Saint Cynhafal
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Llangynidr
Llangynidr is a village, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales, about west of Crickhowell and south-east of Brecon. The River Usk flows through the village as does the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. It is in the historic county of B ...
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Cynidr
St Cynidr was a 6th-century Catholic pre-congregational saint of South Wales and first Bishop of Glasbury, Powys.
Veneration
Cynidr is buried in Glasbury, where he is venerated with a feast day of April 27.
The Parochial church of St Cynidr ( ...
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Llangynin
Llangynin is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The Welsh language name of the village means "the church of St. Cynin" The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 284.
St Cynin's church is a grade II* listed buildi ...
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Llangynog
Llangynog (; ) is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north Powys (previously Montgomeryshire), Wales.
It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on t ...
Llangynog, Carmarthenshire
Llangynog is a small rural community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales the main settlement of which was once called ‘Ebenezer’village. It is bordered by the communities of: Newchurch and Merthyr; Carmarthen; Llangain; Llansteffan; Laugharne ...
St Cynog
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Llangynwyd
Llangynwyd is a village (and electoral ward) 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It was part of the medieval commote (Welsh: ''cwmwd'') of Tir Iarll.
History and amenities
The village is the site of Llangy ...
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Llangystennin
Llangystennin (sometimes spelt Llangwstennin) is a rural parish to the south-east of Llandudno and Llanrhos in Conwy County Borough, north Wales.
Llangystennin includes Llangwstennin Hall, the villages of Mochdre, Pabo and Bryn Pydew and the ...
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Mochdre, Conwy
Mochdre is a village and an electoral ward to the west of Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Originally part of the municipal borough of Colwyn Bay prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974, it is now a separate community who ...
St. Cystennin (Constantine)
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Llangywer
Llangywer (or Llangower) is a community near Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Merionethshire, and is located on the south side of Bala Lake. In 2011 the population of Llangywer was 260, with 67.2% of them able to speak Welsh ...
, Saint Cywair
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Llanharan
Llanharan is a village and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. As a community Llanharan takes in the neighbouring settlements of Bryncae, Brynna, Llanilid, Peterston-super-Montem and Ynysmaerdy. Llanharan thrived during ...
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Saint Aaron
Aaron of Aleth (died after 552), also called ''Saint Aihran'' or ''Eran'' in Breton, was a sixth-century hermit, monk and abbot at a monastery on Cézembre, a small island near Aleth, opposite Saint-Malo in Brittany, France. Some sources sugges ...
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Llanhennock
Llanhennock ( cy, Llanhenwg) is a village and former community, now in the community of Llangybi, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. The population taken at the 2011 census was 496.
The village of Tredunnock was within the commu ...
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Saint Henwg
Saint Henwg of Caerlleon upon Usk was a 5th-century saint and church builder.
Family
Henwg was a pre-congregational saint of Wales, born about 487. His father was reputed to have been Umbrafel son of Budoc and his mother, Afrelia the daughter of ...
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Llanhilleth
Llanhilleth () is a village, community and an electoral ward on the A467 road between Ebbw Vale and Crumlin in Blaenau Gwent, Wales.
Two large mounds in the field behind the Carpenter's Arms are the remains of the medieval Llanhilleth castle w ...
, From Welsh `Llanheledd` 'Church of Saint Heledd`
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Llaniestyn, Gwynedd
Llaniestyn is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The parish was abolished in 1934, and divided between Tudweiliog and Botwnnog
Botwnnog is a village and community in Gwynedd in Wales, located on the Llŷn P ...
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Llanidloes
Llanidloes () is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn), Wales. The population in 2011 was 2,929, of whom 15% could speak Welsh. It is the third ...
, Saint Idloes
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Llanigon
Llanigon is a village and community in Powys, Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles (2 km) to the east. I ...
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Llanilar
Llanilar is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about southeast of Aberystwyth. It is the eponym of the hundred of Ilar. The population at the 2011 census was 1,085. The community includes Rhos-y-garth.
Name
In Welsh placenames, ma ...
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Saint Ilar
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
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Llanilid
Llanilid is a small settlement of in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan. Llanilid is part of the community of Llanharan along with the villages of Bryncae, Brynna, Ynysmaerdy, Peterston ...
, St Ilid
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Llanishen
Llanishen (Welsh Llanisien ''llan'' church + ''Isien'' Saint Isan) is a district and community in the north of Cardiff, Wales. Its population as of the 2011 census was 17,417. Llanishen is the home of the former HMRC tax offices, the talles ...
''(Llanisien)'',
Saint Isan
Saint Isan was a 6th-century saint of South Wales and Patron Saint of Llanishen near Cardiff, Wales.
He was said to have been a follower of the 6th-century Celtic teacher St Illtyd.
In A.D. 535 he and Saint Edeyrn came eastwards from the small ...
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Llanishen, Monmouthshire
Llanishen ( cy, Llanisien) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located south west of Monmouth and south of Trellech on the B4293 road, although the main part of the village is set immediately to the west of t ...
, St Isan
*Llanismel, anglicised as '
St Ishmaels
St Ishmaels or St Ishmael's ( cy, Llanismel) is a village, parish and community close to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community comprises most of the parish of St Ishmaels and had a population of 478 at the 2011 census ...
', Pembrokeshire, Saint Ismael (Saint
Isfael
Isfael or Ismael ( owl, Ysmail), often anglicized as Ishmael, was a 6th-century medieval Welsh bishop of Rhos and saint. He was allegedly also a Breton prince of Armorica.
Although his anglicized name invites association with the Biblical Ishmae ...
Llanllawddog
Llanllawddog () is a community located in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 703.
Llanllawddog is bordered by the Carmarthenshire communities of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Llanfihangel Rhos ...
, Saint Llawddog
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Llanllechid
Llanllechid () is a village near Bethesda and a community in Gwynedd, Wales with a population of 889 as of the 2011 UK census and an area of . The community also includes Tal-y-Bont near Bangor, Gwynedd and a large part of the Carneddau range ...
, Saint Llechid
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Llanllibio
Llanllibio is a hamlet in the community of Bodedern, Ynys Môn, Wales, named after Saint Llibio which is 138.5 miles (222.9 km) from Cardiff and 223 miles (358.9 km) from London.Atlas Mon (Llangefni, 1972). St Llibio's Church, Llanll ...
Llanllwchaiarn
Llanllwchaiarn or Llanllwchaearn () in Welsh) is a village on the outskirts of Newtown in Powys, Wales. It forms part of the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn.
Aberbechan Hall was a Tudor mansion in the eastern part of the parish d ...
Llanllwni
Llanllwni is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the A485 road south-west of Llanybydder. To the south lies the mountain, Mynydd Llanllwni. The population of 638 recorded in the 2011 Census was estimated to be 692 in 2019.
Th ...
, St Llwni
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Llanmadoc
The Gower Peninsula ( cy, Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains over twenty villages and communities.
Villages
Bishopston
Bishopston (, or historically ''Llanme ...
, Saint
Madoc
Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd (also spelled Madog) was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who sailed to America in 1170, over three hundred years before Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492.
According to the story, he was a son of Owain Gwyned ...
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Llanmartin
Llanmartin ( cy, Llanfarthyn) is a village and parish in the city of Newport, Wales.
The community
The parish contains several communities and is centred on the parish church, which is dedicated to St. Martin, and which gives the name ''"Lla ...
Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol C ...
Conwy County Borough
Conwy County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south, and Denbighshire to the east. Other settlements in the county borough include Abergele, Betws-y-Coed, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, ...
Saint Nefydd
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Llannon
Llannon is a small village, community and electoral ward in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the A476 road south east of the county town, Carmarthen, between Tumble and Swiss Valley.
The community of Llannon, contains Ll ...
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Saint Non
Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
Legend
The ''Life of St David'' was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives ...
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Llanon
Llanon (also spelled Llan-non) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It adjoins the village of Llansantffraed on the coast of Cardigan Bay, north of Aberaeron and south of Aberystwyth on the A487 road. It is situated on a raised beach. The villag ...
, Saint Non
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Llanwnnog
Llanwnog is a village in Powys, Wales. It is located one-and-a half miles north of Caersws in the community of the same name, on the B4568 road.
The Ordnance Survey spell the name with a single 'n'.
The Welsh romantic poet John Ceiriog Hughes ...
, Saint Gwynog
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Llanpumsaint
Llanpumsaint (; Welsh "Llan" church + "pum" five + "saint" saint(s)) is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In the 2001 UK Census, Llanpumsaint community had a population of 595. It is not to be confused with Pumsaint, a small vil ...
, five saints: Gwyn, Gwynno, Gwynoro, Ceithio and Celynin
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Llanrhian
Llanrhian is a small village, community and parish in Pembrokeshire in west Wales, near the coast, south of Porthgain village. The community of Llanrhian includes the settlements of Llanhowell ( cy, Llanhywel), Croesgoch, Portheiddy, Porthgai ...
,
Saint Rhian
Saint Rhian was a Welsh abbot. He is a virtually unknown saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''sai ...
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Llanrhidian
The Gower Peninsula ( cy, Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains over twenty villages and communities.
Villages
Bishopston
Bishopston (, or historically ''Llanm ...
,
St Rhidian
file:Llanrhidian church and cottages-geograph.org.uk-3545022.jpg, Llanrhidian church and cottagesRhidian was a 6th-century Welsh Pre-congregational saint, Pre-congregational Saint who is often associated with Saint, St Illtyd.
Rhydian might be a ...
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Llanrhychwyn
Llanrhychwyn is a hamlet (place), hamlet in Conwy county borough, Wales. It lies in the Conwy valley, less than a mile south of Trefriw, and a mile north-west of Llanrwst. Today neighbouring Trefriw is a village with a population of around 600, b ...
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Saint Rhychwyn
Rhychwyn was a 6th century saint of North Wales and the patron saint of Llanrhychwyn.
Rhychwyn (sometimes recorded as Rhochwyn), was a son of Helig ap Glannog, the prince who lived at Llys Helig before it was inundated by the sea, and now the su ...
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Llanrhyddlad
Llanrhyddlad ( cy, Llan-Rhûddlad) is a hamlet in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. in the community of Cylch-y-Garn
Cylch-y-Garn is a community (Wales), community in Anglesey, Wales, located on the north west coast of the county, west of Amlw ...
Llanrhystud
Llanrhystud is a seaside village and electoral division on the A487 road in the county of Ceredigion, in Wales, 9 miles (14 km) south of Aberystwyth, and 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberaeron. It takes its name from an early Welsh saint. Th ...
, St Rhystyd
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Llanrwst
Llanrwst ('church or parish of Saint Grwst'; ) is a market town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales, and the historic county of Denbighshire. It developed round the wool trade and became known als ...
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Saint Grwst
Saint Grwst ''the Confessor''Llanrwst.netHistory of Llanrwst.Retrieved on 2008-12-14. (also known as ''Gwrwst'', ''Gwrst'', ''Gorwst'' or ''Gorst'' ''ap Gwaith Hengaer'') was a 6th and 7th century saint operating in the Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd.
F ...
Llansadwrn, Anglesey
Llansadwrn (; ; ) is a small village in the community of Cwm Cadnant in south-east Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It lies between Menai Bridge, Pentraeth and Beaumaris. It is named after the church, founded in the 6th century by Saint Saturninu ...
, Saint
Sadwrn
Two Welsh saints bear the name Sadwrn, St Sadwrn of Llansadwrn near Beaumaris in Anglesey, and St Sadwrn of Henllan in Denbighshire.
St Sadwrn of Llansadwrn
A burial stone dating from AD 550 at the latest, discovered in 1742, suggests that St Sa ...
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St Sadwrn's Church, Llansadwrn
St Sadwrn's Church, Llansadwrn () is a church in the village of Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales. It is dedicated to the Welsh saint Sadwrn, who is commemorated in a 6th-century inscribed stone inside the church. The current building was built in 1881 ...
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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 ...
St Sadwrn
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Llansamlet
Llansamlet is a suburban district and community of Swansea, Wales, falling into the Llansamlet ward. The area is centred on the A48 road (named Samlet Road and Clase Road in the area) and the M4 motorway.
Like other places in Wales having a name ...
, Saint Samlet
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Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy (), usually shortened to Glan Conwy, is a village, community and electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The name translates from the Welsh as ''Church of St Ffraid on the bank of the River Conwy''. The village ...
Brigid of Kildare
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogra ...
(Saint Ffraid)
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Llansannan
Llansannan is a rural village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It lies on the bank of the River Aled and is about 8 miles to the south of Abergele and to the west of Denbigh. The population was 1,291 in 2001, with 67% able to speak ...
, Saint Sannan
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Llansannor
Llansannor ( cy, Llansanwyr) is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.
It has a population of roughly 200 people. It contains a parish church, a pub (the City Inn, now closed), a primary school and a village hall, which ha ...
, St Senwyr
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Llansantffraed
Llansantffraed (Llansantffraed-juxta-Usk) is a parish in the community of Talybont-on-Usk in Powys, Wales, near Brecon. The benefice of Llansantffraed with Llanrhystud and Llanddeiniol falls within the Diocese of St Davids in the Church in Wales ...
, (Talybont-on Usk) St Ffraid
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Llansantffraid, Ceredigion
Llansantffraid or Llansantffraed ( cy, Llansanffraid) is a small rural village and community and practically merged with the village of Llanon just west of the main A487 coastal road between Aberaeron and Aberystwyth, about from Aberystwyth. Th ...
, St Ffraed
*Llansanffraid
Cwmdauddwr
Cwmdauddwr (rarely referred to by its correct full name of Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr) is a village in Powys, Wales. It is contiguous with the town of Rhayader on the opposite side of the River Wye. The village is located on the B4518 road linking R ...
St Fraid
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Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog
Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley and a community in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales. Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village and communit ...
Llansantffraed, Monmouthshire
Llansantffraed is the smallest parish in Monmouthshire, Wales, located four miles to the west of Raglan, north of the A40 between Raglan and Abergavenny. There is no community, only the Llansantffraed Court estate and the church.
History
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St Brigid
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogra ...
(Ffraid/Bride/Bhrid)
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Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain is a large village (in the community (Wales), community of Llansantffraid) in Powys, Mid Wales, close to the border with Shropshire in England, about south west of Oswestry and north of Welshpool. It is on the A495 roa ...
Llansawel
Llansawel is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, about ten miles north of Llandeilo. It covers an area of . The community is bordered by the communities of: Pencarreg; Cynwyl Gaeo; Talley; Llanfynydd; Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn; and ...
, Saint Sawell
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Llansilin
Llansilin () is a village and local government community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, west of Oswestry. The community, which includes Llansilin village, a large rural area and the hamlets of Moelfre and Rhiwlas as well as the remote parish ...
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Saint Silin
Saint Sulien, Sulian, or Silin was the reputed 6th-century founder-abbot of a monastery at Luxulyan in Cornwall. His feast day is 29 July.
There have probably been other Christian Celts, Celtic saints with the same (or similar) name, and a va ...
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Llanspyddid
Llanspyddid is a small village just west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the valley of the River Usk in the community of Glyn Tarell in the county of Powys, Wales. Llanspyddid sits on the A40 trunk road between ...
, St Ysbyddyd
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Llanstadwell
Llanstadwell ( cy, Llanudwal) is a small village, parish and community in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the north bank of the River Cleddau between Milford Haven and Neyland.
The community of Llanstadwell includes the settlements of Hazelbeach ...
, St
Tudwal
Saint Tudwal (died c. 564), also known as Tual, Tudgual, Tugdual, Tugual, Pabu, Papu, or Tugdualus (Latin), was a Breton monk, considered to be one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Life
Tudwal was said to be the son of Hoel Mawr (Hoel ...
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Llansteffan
Llansteffan, is a village and a community situated on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tywi, south of Carmarthen.
Description
The community includes Llanybri and is bordered by the communities of: L ...
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Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
Llanstinan
Llanstinan is a rural parish in the community of Scleddau, north Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of Fishguard.
History Parish
Originally in the ancient Hundred of Dewisland, formerly a pre-Norman cantref, the parish is bordered in the west by the ...
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St Justinian
St Justinian (or St Justinian's or St Justinians; Welsh language, Welsh: ''Porth Stinan'') is a coastal location of indeterminate area in the extreme northwest of Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community (Wales), community of St Davids and the Cat ...
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Llantilio Crossenny
Llantilio Crossenny ( cy, Llandeilo Gresynni) is a small village and much larger former community, now in the community of Whitecastle, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is situated between the two towns of Aberga ...
St
Teilo
Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his C ...
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Llantilio Pertholey
Llantilio Pertholey ( cy, Llandeilo Bertholau) is a small village and community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located to the north-east of the market town of Abergavenny, which it is part of, just off the A465 road to Herefo ...
St Teilo
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Llantood
Llantood (formerly ''Llantyd'', ''Llantwyd'' or ''Llan-Illtyd'') is a hamlet and parish in Cilgerran community, north Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Location
Llantood is south-west of Cardigan on the A487 Cardigan to Newport road near the north Pembr ...
, The name of the hamlet is assumed to derive from the 5th century saint,
Illtyd
Saint Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Gl ...
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Llantrisant
Llantrisant (; "Parish of the Three Saints") is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the River Ely and the Afon Clun. The three saints of the town's name are SS ...
, three saints: Illtud, Gwynno and Dyfodwg
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Llantrisant, Anglesey
Llantrisant (; Welsh for "Parish of the Three Saints") is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales. It is in the community of Tref Alaw.
Its parish church is dedicated to Saints Afran, Ieuan, and Sanan.Church in Wales"Ss Afran, Ieuan and Sanan (New Ch), L ...
, three saints: Afran, (possibly a variant of Afan) Ieuan, and Sana
* Llantrisant, Monmouthshire, three saints: St Peter, St Paul and St John
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Llantrithyd
Llantrithyd (also Llantriddyd) is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The Aubrey Baronets were lords of the manor of Llantrithyd for centuries: the family died out in the 1850s.
St Illtyd's Church
The church of St Il ...
, of St Illtyd
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Llantwit Major
Llantwit Major ( cy, Llanilltud Fawr) is a town and community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the third largest population (13,366 in 2001) after Barry and Penarth, and ahead of Cowb ...
Llantwit Fardre
Llantwit Fardre ( cy, Llanilltud Faerdref) is a large village and community (and electoral ward) situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old ...
('Llanilltud on the Prince's own farm'; from :
n the
N, or n, is the fourteenth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet# ...
'land (or farm) of the prince'), Saint Illtud
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Llantysilio
Llantysilio ( cy, Llandysilio-yn-Iâl) is a community in Denbighshire, Wales, near Llangollen. It has a population of 472, falling to 421 at the 2011 census.
The community includes the site of Valle Crucis Abbey, the Horseshoe Pass, and Llanty ...
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Saint Tysilio
Saint Tysilio (also known as/confused with Saint Suliac; la, Tysilius, Suliacus; died 640 AD) was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar, son of the reigning King of Powys, Brochwel Ysgithrog, maternal nephew of the great Abbot Dunod of Bangor ...
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Llanvaches
Llanvaches or Llanfaches is a village and community parish within the boundaries of the city of Newport, Wales. It lies to the east of the urban area, in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.
The population ro ...
, Saint Maches
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Llanvair Discoed
Llanvair Discoed ( cy, Llanfair Is Coed) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, 6 miles west of Chepstow and 10 miles east of Newport.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Lamecare'. The name means Ma ...
Llanvetherine
Llanvetherine ( cy, Llanwytherin) is a village in the community of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located five miles north east of Abergavenny on the B4521 road to Ross-on-Wye. The name comes from the Welsh Saint Gwytherin.
History a ...
, Saint Gwytherin
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Llanvihangel Gobion
Llanfihangel Gobion ( cy, Llanfihangel-y-gofion) is a village and rural parish of Monmouthshire, Wales, lying within the administrative community of Llanover.
Location
Llanfihangel Gobion is located approximately 5 miles east of Abergavenny ...
, St Michael, the Archangel
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Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern ( cy, Llanfihangel-Ystum-Llywern) is a village in the community of Whitecastle, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located between Abergavenny and Monmouth and north of Raglan. The River Trothy passes close by. ...
Llanwddyn
Llanwddyn () is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The community is centred on the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir. The original Llanwddyn village, about northwest, was submerged when the reservoir was created in the 1880s.
Geograp ...
, Saint Wddyn
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Llanwenog
Llanwenog is both a village and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. In 2011 the population of Llanwenog was 1,364, of whom 57.0% were able to speak Welsh. The community includes the villages of Alltyblacca, Gorsgoch, Cwmsychbant, Cwrtnewydd Hig ...
Llanwinio
Llanwinio is a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, north of the hamlet of Gellywen.
The population recorded at the 2011 census was 448. The 2011 census showed 46.0% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 62.3% in 2001.
In 1844 Sam ...
, Saint Gwinio/
Gwynno
Gwynno, or Gwynnog ab Gildas, is the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint
Archives at the Vatican record that his festival is 26 October; that he is regarded as a confessor; and that there is said to be a sacred well, Ffynnon Wyno, associated with L ...
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Llanwnnen
Llanwnnen is a village, parish and community located in the county of Ceredigion
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Cer ...
, Saint Gwynin
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Llanwrda
Llanwrda () is both a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, southwest of Llandovery. It lies on the River Towy. The population in 2011 was 514.
Transport and other features
The village is served by Llanwrda railway station.
The ...
Llanwrthwl
Llanwrthwl is a village and community in Powys, mid Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. Llanwrthwl lies off the A470 road, north by road from Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye and south of Rhayader. It lies on the River Wye and ...
, Saint
Gwrthwl Saint Gwrthwl is a Pre-Congregational Saint of Powys in Wales.
He was said to have been a hermit and to have founded a church in the village of Llanwrthwl.
The site of his church yielded artefacts form the Bronze Age and Roman Empire
The R ...
Llanynghenedl
Llanynghenedl is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It is located on the A5025 about 2 miles north-east of Valley and the A5. The village was the site of the historic St Enghenedl's Church, demolished in 1988. For a small settlement ...
Llanyre
Llanyre ( cy, Llanllŷr) is a village and electoral ward in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. The community had a population of 1,061 in 2001, increasing to 1,141 at the 2011 Census.
It includes the village of Newbridge-on-Wye.
Location
Llanyre is ...
, Saint Llyr
Place names with religious connections other than a saint
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Llandaff
Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...
, named after the
River Taff
The River Taff ( cy, Afon Taf) is a river in Wales. It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons; the Taf Fechan (''little Taff'') and the Taf Fawr (''great Taff'') before becoming one just north of Merthyr Tydfil. Its confluence with the R ...
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Llanddarog
Llanddarog () is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.The community population at the 2011 census was 1,198., and includes the villages of Cwmisfael, Mynyddcerrig and Porthyrhyd.
The community is bordered by the communities of: Llana ...
Llandow
Llandow ( cy, Llandŵ) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 726. The village is located south west of Cardiff. The community includes the villages of Sigingstone and ...
, derives from Llandhuw, meaning Church of God
* Llandrindod, named after the
Trinity
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...
( cy, y Drindod)
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Llanfachraeth
Llanfachraeth is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales. It is located near the west coast of the island, at the head of the Alaw estuary, east of Holyhead, south west of Amlwch and north west of Llangefni. The A5025 road runs through ...
, , 'small', and , 'beach', meaning 'place, or church, of the little beach'
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Llanfaes
Llanfaes (formerly also known as Llanmaes) is a small village on the island of Anglesey, Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the north Wales coast. Its natural har ...
, 'church of the field' from + , 'field'. (Originally dedicated to Saint Fagan)
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Llanfarian
Llanfarian is a village, electoral ward and community in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth.
Llanfarian village lies above the banks of the river Ystwyth in the Ystwyth Valley. The commu ...
after Capel Marian
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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, maki ...
, named after the
River Cefni
Afon Cefni is one of the major rivers on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It is long. Its source is near to the village of Capel Coch, before flowing through Bodffordd and into Llyn Cefni in the centre of the island. It continues to run south thr ...
. (Previously known as Llangyngar, after Saint Cyngar)
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Llangorwen
Llangorwen is a village located in the county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales. Close to Clarach Bay
Clarach Bay is a small bay on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales, to the north of Aberystwyth, where the Afon Clarach
The Afon Clarach ( en, River C ...
possibly from , meaning 'white church or choir'
* Llanllugan See
Llanllugan Abbey
Llanllugan Abbey was a monastery of Cistercian nuns, one of only two Cistercian women's monasteries in Wales, located at Llanllugan, Powys, Wales. An early charter to Llanllugan nunnery was issued by Maredudd ap Rhobert, Lord of Cedewain, probabl ...
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Llansaint
Llansaint is a village of farmsteads and cottages in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It includes a cluster of 19th century stone-built houses around the church, and is surrounded by farmsteads and modern residential development.
History Early settlemen ...
possibly named after a holy well, Ffynnon Saint ('saint's well')
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Llansoy
Llansoy ( cy, Llan-soe) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom, located about 3 miles (4.2 km) south east of Raglan, Monmouthshire, Raglan.
History
There is an Iron Age hillfort 1 mile (1.6 km) northwes ...
, after Tysoi, thought to have been a pupil of St. Dyfrig.
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Llantarnam
Llantarnam ( cy, Llanfihangel Llantarnam) is a suburban village of Cwmbran, and is a community and electoral ward in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales. The ward covers the same area as the community, but also includes Southville. ...
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Llanybydder
Llanybydder (, sometimes formerly spelt ''Llanybyther'') is a market town and community straddling the River Teifi in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 1638, an increase from 1423 at the 2001 ...
, "the church of the deaf ones"
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Llanymynech
Llanymynech is a village straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the ba ...
(part) `Church of the Monks`
Place names without a religious connection
*Bwlch-Llan, Ceredigion
* Landimore from Mor- Sea
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Llan, Powys
Llan is a village in Powys, Wales, located on the B4518 road to Llanidloes, from Llanbrynmair.
The parish church of St Mary is located here.
Image:St Marys Llan.jpg, St Mary's parish church
This area was the original centre of Llanbrynmai ...
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Llanaber
Llanaber is a linear coastal village in north west Wales, about north of Barmouth on the A496 road. The Irish Sea lies directly to the west and the Rhiniog mountains directly to the east.
Facilities
Its main attraction is the large beach whic ...
River Aeron
The River Aeron ( cy, Afon Aeron) is a small river in Ceredigion, Wales, that flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberaeron. It is also referred to on some older maps as the River Ayron.
Etymology
The name of the river means "battle" or "slaughter" and ...
Germanus of Auxerre
Germanus of Auxerre ( la, Germanus Antissiodorensis; cy, Garmon Sant; french: Saint Germain l'Auxerrois; 378 – c. 442–448 AD) was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop of Autissiodorum in Late Antique Gaul. He abandoned a career as a h ...
and a commote of Medieval Wales
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Llanarth, Ceredigion
Llanarth is both a small village and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is on the A487 road and is about from both Aberaeron and New Quay. The community includes the village of Synod Inn.
Church
The parish church of St David's, once dedica ...
, named for the
River Arth
The River Arth is a small river that rises in the hills near Bethania, Ceredigion, Wales, and runs west for and discharges into Cardigan Bay at Aberarth.
Despite its small size it is one of the few rivers in Britain which has a bore when the ...
whose outlet into
Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay ( cy, Bae Ceredigion) is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales.
Geograp ...
is nearby
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Llanarth, Monmouthshire
Llanarth is a privately owned estate village and community within a conservation area in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. Llanarth is roughly east of Abergavenny and west of Raglan. the community includes Llanvapley and Bettws Newydd.
His ...
, from earlier (recorded 12th century) form 'Llangarth', possibly meaning either "church on the ridge of the hill” or “church with a garth (yard)"
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Llanbister
Llanbister is a small village and community with a 2011 population of 382 in Powys, mid Wales, in the historic county of Radnorshire.
Facilities
The village is not directly served by a railway station: the nearest is Llanbister Road railway s ...
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Llanboidy
Llanboidy is a village and community in the principal area and historic county of Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The community includes the village of Llanglydwen.
Location
According to the 2001 United Kingdom Census, the community had a populat ...
uncertain
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Llanbradach
Llanbradach is a village within the historic boundaries of Glamorgan, South Wales less than north of the town of Caerphilly. It is part of the community of Llanbradach and Pwll-y-Pant.
It is mostly residential, and contains three pubs, a primar ...
, name evolved from ''Nant Bradach''
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Llancarfan
Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning. Cainnech of A ...
, name evolved from ''Nantcarfan''
* Llancayo
* Llancoch (Radnorshire), , 'red'
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Llandarcy
Llandarcy is a village near Neath in the Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, and was the site of the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, first oil refinery in the United Kingdom. It was originally designed as a Planned community, garden village to house ...
, named after
William Knox D'Arcy
William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 18491 May 1917) was a British businessman who was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). The D’Arcy Concession was signed in 1901 and allowed D'Arcy to explore, o ...
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Llandenny
Llandenny ( cy, Llandenni or, lesser used, Mathenni) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Llandenny is located three miles south of Raglan and three miles north of Usk.
History and amenities
The little village of ...
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Llanddulas
Llanddulas is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales, midway between Old Colwyn and Abergele and next to the North Wales Expressway in the community of Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel. The village lies beneath the limestone hill of Cefn-yr-Og ...
, named after the River Dulas
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Llandinam
Llandinam () is a village and community (Wales), community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, central Wales, between Newtown, Powys, Newtown and Llanidloes, located on the A470 road, A470. As a community, Llandinam is made up of the village itself, small ...
,
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Llandovery
Llandovery (; cy, Llanymddyfri ) is a market town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on the River Tywi and at the junction of the A40 and A483 roads, about north-east of Carmarthen, north of Swansea and west of Brecon.
Histo ...
, a corruption of ''Llanymddyfri'', in English: 'Church enclosure amidst the waters'
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Llandre
Llandre, or Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies 5 miles north of Aberystwyth in the north-west of the county, on the road from Rhydypennau to Borth. To the north of the community lies the village of Dôl-y-bo ...
Llanerchaeron
Llanerchaeron, known as "Llanayron House" to its nineteenth-century occupants, is a grade I listed mansion on the River Aeron, designed and built in 1795 by John Nash for Major (later Colonel) William Lewis as a model, self-sufficient farm comp ...
, Ceredigion, mansion estate adjacent to
River Aeron
The River Aeron ( cy, Afon Aeron) is a small river in Ceredigion, Wales, that flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberaeron. It is also referred to on some older maps as the River Ayron.
Etymology
The name of the river means "battle" or "slaughter" and ...
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Llanfachraeth
Llanfachraeth is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales. It is located near the west coast of the island, at the head of the Alaw estuary, east of Holyhead, south west of Amlwch and north west of Llangefni. The A5025 road runs through ...
, , 'small', and , 'beach'
*Llanfaenor (Monmouthshire) see
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel ( cy, Llangatwg Feibion Afel) is a rural parish and former community, now in the community of Whitecastle in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located west of Monmouth and some east of Aber ...
, , 'manor'
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Llanfaes
Llanfaes (formerly also known as Llanmaes) is a small village on the island of Anglesey, Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the north Wales coast. Its natural har ...
, Brecon or , 'field'
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Llanfair-yn-Neubwll
Llanfair-yn-Neubwll is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey in the north west of Wales. The community includes the villages of Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn and Caergeiliog, and had a population of 1,688, increasing to 1,874 at the 2011 cens ...
, '
aeroplane
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectr ...
', referring to nearby
RAF Valley
Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley ( cy, Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides both basic and advanced fast-jet training ...
.
* Llanfaredd, from the Fareth, a small stream.
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Llanfechain
Llanfechain is a village and community in Powys, Wales, on the B4393 road between Llanfyllin and Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Historically it belonged to Montgomeryshire. The River Cain runs through. The population of 465 at the 2011 Census was e ...
Llan Ffestiniog
Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd (formerly in the county of Merionethshire), Wales, lying south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is the older of the two communities, with its church and othe ...
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Llanfor
Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel.
History
There is evidence of an Iron Age Hill Fort in the immediate area and Roman Castrum.
In the 6th century an unknown Monk from Llanfor was repu ...
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Llanfynydd, Flintshire
Llanfynydd is a village, local government Community (Wales), community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales. Its name is derived from the Welsh language, Welsh words ''Llan (placename eleme ...
, , 'mountain'
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Llanfynydd
Llanfynydd is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 499. It lies some 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the county town, Carmarthen. Bordering it are the communities of Llansawe ...
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Llangadwaladr
Llangadwaladr () is a small village in south-west Anglesey, Wales, located around 2 miles east of Aberffraw and 3 miles south of Gwalchmai, Anglesey, Gwalchmai. It is part of the community (Wales), community of Bodorgan.
The village is a short ...
after King
Cadwaladr
Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (also spelled Cadwalader or Cadwallader in English) was king of Gwynedd in Wales from around 655 to 682 AD. Two devastating plagues happened during his reign, one in 664 and the other in 682; he himself was a victim of the ...
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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, maki ...
, Anglesey, named from River Cefni
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Llangernyw
Llangernyw () is a rural, mostly Welsh-speaking, village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
Overview
At the 2011 census, the community had a population of 1,079 of whom 63.7 percent were Welsh speakers. The comparable figures for the ...
named after the area of Cernyw
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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 postco ...
The village's placename means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the Welsh language.
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Llangoedmor
Llangoedmor is a village 2 miles east of Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales.
It is also the name of a community Council which encompasses Llechryd, Pant-gwyn, Ceredigion, and Neuadd Wilym. Llangoedmor ( cy, the church the great wood), is derived fr ...
in Ceredigion, originally ''Llangoedmawr'', 'great wood'
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Llangors
Llangors (also known as Llangorse) is a small village, community and electoral ward in southern Powys, in the historic county of Brecknockshire, within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Description
Llangors lies a few miles east of Brecon, betwe ...
, , 'marsh'
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Llangwm, Conwy
Llangwm is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located in the valley of the Afon Medrad, close to the borders with Denbighshire and Gwynedd, south of Cerrigydrudion, west of Corwen and south east of Conwy. At the ...
, , 'valley'
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Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
Llangwm (; ) is a small village, parish and community of around 450 properties situated on the Llangwm Pill off the River Cleddau estuary near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It has a history of mining and fishing and is in the largely Engli ...
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Llangwm, Monmouthshire
Llangwm is a small rural village and former community, now in the community of Llantrisant Fawr, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located east of Usk, on the B4235 Chepstow to Usk road. The main village is at Llangwm Uchaf ("Upper Llan ...
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Llanharry
Llanharry ( cy, Llanhari) is a village, Community (Wales), community (civil parish) and electoral ward in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Historic counties of Wales, Historically part of Glamorgan, Llanharry has been inextricab ...
Llanllyfni
Llanllyfni () is a village and a community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The community consists of the villages of Drws-y-coed, Nantlle, Nasareth, Nebo, Penygroes, Talysarn and the village of Llanllyfni ...
, Gwynedd, ''llan'' on the River Llyfni
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Llanmaes
Llanmaes ( cy, Llanfaes) is a small village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan near the market town of Llantwit Major. The population in 2011 was 403.
Amenities
Llanmaes has a long history, with remains of a Roman fort in fields next to ...
* Llanmerewig
*Llan-mill, Pembrokeshire
* Llanmiloe named after Llanmiloe House
* Llanmorlais, name evolved from ''Glan Morlais''
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Llannor
Llannor is a village, parish and community located on the Llŷn Peninsula (Welsh: ''Penrhyn Llŷn'') in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. Historically in Caernarfonshire, it lies 1.7 miles (2.8 km) north of Pwllheli and 18.0 miles (29.0 k ...
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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 ...
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Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch is a village and local government community in Denbighshire, Wales, including the villages of Llanrhaeadr and Pentre Llanrhaeadr and several hamlets, including Saron, Pant Pastynog, Prion, Peniel and part of Mynydd Hi ...
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Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant () is a village, community and an ecclesiastical parish in the extreme north of Powys, Wales; about 9 miles west of Oswestry and 12 miles south of Llangollen, on the B4580. It lies near the foothills of the Berwyn mountains ...
, Montgomeryshire, ''llan'' + ''rhaeadr'': '(waterfall) in the
cantref
A cantref ( ; ; plural cantrefi or cantrefs; also rendered as ''cantred'') was a medieval Welsh land division, particularly important in the administration of Welsh law.
Description
Land in medieval Wales was divided into ''cantrefi'', which were ...
of' ''
Mochnant
Mochnant, a name translating as "the rapid stream", was a medieval cantref in the Kingdom of Powys.
In the 12th century it was divided into the commotes of Mochnant Is Rhaeadr (in the north) and Mochnant Uwch Rhaeadr (in the south) (''Is'' signif ...
''
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Llanrhos
Llanrhos (English: 'Church on the moor') is a village in the community of Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The village lies between the towns of Conwy and Llandudno. Llanrhos was a civil parish from 1894 until 1974. The area was formerly p ...
, also known as Eglwys Rhos
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Llanrhyddlad
Llanrhyddlad ( cy, Llan-Rhûddlad) is a hamlet in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. in the community of Cylch-y-Garn
Cylch-y-Garn is a community (Wales), community in Anglesey, Wales, located on the north west coast of the county, west of Amlw ...
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Llanrug
Llanrug (or Llanfihangel-yn-y-grug) is a medium-sized village and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It lies about to the east of Caernarfon, south of Bangor and northwest of Llanberis. It is the largest populated village in the Arfon ...
, (former name: "Llanfihangel-y-Rug")
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Llanrumney
Llanrumney ( cy, Llanrhymni) is a suburb, community and electoral ward in east Cardiff, Wales.
Llanrumney was in Monmouthshire until it was incorporated into Cardiff in 1938.
History
The land where modern Llanrumney stands was left to Keynsham ...
Llanuwchllyn
Llanuwchllyn () is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales.
The electoral ward includes the small settlement of Llangywer.
The ...
Llanymawddwy
Llanymawddwy () is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, which is to the north of the larger village of Dinas Mawddwy, on the minor road which connects Dinas Mawddwy to Llanuwchllyn over Bwlch y Groes. The most notable building is the parish church dedi ...
, Gwynedd, from ''llan'' + ''yn'' + ''Mawddwy'': ''llan'' 'in the district of
Mawddwy
Mawddwy is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is 88.3 miles (142.2 km) from Cardiff and 172.8 miles (278.0 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Mawddwy was 622 with 59.5% of them able to speak Welsh. It is one of the ...
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Llanwern
Llanwern is a community in the eastern part of the City of Newport, South East Wales. Llanwern is bounded by the M4 and Langstone to the north, Ringland, Lliswerry and the River Usk to the west, the River Severn to the south and the city bou ...
, Llanywern (Breconshire), 'church on the marshy ground'
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Llanwnda, Gwynedd
Llanwnda is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, Wales. The community has a population of 1,994 as taken at the 2011 Census. It is situated about 3 miles to the south of Caernarfon, and 5 miles south-west of Llanrug
Llanrug ...
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Llanwnda, Pembrokeshire
Llanwnda is a rural village and parish to the north of the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire and part of the community of Pencaer. It lies some two miles northwest of the port of Fishguard and is inside the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast Nati ...
, named after Garn Wnda burial chamber
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Llanwrtyd
Llanwrtyd is a small settlement in Powys, mid-Wales, giving its name to a community, in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), through which flows the River Irfon. It lies 1.5 miles north of the town of Llanwrtyd Wells.
Llanwrtyd ...
,
Llanwrtyd Wells
Llanwrtyd Wells ( cy, Llanwrtyd "church of St Gwrtud") is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) on the Afon Irfon. The town is on the A483 between Llandovery and Builth Wells and is ...
Llanychaer
Llanychaer (English: church on the Aer, a tributary of the River Gwaun) is a small rural village and parish in the community of Cwm Gwaun, north Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is southeast of the port of Fishguard.
History
Llanychaer was in the anci ...
, (English: 'church on the Aer', a tributary of the
River Gwaun
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
)
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Llanycil
Llanycil is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala, and is 99.9 miles (160.7 km) from Cardiff and 176.2 miles (283.6 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Llanycil was 416 with 80.4% of them able to speak Welsh. The ...
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Llanynys
Llanynys (; ) is a hamlet and community (Llanynys and Rhewl Community Council) in Denbighshire, north-east Wales; (OS grid reference: SJ1062). It lies in the Vale of Clwyd, a few miles north of Ruthin
Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market to ...
, , 'island'
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Llanyrafon
Llanyrafon is a suburb of Cwmbran and a community in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.
Etymology
Sometimes written on o ...
, , 'river'
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Llanystumdwy
Llanystumdwy is a predominantly Welsh-speaking village, community and electoral ward on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales. It lies in the traditional county of Caernarfonshire but is currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Gwyned ...
, Gwynedd, from ''llan'' + ''ystum'' + ''Dwy'': ''llan'' on the meander of the river ''Dwy''
Place names in counties bordering Wales
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Lancaut
Lancaut ( cy, Llan Cewydd) is a deserted village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tidenham, in the Forest of Dean district, in Gloucestershire, England, located alongside the River Wye, around two miles north of Chepstow. It occupie ...
Landican
Landican () is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The hamlet is on the outskirts of Birkenhead, near to Woodchurch and the M53 motorway. Historically part of the county of Cheshire, it ...
(Birkenhead, Merseyside), Saint Tegan
* Llandinabo, Herefordshire
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Llancloudy
Llangarron is a small village and civil parish in southwest Herefordshire within of both Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire, England) and Monmouth (Monmouthshire, Wales). The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,053. The civil paris ...
, Herefordshire
*Llanfair, site of St Mary's church, near
Clifford Castle
Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north-east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England (). It was the ''caput'' of the feudal barony of Clifford, a Marcher Lordship (owing a ...
in
Clifford, Herefordshire
Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England. The village sits on the B4350 road. The civi ...
,
Wye Valley
The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; cy, Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales.
The River Wye ( cy, Afon Gwy) is the fourth-longest river in th ...
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Llanfair Waterdine
Llanfair Waterdine, sometimes written as Llanvair Waterdine and meaning St Mary's Church Waterdine, is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the north side of the River Teme, Teme valley and adjace ...
, Shropshire
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Llangarron
Llangarron is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in southwest Herefordshire within of both Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire, England) and Monmouth (Monmouthshire, Wales). The population of the civil parish at the United Kingd ...
, Herefordshire
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Llangrove
Llangrove is a small village in the civil parish of Llangarron in southwest Herefordshire within seven miles of Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire, England) and Monmouth ( Monmouthshire, Wales).
The village has a pub, The Royal Arms, a school, Llangrove ...
Llanveynoe
Llanveynoe ( cy, Llanfeuno) is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the Welsh border and the Brecon Beacons National Park, 14 miles (23 km) south west of Hereford. The parish had a population of 104 in the 2001 UK Censu ...
, Herefordshire
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Llanwarne
Llanwarne () is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil Parish as taken at the 2011 census was 380. It is about from the Welsh border, is approximately north-west of Ross-on-Wye, and near Harewood En ...
, Herefordshire
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Llanymynech
Llanymynech is a village straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the ba ...
(part), Shropshire
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Llanyblodwel
Llanyblodwel is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England; the spelling "Llanyblodwell" was commonly used in the past, and the village was sometimes simply referred to as "Blodwel". The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census ...
Llancarfan
Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning. Cainnech of A ...
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Llanhamlach
Llanhamlach is a village in rural Powys, Wales about 4 miles east of Brecon, in the community of Llanfrynach. It had a railway junction called Talyllyn Junction.
History
Previously part of Brecknock Rural District, Llanhamlach was in the count ...
Llandefalle
Felin-fach is a Community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales, northeast of Brecon. The community had a population of 673 as of the 2011 UK Census.
It includes the villages and hamlets Llandyfaelog Tre'r-graig, Llanfilo, Tredomen, Trefeitha, Pen- ...
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Llandevaud
Llandevaud is a small hamlet in east Newport, Wales with a church about a half mile from the village centre, going down towards The Foresters Oaks, a restaurant and public house, previously named the Rising Sun. Near the church was a primary scho ...
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Llanddowror
Llanddowror is a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales situated from St. Clears. Previously on the trunk road to Pembroke Dock, the village is small, historic and relatively unspoilt.
Llanddowror is famous for being the home of it ...
Llanybri
Llanybri is a rural farming village situated near the estuary of the River Tywi in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
The parish of Llansteffan consists of two distinct villages with separate churches: Llansteffan by the estuary and Llanybri inland on the ...
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Llanycrwys
Llanycrwys is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated in the historical Cayo Hundred in the Union of Lampeter, it is situated near the River Cothi, and is separated from the parish of Caio by the Afon Twrch, which flows near th ...
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Llanwenarth
Llanwenarth is a small village and parish in the Usk Valley of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is in the community of Llanfoist Fawr and covered by the electoral ward of Llanwenarth Ultra.
Location
Llanwenarth is located w ...
Wadebridge
Wadebridge (; kw, Ponswad) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel upstream from Padstow.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The permanent populat ...
, Saint Dochou, similar to the Welsh Llandochau
* Lannentenin, ''St Anthony in Meneage'', Saint Antonius
* Lannewa, ''St Ewe'', Saint Ewa
* Lannfyek, ''Feock'', Saint Feoc
* Lanngostentin, ''Constantine'', Saint Constantine
* Lannhernow, ''Lanherne'', Saint Hernow
* Lanngenewyt, ''Langunnett'', Saint Cyneuit
* Lanngorrek or Lanngorrow, ''Crantock'', Saint Goroc
* Lannhydrek, ''Lanhydrock'', Saint Hydrek
* Lannjowan, ''Leyowne'', Saint John
* Lannkynhorn or Lanngenhorn, ''Linkinhorne'', Saint Cynhoern
* Lannlivri, ''Lanlivery'', Saint Lyfri
* Lannmoren or Lannvorenn, ''Lamorran'', Saint Morenna or Saint Moren
* Lannoweyn, ''Cubert'', Saint Owein
* Lannreydhek or Lannreydhow, ''Lanreath'', Saint Reydhek or Saint Reydhow
* Lannrigon, ''Laregan'' and ''Lariggan''
* Lannrihorn, ''Ruan Lanihorne'', Saint Rihoern
* Lannsalwys, ''Lansallos'', Saint Salwys
* Lannseles, ''Launcells'', Saint Seles
* Lannsiek, ''St Just in Roseland'', Saint Siek
* Lannstevan, ''Launceston'', Saint Stephen
* Lannsulyan, ''Luxulyan'', Saint Sulyan
* Lannudhno, ''St Erth'', Saint Udhno
* Lannunwal, ''Laninval''
* Lannust, ''St Just in Penwith'', Saint Just
* Lannvihal, ''St Michael Caerhays'', Saint Michael
* Lannvorek, ''Mevagissey'', Saint Morec
* Lannvowsedh, ''St Mawes'', Saint Maudet
* Lannwedhenek, ''Padstow'', Saint Guethenoc
* Lannwenek, ''Lewannick'', Saint Gwenek
* Lannwolesyk, ''Lellizzick'', Saint Gwledic
* Lannworon, ''Goran'', Saint Goron
* Lannystli, ''Gulval'', Saint Ystli
Place names with religious connections other than a saint
* Kellilann, ''Clann'', enclosure grove
* Lannbesow, ''Lambessow'', birch tree enclosure
* Lannbron, ''Lambourne'', hill enclosure
* Lanndreth, ''St Blazey'', religious enclosure by a beach or ferry
* Lanneves, ''Lanivet'', sacred grove religious enclosure
* Lanneyst, ''Laneast'', unknown
* Lanngordhow, ''Fowey'', religious enclosure of tribes
* Lannmanagh, ''Lammana'', monk's enclosure
* Lannmanagh, ''Looe Island'', monk's enclosure
* Lannpenn, ''Lampen'', head enclosure
* Lannsans, ''Lezant'', holy religious enclosure
* Lannvab, ''Mabe'', son's enclosure
* Lannvyhan or Ladnvian, ''Laddenvean'', small religious enclosure
* Lannwydhek, ''Mylor'', wooded religious enclosure
* Seghlan, ''Sellan'', dry enclosure
Place names without a religious connection
* Landrevik, ''Landrivick'', originally Hendrevik (little old farm)
* Landu, ''Landue'', originally Nansdu (black or dark valley)
* Landu, ''Lanjew'' (Withiel), originally Lendu (black or dark strip field)
* Landuwy, ''Lantewey'', originally Nantduwey (valley of the river Dewey)
* Lannestek, ''Lanescot'', originally Lysnestek (Nestoc's court)
* Langarth, ''Langarth'', originally Lenangath (the cat's strip field)
* Langover, ''Langore'', originally Nansgover (stream valley)
* Lanjergh, ''Lanjeth'', originally Nansyergh (roebucks valley)
* Lanjiogh, ''Lanjew'' (Kea), originally Nanskiogh (stream valley)
* Lankarrow, ''Lancarrow'', originally Nanskarrow (stag's valley)
* Lanlegh, ''Lanteague'', originally Nanslegh (rock slab valley)
* Lanlowarn, ''Lanlawren'', originally Nanslowarn (fox's valley)
* Lanmelin, ''Lamellion'', originally Nansmelin (mill valley)
* Lanmelin, ''Lamellyn'', originally Nansmelin (mill valley)
* Lanmorek, ''Lamorick'', originally Nansmorek (Moroc's valley)
* Lanmornow, ''Lamorna'', originally Nansmornow (valley of a stream called Morno)
* Lannergh, ''Lanarth'', woodland clearing
* Lannergh, ''Landrake'', woodland clearing
* Lannergh, ''Lannarth'', woodland clearing
* Lannergh, ''Lanner'', woodland clearing
* Lannergh, ''Larrick'', woodland clearing
* Lannergh, ''Larrick'' (South Petherwin), woodland clearing
* Lannergh, ''Muchlarnick'', woodland clearing
* Lansewigy, ''Lanseague'', originally Nansewigy (hinds valley)
* Lanteglos, ''Lanteglos-by-Camelford'', originally Nanteglos (church valley)
* Lanteglos, ''Lanteglos-by-Fowey'', originally Nanteglos (church valley)
* Lantlogh, ''Landlooe'', originally Nantlogh (valley of the river Looe)
* Lantollek, ''Lantallack'', originally Nanstollek (hollowed valley)
* Lantyvet, ''Lantivet'', originally Nantyvet (cultivated valley)
* Lantyeyn, ''Lantyan'', originally Nantyeyn (cold valley)
* Lanyeyn, ''Lanyon'', originally Lynyeyn (cold pool)
* Lanyeyn, ''Lanyon'' (Gwinear), named after the Lanyon family from Lynyeyn (cold pool)
Place names in areas bordering Cornwall
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Landkey
Landkey ( kw, Lannke) is a small village in the county of Devon in the south-west of England with a population of 2274, falling to 1,734 at the 2011 census. It is situated from the nearest town of Barnstaple. The village is a major part of t ...
(near
Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
, Devon),
Saint Kea
Saint Kea (Breton and Cornish: ''Ke''; french: Ké) was a late 5th-century British saint from the ''Hen Ogledd'' ("Old North")—the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England. According to tradition he was ...
Place names in Brittany
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Lampaul-Guimiliau
Lampaul-Guimiliau (; br, Lambaol-Gwimilio) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It is noted for its parish close.
Etymology
The place name element ''lan'' or ''lam'' (''llan'' ...
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Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
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Landerneau
Landerneau (; br, Landerne, ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, east of Brest. The name is from ...
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Langolen
Langolen () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
The commune takes its name from Saint Collen, a 7th-century monk who is associated with the town of Llangollen in Wales and also with Cornwall.
Populati ...
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Saint Collen
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Landeleau
Landeleau (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Landeleau are called in French ''Landeleausiens''.
Map
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
The following ...
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Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his ...
Lanildut
Lanildut (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Lanildut are called in French ''Lanildutiens''.
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of ...
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Illtud
Saint Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Gla ...
Landévennec
Landévennec (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population
Geography
Landévennec is located on the Crozon peninsula, southeast of Brest.The river Aulne forms a natural boundary to the east. ...
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Winwaloe
Saint Winwaloe ( br, Gwenole; french: Guénolé; la, Winwallus or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally " Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Britt ...
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Landivisiau
Landivisiau (; br, Landivizio) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist Luc Le Vaillant, winner of the 1998 Albert Londres Prize was born in Landivisiau. Landivisiau is twinned with Bideford i ...
Tudwal
Saint Tudwal (died c. 564), also known as Tual, Tudgual, Tugdual, Tugual, Pabu, Papu, or Tugdualus (Latin), was a Breton monk, considered to be one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Life
Tudwal was said to be the son of Hoel Mawr (Hoel ...
Saint Hervé
Saint Hervé ( 521 – 575 AD), also known as Harvey, Herveus, or Houarniaule, was a sixth-century Breton people, Breton saint. Along with Ivo of Kermartin, Saint Ives, he is one of the most popular of the Breton saints. He was born in Guimiliau ...
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Landévant
Landévant (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, over ...
Landunvez
Landunvez (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Landunvez is twinned with the town of Bradninch in Devon, UK.Langoëlan
Langoëlan (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Langoëlan are called in French ''Langoëlanais''.
Geography
Langoëlan is located in the northwestern part of Morbihan. Historically, ...
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Languidic
Languidic (; br, Langedig) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
History
The local church was previously associated with the cult of the Welsh saint Cenydd (Kenneth).
Geography
Languidic, encompassing 10, ...
(), Saint Cynedd
* Landéda (), Saint Tédia or Saint Tydeu
* Landujan (), Saint Tudin (
Tudwal
Saint Tudwal (died c. 564), also known as Tual, Tudgual, Tugdual, Tugual, Pabu, Papu, or Tugdualus (Latin), was a Breton monk, considered to be one of the seven founder saints of Brittany.
Life
Tudwal was said to be the son of Hoel Mawr (Hoel ...
Langrolay-sur-Rance
Langrolay-sur-Rance (, literally ''Langrolay on Rance''; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Langrolay-sur-Rance are called ''langrolaisiens'' in French.
See also
*Co ...
(), Saint Gourlae
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Languenan
Languenan (; br, Langenan) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Languenan are called ''languenanais'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
T ...
(), Saint Kenan
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Langonnet
Langonnet () is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
Langonnet is in north-west part of Cornouaille, in Lower Brittany. It's one of the few Cornouaille parishes that are now in the Morbihan departm ...
Saint Maudez
Saint Maudez is a Breton saint who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He is also known as Maudé, Maudet (Breton French), Maodez or Modez (Breton), Maudetus (Latin), Mandé (French) and Mawes (in Cornwall). In the Breton calendar his feast is 18 Nove ...
Landaul
Landaul (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Landaul are called in French language, French ''Landaulais''.
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Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his ...
)
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Landébia
Landébia (; br, Landebiav) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor ...
(), Saint Tebiav
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Lannéanou
Lannéanou (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Population
Inhabitants of Lannéanou are called in French ''Lannécois''.
See also
*Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a li ...
La Landec
La Landec (; ; Gallo: ''Lalandéc'') is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of La Landec are called ''landécois'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor depart ...
(), Saint Deg
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Landéhen
Landéhen (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
People from Landéhen are called ''landéhennais'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The following is ...
(), Saint Guéhen
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La Méaugon
La Méaugon (; ; Gallo: ''Laméaugon'') is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of La Méaugon are called ''méaugonnais'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor ...
(), Saint Algon
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Lancieux
Lancieux (; ; Gallo: ''Lansioec'') is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Toponymy
Lancieux derives its name from the Breton ''lann'' ("hermitage") and ''Seoc'', ''Cieux'', or ''Sieu'', a monk who cam ...
(), Saint Séoc (or Sieu)
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Langueux
Langueux (; br, Langaeg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Langueux are called ''langueusiens'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The f ...
Lannion
Lannion ( ; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants.
Climate
Lannion has a ...
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Landebaëron
Landebaëron (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Landebaëron are called ''landebaëronnais'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The ...
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La Malhoure
La Malhoure (; br, Lanvelor) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of La Malhoure are called ''malhourins'' or ''malhourains'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d ...
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La Nouaye
La Nouaye () is a commune in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany in the northwest of France.
Population
Inhabitants of La Nouaye are called ''Lanoysiens'' in French.Lanrigan (), Saint Rigan
* Lanrivoaré (), Saint Riware
* La Vraie-Croix ()
* Lanfains (), Lanfains' name comes from the Breton language « lann » (hermitage) and, it seems, from the Latin « fanum » (temple). Lanfains was situated at the border of the Gallo and Breton languages.
* Langan, Ille-et-Vilaine ()
* Langon ()
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Languédias
Languédias (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Languédias are called ''languédiaçais'' in French.
See also
* Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The f ...
(), Saint Catihern
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Lanmérin
Lanmérin (; br, Lanvilin) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Lanmérin are called ''lanmérinois'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
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(), Saint Mérin (Sant Vilin in Breton)
* Lannebert (), Saint Eber
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Lanvellec
Lanvellec (; br, Lanvaeleg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in north-western France.
Culture
The commune has a rich architectural and cultural heritage. The parish church of Saint-Brandan was rebuilt between 1852 and 1 ...
(), Saint Maeleg
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Lanvéoc
Lanvéoc (; br, Lañveog) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The École Navale, the French naval academy, is located here.
Climate
Lanvéoc has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''C ...
Cumbric language
Cumbric was a variety of the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North" in what is now the counties of Westmorland, Cumberland and northern Lancashire in Northern England and the souther ...
was spoken in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...
and some place names in Cumbria and surrounding counties have a Brythonic origin.
* Ketland. The first element is possibly equivalent to Welsh ''coed'', "forest, wood".
* Lambert Ladd. Compare Lampert below.
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Lamplugh
Lamplugh () is a scattered community and civil parish located in West Cumbria on the edge of the English Lake District and historically part of Cumberland. It had a population of 763 in 2001, increasing to 805 at the 2011 Census.
The main A50 ...
. The second element '-plugh' has been explained as equivalent to Welsh ''plwyf'' "parish", or ''blwch'' "bare".
The historic name ''Llan Lleenawc'' may have been in this region and named after either ''Laenauc'', a father of ''Guallauc'', or ''*Lennóc'', a saint name.
Place-names in areas bordering Cumbria
* Lampert,
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey.
It is bordered by land on ...
, also spelt Lampart. The second element has been explained as an equivalent of Welsh ''perth'', "hedge, thicket".
In addition, ''*landā-'', the earlier Brittonic word ancestral to ''llan'' occurs in
Vindolanda
Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (''castrum'') just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it originally pre-dated.British windo- 'fair, white, blessed', landa 'enclosure/meadow/prairie/grassy plain' (the modern Welsh word woul ...
, the name of a Roman fort.
Place names in Scotland
Some place names in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
have
Pictish
Pictish is the extinct language, extinct Brittonic language spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. Virtually no direct attestations of Pictish remain, short of a limited num ...
and Cumbric elements such as ''aber-'' and (also spelled ''lum-'', ''lon-'' and ''lin-'') that are cognate with those in other Brittonic languages. The Gaelic form ''lann'' ("enclosure, churchyard") also occurs, and its existence in
Pictland
The Picts were a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland (north of the Firth of Forth) during Sub-Roman Britain, Late Antiquity and the Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, Early Middle Ages. Where they lived an ...
may represent adoption into
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
of the Pictish usage.
Places named after saints
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Lhanbryde
Lhanbryde (Gaelic: ''Lann Brìghde'') is a village that lies east of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. Previously bisected by the A96, it was bypassed in the early 1990s and now lies to the north of this busy trunk road. It had a population of 1,88 ...
, Moray (
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
: ''Lann Brìghde''). Saint Bride. Lamanbride in 1215; the modern Welsh-like spelling is probably a 19th-century innovation)
* Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: ''Lann Fhìonain''), Saint Fhìonain.
* Lumphinnans Fife. Its etymology is identical to Lumphinnans above, with which it shares a Gaelic name.
Places with other religious connections
* Landis, Kirkcudbrightshire. Uncertain; may be of Scots language, Scots origin.
* Lincluden, Kirkcudbrightshire. The location of an abbey. The second part of the name refers to the nearby Cluden Water. The first part could also be ''lïnn'', "pool".
* Lindores, Fife (Gaelic: ''Lann Doras''). An Lindores Abbey, abbey is located here. The name may mean "church at the pass".
* Longannet, Fife (Gaelic: ''Lann na H-Annaide''). Occupied by a now-decommissioned power station. The name probably meant "former church enclosure".
Places with no known religious connections
* Conland, Fife. Possibly meaning "dog-enclosure" (G ''conlann'', W ''cwnllan'') or "grouping of enclosures" (G ''cu-lann'').
* Drumdratland, Fife. Exact etymology unclear, but the first element is likely ''druim'', "a ridge".
* Falkland, Fife, Falkland, Fife. The first element in the name is unclear.
* Lumquhat, Fife. The name may mean "enclosure of the wild-cats".
* Lynchat, Inverness-shire. Meaning "wildcat's enclosure".
* Pentland Hills, Pentland, Midlothian. The first element may be ''pen'' ("head", "top") or ''pant'' ("hollow").
* Pouterlampert, near Castleton, Scottish Borders, Castleton, Scottish Borders. The ''-lampert'' part of the name may share an etymology with the aforementioned Lampart in Northumberland. The first part of the name is ''*polter'', an obscure Common Brittonic, Brittonic suffix.
In fiction
*The long running United States, American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' is set in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania, set just outside the city of Philadelphia. In the fictional universe of the soap, Llanview is the county seat for Llantano County. An important historical estate, Llanfair, is also set in Llanview.
See also
* Welsh placenames
* List of Celtic place names in Galicia