Llanycil is a
community
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in the county of
Gwynedd
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,
Wales
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, near
Bala, and is 99.9 miles (160.7 km) from
Cardiff
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and 176.2 miles (283.6 km) from
London
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.
In 2011 the population of Llanycil was 416 with 80.4% of them able to speak
Welsh
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Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
. The community includes the small settlements of Parc,
Rhyd-uchaf and
Llidiardau.
It is a very sparsely populated community covering about 83 square kilometres. The mountain
Arenig Fawr
Arenig Fawr ( en, Great High Ground) is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, close to Llyn Celyn reservoir, alongside the A4212 between Trawsfynydd and Bala.
Location
Arenig Fawr is the highest member of the Arenig range, with Arenig Fach ( ...
is within the community.
The former church in the community was dedicated to
St Beuno
Saint Beuno ( la, Bonus;Baring-Gould &
Fisher, "Lives of the British Saints" (1907), quoted a Early British Kingdoms website by David Nash Ford, accessed 6 February 2012 640), sometimes anglicized as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, ...
and now houses the
Mary Jones World heritage centre.
Thomas Charles
Thomas Charles (14 October 17555 October 1814) was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales.
Early life
Charles was born of humble parentage at Longmoor, in the parish of Llanfihangel Abe ...
(1755-1814) of Bala, the
Calvinistic Methodist
Calvinistic Methodists were born out of the 18th-century Welsh Methodist revival and survive as a body of Christians now forming the Presbyterian Church of Wales. Calvinistic Methodism became a major denomination in Wales, growing rapidly in the 1 ...
minister and founder of the
British and Foreign Bible Society
The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world.
The Soc ...
, is buried in the village churchyard.
[Article by Edwin Welch.] The hamlet of Parc, Llanycil is known for the branch of the
Women's Institute
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which in 1967 broke away when the movement began to insist on the English language, and founded
Merched y Wawr, which uses solely Welsh.
Notable people
*
Betsi Cadwaladr
Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr''Welsh National Heroes'' by Alun Roberts, Y Lolfa, 2002 and Betsi Davis, was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) and later nursed in ...
(1789–1860), a Welsh nurse, nursed in the
Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
alongside
Florence Nightingale
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.
References
See also
*
List of localities in Wales by population
The following is a list of built-up areas in Wales by population according to the 2011 Census.
See also
*List of cities in Wales
*List of towns in Wales
References
{{Wales topics
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Towns
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Communities in Gwynedd
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