Botwnnog is a village and community in

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 with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

in Wales, located on the Llŷn Peninsula west-north-west of Abersoch. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It had a population of 955 in 2001, increasing to 996 at the 2011 Census. The community covers around . St Beuno's Church, Botwnnog 2

It lies between

Mynytho Mynytho is a small village in the parish of Llanengan near the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in northwestern Wales. It consists of a few houses and some farmland. There are also several campsites on the outskirts of the village. The popu ...

and

Sarn Meyllteyrn Sarn Meyllteyrn is a village and former civil parish (known at the time as ''Mellteyrn'') in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is in the west of the Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn), 8.4 miles (13.5 km) west of Pwllheli and 24.3 miles ( ...

(which is in the community), has two schools, Pont y Gof Primary School and Ysgol Botwnnog (secondary), and a doctors' surgery, Meddygfa Rhydbach. The artist Moses Griffith (1749–1819) was born in Botwnnog and attended Ysgol Botwnnog. His watercolour ''Bottwnog church & free school'' is in the collection of the

National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...

. Welsh band

Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog are a folk band consisting of three brothers from Rhos Botwnnog, between the villages of Botwnnog and Llaniestyn on the Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales and accompanying musicians and singers. They experiment with country, ...

come from the small settlement of Rhos Botwnnog. The community also includes the hamlets of Bryncroes and

Llandegwning Llandegwning is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The parish was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Botwnnog Botwnnog is a village and community in Gwynedd in Wales, located on the Llŷn Peninsula wes ...

Ysgol Botwnnog

Ysgol Botwnnog, a bilingual

comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...

with about 400 pupils aged 11 to 16, was originally a grammar school founded in 1616 by

Henry Rowlands Henry Rowlands (1655–1723) was rector of Llanidan on Anglesey, and the author of ''Mona Antiqua Restaurata: An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids' ...

, Bishop of Bangor.

References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photo of Botwnnog and surrounding area
{{Gwynedd-geo-stub