Ilston ( cy, Llanilltud Gwyr) is the name of a village and a local government
community in
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
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southwest Wales. Ilston has its own community council.
Description
The population of the community in the
United Kingdom Census 2001 was 538 and 537 in 2011 and also includes the villages and hamlets of
Parkmill
The village of Parkmill ( cy, Melin y Parc) is a small rural settlement in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles (13 km) west of Swansea, and about one mile (1.5 km) fro ...
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Nicholaston and Lunnon. The name of the village is thought to have originated from
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 ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
Illtud.
This village in the heart of the
Gower Peninsula is home to a brook,
parish church and a
National Trust abandoned
limestone quarry.
The community is surrounded by
common land used as grazing land, woodlands and fields.
There is a highly recommended two mile walk from the church through five different kinds of woods and over four small bridges following the brook past the first recorded
Baptist Church in Wales (1649) ending at a Parkmill-based
public house.
Governance
Ilston has a community council, with 11 councillors representing the community wards of Ilston,
Penmaen and Nicholaston.
Ilston is covered by the
Pennard
Pennard (previously Llanarthbodu) is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea. The Pennard community includes the larger ...
ward for elections to
Swansea Council
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See also
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Ilston Book
The Ilston Book is the earliest record of a Baptist church in Wales. It is named after the location of a Baptist meeting place near the ruins of the old Trinity well, the site of a pre-Reformation chapel, at Ilston Beck in Gower near Swansea.
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References
External links
Gower Community Councilswww.geograph.co.uk : photos of Ilston and surrounding area
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Villages in Swansea
Populated places on the Gower Peninsula
Communities in Swansea
