Nebo is a hamlet in the
community
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of
Llaneilian
Llaneilian (; ) is a village and community in the 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 the villages and hamlets of ...
,
Anglesey
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, in north-west Wales. It is 140.1 miles (225.4 km) from
Cardiff
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and 218.6 miles (351.8 km) from
London
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. The village is east of Penysarn, near the top of a hill known as Mynydd Nebo.
Name and origins
An early arrival at what is now a small hamlet was Nebo
Calvinistic Methodist
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Chapel, which was first established here in 1788.
The chapel itself was named after
Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo ( ar, جَبَل نِيبُو, Jabal Nībū; he, , Har Nəḇō) is an elevated ridge located in Jordan, approximately above sea level. Part of the Abarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in the Bible as the place where Mose ...
(now in Jordan), the mountain from which Moses is described as seeing the promised land. In 1823 the chapel was rebuilt, and the success of the chapel by the nineteenth century is shown by a religious survey of 1851. The parish of Llanwenllwyfo (now part of Llaneilian Community) was recorded as having 583 residents. The census lists two churches, of which the Anglican parish church recorded an attendance of 51, while Nebo chapel recorded the morning service of 328, afternoon 327, evening 615, indicating that the chapel was drawing in adherents from outside the parish, at a time when the Amlwch copper mining and related industries were employing large numbers of workers.
The chapel was renovated in 1878, but declined in the 20th century and closed in 1966. It has subsequently been converted into flats.
[ The chapel had become a focus for a cluster of houses spreading along the four roads leading out of the hamlet, which collectively took the name of the chapel.
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Mynydd Nebo
The hamlet stands on the south-western end of a short ridge leading to the summit of Mynnydd Nebo, a hill a little above , which has two radio masts.
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
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Towns
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Villages in Anglesey
Llaneilian
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