Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
This article is about the community and village in Meirionnydd. For the village in Eifionydd, see Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Dolbenmaen.
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant | |
St Michael's Church |
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Llanfihangel-y-Pennant |
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Population | 339 (2011) |
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OS grid reference | SH671088 |
Community | Llanfihangel-y-Pennant |
Principal area | Gwynedd |
Ceremonial county | Gwynedd |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TYWYN |
Postcode district | LL36 |
Dialling code | 01654 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
EU Parliament | Wales |
UK Parliament | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Welsh Assembly | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Coordinates: 52°39′40″N 3°57′54″W / 52.661°N 3.965°W
- See also Llanfihangel (disambiguation).
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a small village and wider community (which includes Abergynolwyn) in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. It is located in the foothills of Cadair Idris, and has a population of 402,[1] reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Nearby is the ruined castle of Castell y Bere, a stronghold of the Welsh princes of Gwynedd in the 13th century.
History
In 1800, Mary Jones walked 26 miles (42 km) from the village to Bala to buy a Welsh Bible.[3] This led to the formation of the British and Foreign Bible Society.[4]
References
- ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd
- ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ↑ http://llanfihangel-y-pennant.org.uk/mary-jones.html
- ↑ "Bala and the Bible". Thomas Charles, Ann Griffiths and Mary Jones. E. Wyn James. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Llanfihangel-y-Pennant. |
- Official website for St Michael's, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
- Geograph : Photographs of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Abergynolwyn
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