Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a hamlet and wider, very sparsely populated community (which includes Abergynolwyn and Tal-y-llyn) 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]

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

St Michael's Church
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
Location within Gwynedd
Area77.5 km2 (29.9 sq mi)
Population339 (2011)
• Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSH671088
Community
  • Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
Principal area
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTYWYN
Postcode districtLL36
Dialling code01654
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Dwyfor Meirionnydd

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] Mary Jones World, a heritage centre about her life is located near Bala.

gollark: Low turn AND EXPERIMENT count.
gollark: I mean, given the low turn count, he *may* have some sort of experiment report.
gollark: ^
gollark: Are you suggesting that TJ09 has something listening to the discord checking for `licc` in <#331291747059630082> and dynamically affecting turn chances?
gollark: Yep!

References
  1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. http://llanfihangel-y-pennant.org.uk/mary-jones.html
  4. "Bala and the Bible". Thomas Charles, Ann Griffiths and Mary Jones. E. Wyn James. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2008.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.