Talysarn

Tal-y-sarn (Welsh pronunciation) is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.[1] The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086.[2]

Talysarn
Talysarn Location within Gwynedd
Population	1,930 (ward 2011)
OS grid reference	SH488529
Community	Llanllyfni
Principal area	Gwynedd
Ceremonial county	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAERNARFON
Postcode district	LL54
Dialling code	01286
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Arfon
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Arfon

The Welsh language poet Robert Williams Parry was born in 37, Station Road, Tal-y-sarn, where a plaque designed by R. L. Gapper commemorates the connection.[3] Other persons connected with the village were Annant, quarryman, preacher and bard, Gwilym R. Jones, bard and journalist, and Idwal Jones author of the Welsh-language radio series SOS, Galw Gari Tryfan.

The 19th century methodist preacher John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, is also connected with the village, not by birth but because he settled here, becoming a shopkeeper and quarry owner as a sideline to his main vocation.[4]

The song "Ciosg Talysarn" by the Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan was written after two secret agents were found bugging a public telephone in Tal-y-sarn in 1982.[5]

Tal-y-sarn is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team based in the nearby village of Pen-y-groes.

Notes

1. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Talysarn built-up area (1119885417)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
3. Parry, Thomas (2001). PARRY , ROBERT WILLIAMS ( 1884 - 1956 ), poet, univ. lecturer. Dictionary of Welsh Bioagrpahy.
4. Roberts, G. T (1957). "John Jones Tal-y-Sarn (1796-1857)". Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Gaernarfon. cyfrol 18.
5. The British Inheritance: A Treasury of Historic Documents. University of California Press. 1999. p. 144.