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Parenting & Family > Llanllyfni
 

Llanllyfni

Llanllyfni, a village and a parish in Carnarvonshire. The village stands on the river Llyfni, under Llywd Mawr, half a mile S of Pen-y-Groes station on the Carnarvonshire branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 7 miles S of Carnarvon. It has a post office under Pen-y-Groes (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Pen-y-Groes. The parish includes the villages of Pen-y-Groes and Nantlle, and comprises 7843 acres of land and 148 of water; population, 4968. The surface includes the south-western heights of Snowdonia. The Llyfni river issues from Nantlle Lake, and runs 5 miles west-north-westward to Carnarvon Bay. Slate is quarried extensively. An old house in Neath Glen is supposed to occupy the site of a residence of Edward I. in 1284. Traces exist of ancient British habitations. An ancient camp, called Craig-y-Dinas, is on the Llyfni. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £191 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is ancient, cruciform, and substantial. There are chapels of ease at Nantlle and Pen-y-Groes,and Baptist, Congregational, Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.
Note to self: 'Neath Glen' ???? . . . odd!
Dads birthplace.

posted on Feb 26, 2011 10:53 AM ()

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I would like to hear more about your dad and his family. So much is known about the "Jones'" What was Tudor's dad called? Where they a big family?
comment by tracy on Feb 27, 2011 3:26 AM ()
Are the double L pronounced as a 'y' as in Caballero?
comment by troutbend on Feb 26, 2011 6:28 PM ()
Put your tongue on the roof of you mouth and blow gently, that sound is the one you want. A bit a snake with a lisp.
reply by tracy on Feb 27, 2011 3:30 AM ()
I pronounced them all and now my tongue hurts like hell.
comment by jondude on Feb 26, 2011 1:43 PM ()
Just looked it up on Google Maps — https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
comment by marta on Feb 26, 2011 10:59 AM ()
Oooooh - I will go have a look - thanx Martha
reply by augusta on Feb 26, 2011 11:10 AM ()

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