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In fact, there’s no “English” name for the village, my mistake.
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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
{{Infobox UK place
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| country = Wales
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| official_name = Llanengan
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| welsh_name =
| population = 1,989
| population = 1,989
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| population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125858&c=LL53+7AG&d=16&e=62&g=6488924&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1431602396661&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref>
| static_image_name = Eglwys S Engan Llanengan - geograph.org.uk - 519194.jpg
| static_image_name = Eglwys S Engan Llanengan - geograph.org.uk - 519194.jpg
| static_image_caption = Parish church dedicated to<br>[[Saint Einion Frenin]], a 6th century king of [[Llyn Peninsula|Llyn]]
| static_image_caption = Parish church dedicated to<br />[[Saint Einion Frenin]], a 6th century king of [[Llyn Peninsula|Llyn]]
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| lieutenancy_wales = [[Gwynedd]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
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| community_wales = Llanengan <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cyngorcymunedllanengan.cymru/english/index.html|title = Llanengan Community Council}}</ref>
| postcode_district = LL53
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| post_town = PWLLHELI
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'''Llanengan''' ([[Welsh language|Welsh]] for "[[Einion Frenin|St. Einion]]'s") is a small village and [[community (Wales)|community]] {{convert|1.2|mi|km|abbr=on}} around [[Abersoch]] in [[Gwynedd]] in north-west [[Wales]]. It has a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790560 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922091920/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790560 |date=22 September 2010 }}</ref> reducing to 1,989 at the 2011 Census.
'''Llanengan''' is a small village and [[community (Wales)|community]] {{convert|1.2|mi|km|abbr=on}} around [[Abersoch]] in [[Gwynedd]] in north-west [[Wales]]. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790560 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922091920/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790560 |date=22 September 2010 }}</ref> which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. The popular [[seaside resort]] village of [[Abersoch]] falls within the community, as do the villages of [[Llangian]], [[Mynytho]], [[St Tudwal's Islands|Machroes]] and Llanengan. The local [[public house]] is called the Sun.
The popular [[seaside resort]] village of [[Abersoch]] falls within the community, as do the villages of [[Llangian]], [[Mynytho]], and Llanengan. The local [[public house]] is called the Sun.
[[File:The ventilation chimney of Tan 'rallt lead mine - geograph.org.uk - 641509.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ventilation chimney of the local lead mine.]]
[[File:The ventilation chimney of Tan 'rallt lead mine - geograph.org.uk - 641509.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ventilation chimney of the local lead mine.]]
[[Lead]] was formerly obtained from a lead mine just outside the village. A chimney can be seen on the left from the road to [[Porth Neigwl]] ("Hell's Mouth"): it marks the entrance to the former lead workings.<ref>Atlas of Caernarfonshire; ed. T.M. Basset, B.L. Davies; Gwynedd Rural Council, Caernarfon 1976</ref>
[[Lead]] was formerly obtained from a lead mine just outside the village. A chimney can be seen on the left from the road to [[Porth Neigwl]] ("Hell's Mouth"), which marks the entrance to the former lead workings.<ref>Atlas of Caernarfonshire; ed. T.M. Basset, B.L. Davies; Gwynedd Rural Council, Caernarfon 1976</ref>


==Church==
==Church==
The [[parish church]], which is dedicated to [[Einion Frenin|Saint Einion Frenin]], was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the [[Llŷn Peninsula]]. In 1537, with the passing of the [[Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act]], St Mary's Abbey on [[Bardsey Island]] was dissolved and its monastic buildings demolished on the orders of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. However, its choir stalls, two [[Rood screen]] and bells were saved and relocated to Llanengan Church as it had just been rebuilt in the early 1530s.<ref name="history">[http://www.bardsey.org/history Bardsey Island Trust : ''The Island : History''] Retrieved 16 August 2009</ref>
The [[parish church]], which is dedicated to [[Einion Frenin|Saint Einion Frenin]], was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the [[Llŷn Peninsula]]. In 1537, with the passing of the [[Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act]], St Mary's Abbey on [[Bardsey Island]] was dissolved and its monastic buildings demolished on the orders of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. However, its choir stalls, two [[Rood screen]]s and bells were saved and relocated to Llanengan Church as it had just been rebuilt in the early 1530s.<ref name="history">[http://www.bardsey.org/history Bardsey Island Trust : ''The Island : History''] Retrieved 16 August 2009</ref>


== Governance ==
== Governance ==
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the same name exists. This ward is smaller than the Community with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,206.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanengan-w05000080#sthash.RC7Q6cIR.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=17 May 2015}}</ref>
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the same name exists. This ward is smaller than the Community, with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,206.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanengan-w05000080#sthash.RC7Q6cIR.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Ellen Hughes]] (1867–1927), a Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist.
* [[David Green (cricketer, born 1939)|David Green]] (1939–2016) a Welsh first-class cricketer


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3498196 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanengan and surrounding area]
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3498196 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanengan and surrounding area]


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Llanengan
Parish church dedicated to
Saint Einion Frenin, a 6th century king of Llyn
Llanengan is located in Gwynedd
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Location within Gwynedd
Population1,989 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSH293269
Community
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Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPWLLHELI
Postcode districtLL53
Dialling code01758
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52°48′47″N 4°31′55″W / 52.813°N 4.532°W / 52.813; -4.532

Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi (1.9 km) around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census,[3] which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. The popular seaside resort village of Abersoch falls within the community, as do the villages of Llangian, Mynytho, Machroes and Llanengan. The local public house is called the Sun.

Ventilation chimney of the local lead mine.

Lead was formerly obtained from a lead mine just outside the village. A chimney can be seen on the left from the road to Porth Neigwl ("Hell's Mouth"), which marks the entrance to the former lead workings.[4]

Church

The parish church, which is dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the Llŷn Peninsula. In 1537, with the passing of the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act, St Mary's Abbey on Bardsey Island was dissolved and its monastic buildings demolished on the orders of Henry VIII. However, its choir stalls, two Rood screens and bells were saved and relocated to Llanengan Church as it had just been rebuilt in the early 1530s.[5]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward is smaller than the Community, with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,206.[6]

Notable people

  • Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), a Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist.
  • David Green (1939–2016) a Welsh first-class cricketer

References

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Llanengan Community Council".
  3. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Atlas of Caernarfonshire; ed. T.M. Basset, B.L. Davies; Gwynedd Rural Council, Caernarfon 1976
  5. ^ Bardsey Island Trust : The Island : History Retrieved 16 August 2009
  6. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 May 2015.

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