Jump to content

Valley, Anglesey: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 53°17′02″N 4°33′43″W / 53.28401°N 4.56203°W / 53.28401; -4.56203
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
add climate section with weather box
(39 intermediate revisions by 29 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Village and community in Anglesey, Wales}}
⚫
{{refimprove|date=January 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
⚫
'''Valley''' is a village, [[Community (Wales)|community]] and former [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] near [[Holyhead]] on the west coast of [[Anglesey]], North [[Wales]]. Population (2001) 2,413,{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} decreasing to 2,361 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130037&c=LL65+3AW&d=16&e=62&g=6488895&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432028074118&enc=1|title=Community/Ward population 2011|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref>
⚫
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = Wales
|official_name = Valley
|welsh_name = Y Fali
|coordinates =
⚫
|static_image_name = File:Y Fali - geograph.org.uk - 38773.jpg
|static_image_caption =
|population = 2,361
|population_ref =
|community_wales =
|unitary_wales = [[Anglesey]]
|lieutenancy_wales =
|constituency_welsh_assembly=
|constituency_westminster =
|post_town =
|postcode_district =
|postcode_area =
|dial_code =
|os_grid_reference =
|cardiff_distance =
}}


⚫
'''Valley''' ({{lang-cy|Y Fali}} {{audio|LL-Q9309 (cym)-Jason.nlw-Y Fali.wav|}}) is a village, [[Community (Wales)|community]], and former [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] near [[Holyhead]] on the west coast of [[Anglesey]], North [[Wales]]. The population during the 2001 census was 2,413, decreasing to 2,361 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130037&c=LL65+3AW&d=16&e=62&g=6488895&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432028074118&enc=1|title=Community/Ward population 2011|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
⚫
[[File:Y Fali - geograph.org.uk - 38773.jpg|thumb|Valley]]
In [[Welsh language|Welsh]] it is referred to as either '''''Y Dyffryn''''' (meaning The Valley) or '''''[Y] Fali''''' (pronounced as Valley). Recent research, prompted by local opposition to the name of Y Fali, suggested that Valley may be a corruption of the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''Bally'' (settlement), or ''Baile'' as it is spelled in Irish. There does not appear to be a traditional [[Welsh language]] [[Welsh placenames|placename]] for the village, and thus there has been a reversion to Valley of late. There is no actual [[valley]] as the area is very flat, although a dip in the land was created when the [[Stanley Embankment]] to Holy Island was constructed, and this may be the origin of the name.


== Toponym ==
⚫
[[RAF Valley]] is a nearby [[Royal Air Force]] station concerned with the training of fast jet pilots. The runways are also used by [[Anglesey Airport]] who make commercial flights to [[Cardiff]] (and previously [[The Isle of Man]]). [[Valley railway station]] is on the [[North Wales Coast Line]].
The origin of the name has been the subject of much debate for more than a century. [[Thomas Morgan (Afanwyson)|Thomas Morgan]] derived the name as a corruption of "Mael-dy" (house of trade). Morgan links the name with the writings of [[Tacitus]], who stated that trade with Ireland was conducted from here in the time of [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola|Julius Agricola]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Thomas |title=Handbook of the Origins of Place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire |date=1887 |publisher=HW Southey |location=Merthyr Tydfil |page=41}}</ref>


Gwilym T. Jones and Tomos Roberts state that early accounts name the area as '''''Glan Môr Tŷ Coch''''' and '''''Glan Môr Castell Llyfaint'''''. They offer two further possible derivations of the name '''''Valley'''''; firstly that the name derives from the [[Irish language|Irish]] word ''Baile'' (a settlement) and secondly that it developed when the [[Stanley Embankment]] (known by locals as 'The Cob') was built in the 1820s and a depression (or valley) was dug to yield rubble for its construction. The cluster of dwellings nearby was then given the name by these labourers.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Jones |first1= Gwilym |last2= Roberts |first2= Tomos|date= 1996|title= Enwau Lleoedd Môn : The Place-Names of Anglesey|publisher= University of Wales Press |page= 124|location=Llangefni |isbn=0-904567-71-0 |language=Welsh}}</ref>
⚫
Prior to the [[Isle of Anglesey electoral boundary changes 2012|2012 Anglesey electoral boundary changes]] Valley was an electoral ward to the [[Isle of Anglesey County Council]]. It is now part of the larger [[Llifôn]] ward, together with [[Llanfaelog]] and [[Llanfair-yn-Neubwll]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/2676/pdfs/wsi_20122676_mi.pdf |title=Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012 |website=legisaltion.gov.uk|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |accessdate=6 December 2017 }}</ref>


In [[Welsh language|Modern Welsh]] it is referred to as either '''''Y Dyffryn''''' (meaning The Valley) or '''''[Y] Fali''''' (pronounced as Valley).{{Citation needed|reason=needs trustworthy sources for "Y Dyffryn"|date=March 2023}}
⚫
==Climate==


== Political boundaries ==
⚫
Prior to the [[Isle of Anglesey electoral boundary changes 2012|2012 Anglesey electoral boundary changes]] Valley was an electoral ward to the [[Isle of Anglesey County Council]]. It is now part of the larger Llifon ward, together with [[Llanfaelog]] and [[Llanfair-yn-Neubwll]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/2676/pdfs/wsi_20122676_mi.pdf |title=Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012 |website=legislation.gov.uk|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |access-date=6 December 2017 }}</ref>

The community includes the village of [[Llanynghenedl]] and part of [[Four Mile Bridge]].

== Transport ==
[[File:Valley Railway Station 2009.jpg|thumb|left|Valley Railway Station, 2009.]]
⚫
[[RAF Valley]] is a nearby [[Royal Air Force]] station concerned with the training of fast jet pilots. The runways are also used by [[Anglesey Airport]] who make commercial flights to [[Cardiff]] (and previously the [[Isle of Man]]). [[Valley railway station]] is on the [[North Wales Coast Line]] and [[Valley Station Signal Box, Anglesey|its signal box]] is [[Listed building|Grade II listed]]. [[Thomas Telford]]'s [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5 road]] bisects the village.

== Sport ==
Valley has a football club, whose senior team, CPD Y Fali, play in the [[North Wales Coast West Football League]] Division One. They play their home matches on Station Road which is situated between the [[North Wales Coast Line|North Wales Coast railway line]] and the [[A55 road|A55 North Wales Expressway]].

⚫
== Climate ==
{{Weather box
{{Weather box
| width = auto
⚫
|location = Valley (Anglesey) (1981–2010)
|metric first = Yes
| metric first = yes
|single line = Yes
| single line = yes
⚫
| location = Valley (1991–2020)
⚫
|Jan high C = 8.2
|Feb high C = 8.1
| Jan high C = 8.4
|Mar high C = 9.6
| Feb high C = 8.4
|Apr high C = 11.8
| Mar high C = 9.8
|May high C = 14.9
| Apr high C = 12.1
|Jun high C = 17.1
| May high C = 15.0
|Jul high C = 18.8
| Jun high C = 17.2
|Aug high C = 18.8
| Jul high C = 18.8
|Sep high C = 17.1
| Aug high C = 18.8
|Oct high C = 14.1
| Sep high C = 17.3
|Nov high C = 11.1
| Oct high C = 14.3
|Dec high C = 8.7
| Nov high C = 11.3
|year high C = 13.2
| Dec high C = 9.1
|Jan low C = 3.6
| year high C = 13.4
|Feb low C = 3
| Jan low C = 3.8
|Mar low C = 4.5
| Feb low C = 3.6
|Apr low C = 5.7
| Mar low C = 4.5
|May low C = 8.2
| Apr low C = 6.1
|Jun low C = 10.7
| May low C = 8.6
|Jul low C = 12.8
| Jun low C = 11.0
|Aug low C = 12.9
| Jul low C = 12.9
|Sep low C = 11.4
| Aug low C = 13.1
|Oct low C = 9
| Sep low C = 11.6
|Nov low C = 6.3
| Oct low C = 9.2
|Dec low C = 3.9
| Nov low C = 6.6
|year low C = 7.7
| Dec low C = 4.4
⚫
| year low C = 8.0
|precipitation colour = green
| rain colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 75.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 54.8
| Jan rain mm = 74.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 62.8
| Feb rain mm = 62.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 55.2
| Mar rain mm = 57.0
|May precipitation mm = 48.4
| Apr rain mm = 54.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 53.5
| May rain mm = 52.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 54
| Jun rain mm = 57.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 69.9
| Jul rain mm = 57.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 71.5
| Aug rain mm = 69.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 101.4
| Sep rain mm = 73.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 103.5
| Oct rain mm = 101.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 90.6
| Nov rain mm = 103.3
|year precipitation mm = 841.1
| Dec rain mm = 93.3
| year rain mm = 856.3
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 14.4
| unit rain days = 1 mm
|Feb precipitation days = 11.1
| Jan rain days = 14.1
|Mar precipitation days = 12
| Feb rain days = 11.6
|Apr precipitation days = 10.9
| Mar rain days = 11.2
|May precipitation days = 9.3
| Apr rain days = 10.9
|Jun precipitation days = 9.6
| May rain days = 9.3
|Jul precipitation days = 9.3
| Jun rain days = 9.3
|Aug precipitation days = 10.8
| Jul rain days = 10.5
|Sep precipitation days = 10.7
| Aug rain days = 10.6
|Oct precipitation days = 14.6
| Sep rain days = 11.0
|Nov precipitation days = 15.7
| Oct rain days = 13.9
|Dec precipitation days = 14.8
| Nov rain days = 16.3
|year precipitation days = 143
| Dec rain days = 15.8
|Jan sun = 62.3
| year rain days = 144.5
|Feb sun = 86.5
| Jan sun = 60.6
|Mar sun = 123.1
| Feb sun = 85.1
|Apr sun = 177.8
| Mar sun = 131.7
|May sun = 231.8
| Apr sun = 181.8
|Jun sun = 207.8
| May sun = 233.4
|Jul sun = 201.1
| Jun sun = 219.3
|Aug sun = 189.5
| Jul sun = 205.5
|Sep sun = 146.7
| Aug sun = 187.9
|Oct sun = 109.7
| Sep sun = 150.7
|Nov sun = 63.6
| Oct sun = 107.9
|Dec sun = 51.6
| Nov sun = 62.5
|year sun = 1651.4
| Dec sun = 48.3
| year sun = 1674.7
|source 1 = metoffice <ref name=ClimateMet>{{cite web |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gckyby0r2 |title=Valley climate (Reference period 1981−2010) |publisher=Met Office UK |location=53.252, -4.537 |date=2010 |accessdate=2015-11-09}}</ref>
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref name="MetOffice">{{cite web
|date=November 2015
|url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gckyby0r2
|title = Valley (Isle of Anglesey) UK climate averages - Met Office
|publisher = Met Office
|access-date = July 5, 2024}}</ref>
}}
}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Death of Gareth Williams|Gareth Williams]] (1978–2010) was a Welsh mathematician and employee of GCHQ seconded to the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) who was found dead in suspicious circumstances; he came from Valley and is buried in Ynys Wen Cemetery.
* [[George North]] is a professional rugby union player who plays for [[Ospreys (rugby union)|Ospreys]] in the United Rugby Championship and for the [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] national team. He attended Ysgol Gymuned Y Fali.


==References==
==References==
Line 90: Line 133:


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category inline|Valley, Anglesey}}
{{Commons category-inline|Valley, Anglesey}}
⚫
{{Wikivoyage|Valley (Anglesey)}}
*[http://www.valley-community-council.wales Valley Community Council]
*[http://www.valley-community-council.wales Valley Community Council]
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3552541 photos of Valley, Anglesey and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3552541 photos of Valley, Anglesey and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]{{oscoor gbx|SH293794}}
*{{oscoor gbx|SH293794}}


{{Anglesey}}
{{Anglesey}}
{{Communities of Anglesey}}
{{Communities of Anglesey}}


{{coord|53.28401|N|4.56203|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SH293794)|display=title}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->
{{Coord|53.28401|N|4.56203|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SH293794)|display=title}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->


{{Authority control}}
⚫
[[Category:Former wards of Anglesey]]
[[Category:Valley, Anglesey| Valley]]


⚫
[[Category:Valley, Anglesey| ]]

⚫
[[Category:Former wards of Anglesey]]
{{Anglesey-geo-stub}}

Revision as of 05:00, 6 July 2024

Valley
Population2,361 
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Anglesey

Valley (Welsh: Y Fali ⓘ) is a village, community, and former electoral ward near Holyhead on the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales. The population during the 2001 census was 2,413, decreasing to 2,361 at the 2011 census.[1]

Toponym

The origin of the name has been the subject of much debate for more than a century. Thomas Morgan derived the name as a corruption of "Mael-dy" (house of trade). Morgan links the name with the writings of Tacitus, who stated that trade with Ireland was conducted from here in the time of Julius Agricola.[2]

Gwilym T. Jones and Tomos Roberts state that early accounts name the area as Glan Môr Tŷ Coch and Glan Môr Castell Llyfaint. They offer two further possible derivations of the name Valley; firstly that the name derives from the Irish word Baile (a settlement) and secondly that it developed when the Stanley Embankment (known by locals as 'The Cob') was built in the 1820s and a depression (or valley) was dug to yield rubble for its construction. The cluster of dwellings nearby was then given the name by these labourers.[3]

In Modern Welsh it is referred to as either Y Dyffryn (meaning The Valley) or [Y] Fali (pronounced as Valley).[citation needed]

Political boundaries

Prior to the 2012 Anglesey electoral boundary changes Valley was an electoral ward to the Isle of Anglesey County Council. It is now part of the larger Llifon ward, together with Llanfaelog and Llanfair-yn-Neubwll.[4]

The community includes the village of Llanynghenedl and part of Four Mile Bridge.

Transport

Valley Railway Station, 2009.

RAF Valley is a nearby Royal Air Force station concerned with the training of fast jet pilots. The runways are also used by Anglesey Airport who make commercial flights to Cardiff (and previously the Isle of Man). Valley railway station is on the North Wales Coast Line and its signal box is Grade II listed. Thomas Telford's A5 road bisects the village.

Sport

Valley has a football club, whose senior team, CPD Y Fali, play in the North Wales Coast West Football League Division One. They play their home matches on Station Road which is situated between the North Wales Coast railway line and the A55 North Wales Expressway.

Climate

Climate data for Valley (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.4
(47.1) 		8.4
(47.1) 		9.8
(49.6) 		12.1
(53.8) 		15.0
(59.0) 		17.2
(63.0) 		18.8
(65.8) 		18.8
(65.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		14.3
(57.7) 		11.3
(52.3) 		9.1
(48.4) 		13.4
(56.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.8
(38.8) 		3.6
(38.5) 		4.5
(40.1) 		6.1
(43.0) 		8.6
(47.5) 		11.0
(51.8) 		12.9
(55.2) 		13.1
(55.6) 		11.6
(52.9) 		9.2
(48.6) 		6.6
(43.9) 		4.4
(39.9) 		8.0
(46.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 74.6
(2.94) 		62.0
(2.44) 		57.0
(2.24) 		54.4
(2.14) 		52.4
(2.06) 		57.1
(2.25) 		57.4
(2.26) 		69.2
(2.72) 		73.9
(2.91) 		101.6
(4.00) 		103.3
(4.07) 		93.3
(3.67) 		856.3
(33.71)
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) 14.1 11.6 11.2 10.9 9.3 9.3 10.5 10.6 11.0 13.9 16.3 15.8 144.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 60.6 85.1 131.7 181.8 233.4 219.3 205.5 187.9 150.7 107.9 62.5 48.3 1,674.7
Source: Met Office[5]

Notable people

  • Gareth Williams (1978–2010) was a Welsh mathematician and employee of GCHQ seconded to the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) who was found dead in suspicious circumstances; he came from Valley and is buried in Ynys Wen Cemetery.
  • George North is a professional rugby union player who plays for Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship and for the Wales national team. He attended Ysgol Gymuned Y Fali.

References

  1. ^ "Community/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. ^ Morgan, Thomas (1887). Handbook of the Origins of Place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire. Merthyr Tydfil: HW Southey. p. 41.
  3. ^ Jones, Gwilym; Roberts, Tomos (1996). Enwau Lleoedd Môn : The Place-Names of Anglesey (in Welsh). Llangefni: University of Wales Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-904567-71-0.
  4. ^ "Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Valley (Isle of Anglesey) UK climate averages - Met Office". Met Office. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

Media related to Valley, Anglesey at Wikimedia Commons

53°17′02″N 4°33′43″W / 53.28401°N 4.56203°W / 53.28401; -4.56203

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valley,_Anglesey&oldid=1232891826"