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'''Llanegryn''' is a village and a parish in [[Gwynedd]], north-west [[Wales]]. It was formerly part of the historic county of [[Merionethshire]] ({{lang-cy|Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd}}). It is located within [[Snowdonia National Park]] and the Snowdonia (''Eryri'') mountain range. Travelling by road, it is around {{Convert|4|mi|0}} north-east of [[Tywyn]] and {{Convert|17|mi|0}} south-west of [[Dolgellau]]. The nearest railway stations are at [[Tonfanau]] and [[Llwyngwril]], both under {{Convert|3|mi|0}} away.


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'''Llanegryn''' is a village and a [[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Gwynedd]], north-west [[Wales]]. It was formerly part of the historic county of [[Merionethshire]] ({{lang-cy|Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd}}). It is located within [[Snowdonia National Park]] south of the Snowdonia (''Eryri'') mountain range. Travelling by road, it is around {{Convert|4|mi|0}} north-east of [[Tywyn]] and {{Convert|17|mi|0}} south-west of [[Dolgellau]]. The nearest railway stations are at [[Tonfanau]] and [[Llwyngwril]], both less than {{Convert|3|mi|0}} away.
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Llanegryn is named for St Egryn, with [[Llan (placename element)|''llan'']] meaning manor or parish – a common feature in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] place names. The village lies in the [[Dysynni Valley]].

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Llanegryn is named for St Egryn, with [[Llan (placename element)|''llan'']] meaning church or parish – a common feature in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] place names. The village lies in the [[Dysynni Valley]] (Dyffryn Dysynni).


==History of the area==
==History of the area==
The Dysynni Valley, originally a river delta of the Dysynni River (''Afon Dysynni''), was largely drained from the late 1700s on – notably by the Corbet family at [[Ynysymaengwyn]] – creating a flat, fertile valley, several miles in width. There is likely to have been much earlier settlement on surrounding high ground for sheep rearing and agriculture. An [[Iron Age]] [[Hill fort|fort]] is located towards the east end of the valley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/historic-landscapes/dysynni-valley.aspx |title=Dysynni Valley - Countryside Council for Wales |publisher=Ccgc.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref>
The Dysynni Valley, originally a river delta of the [[Afon Dysynni]], was largely drained from the late 1700s on – notably by the Corbet family at [[Ynysymaengwyn]] – creating a flat, fertile valley, several miles in width. There is likely to have been much earlier settlement on surrounding high ground for sheep rearing and agriculture. An [[Iron Age]] [[Hill fort|fort]] is located towards the east end of the valley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/historic-landscapes/dysynni-valley.aspx |title=Dysynni Valley – Countryside Council for Wales |publisher=Ccgc.gov.uk |access-date=2013-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212122046/http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/historic-landscapes/dysynni-valley.aspx |archive-date=12 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


[[File:Graveyard and church, Llanegryn (geograph 2128061).jpg|left|thumb|Church of St Mary and St Egryn]]
There has been a recorded settlement around St Mary and St Egryn church at Llanegryn since the 13th century, with the first record of the church being in 1253/4.<ref name="friendsofllanegrynchurch">{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofllanegrynchurch.org.uk/llanegryn-church-history/ |title=The History of Llanegryn Church |publisher=Friendsofllanegrynchurch.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> This notable [[medieval]] Grade I [[Listed building|listed]] building contains a fine carved [[rood screen]], dating from about 1520 – considered to be among the finest in Wales. It has been suggested this may come from [[Cymer Abbey]].<ref name="friendsofllanegrynchurch" /> It also contains a 12th-century font and a surviving medieval window on the north wall of the nave, although the church underwent substantial restoration during the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4663 |title=Llanegryn Church Screen - History, Travel, and accommodation information |publisher=Britainexpress.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-4729-church-of-st-mary-and-st-egryn-llanegryn |title=Church of St Mary and St Egryn - Llanegryn - Gwynedd - Wales |publisher=British Listed Buildings |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/43890/details/ST+MARY+AND+ST+EGRYN%27S+CHURCH%2C+LLANEGRYN/ |title=Coflein |publisher=Coflein |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> The village's [[Methodist]] chapel was built in 1811, enlarged in 1848 and rebuilt 30 years later in the simple [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style with gable entry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/8456/details/LLANEGRYN+CHAPEL+%28BWLCH,+Y%3BCAPEL+COCH%3BPENIEL%3B+CALVINISTIC+METHODIST%29,+LLANEGRYN/ |title=Coflein |publisher=Coflein |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref>
There has been a recorded settlement around St Mary and St Egryn church at Llanegryn since the 13th century, with the first record of the church being in 1253/4.<ref name="friendsofllanegrynchurch">{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofllanegrynchurch.org.uk/llanegryn-church-history/ |title=The History of Llanegryn Church |publisher=Friendsofllanegrynchurch.org.uk |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref> This notable [[medieval]] Grade I [[Listed building|listed]] building contains a fine carved [[rood screen]], dating from about 1520 – considered to be among the finest in Wales. It has been suggested this may come from [[Cymer Abbey]].<ref name="friendsofllanegrynchurch" /> It also contains a 12th-century font and a surviving medieval window on the north wall of the nave, although the church underwent substantial restoration during the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4663 |title=Llanegryn Church Screen – History, Travel, and accommodation information |publisher=Britainexpress.com |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-4729-church-of-st-mary-and-st-egryn-llanegryn |title=Church of St Mary and St Egryn – Llanegryn – Gwynedd – Wales |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Coflein|num=43890 |desc=St Mary and St Egryn's Church, Llanegryn |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref>


The village's [[Methodist]] chapel was built in 1811, enlarged in 1848 and rebuilt 30 years later in the simple [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style with gable entry.<ref>{{Coflein|num=8456 |desc=Llanegryn Chapel (Bwlch, Y;Capel Coch;Peniel; Calvinistic Methodist), Llanegryn |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref>
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[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]]'s 1833 topographical dictionary records 764 inhabitants in Llanegryn, also noting the free school founded in 1650. The 1868 National [[gazetteer]] lists the parish population as 652 in 149 houses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MER/Llanegryn/Gaz1868.html#Lewis |title=The National Gazetteer (1868) - Llanegryn |publisher=GENUKI |date=2005-10-22 |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref>

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[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]]'s 1833 ''Topographical Dictionary of Wales'' records 764 inhabitants in Llanegryn, also noting the free school founded in 1650. The 1868 National [[gazetteer]] lists the parish population as 652 in 149 houses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MER/Llanegryn/Gaz1868.html#Lewis |title=The National Gazetteer (1868) – Llanegryn |publisher=GENUKI |date=2005-10-22 |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref>

===Peniarth Estate===
To the east of the village stands the Peniarth Estate. In the 19th century, the house was the home of [[William Watkin Edward Wynne]]. A wealthy [[antiquarian]], Wynne inherited and augmented a collection of historic Welsh manuscripts, the [[Peniarth Manuscripts]], which is now held by the [[National Library of Wales]] and considered its most important such collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.library.wales/catalogues-searching/about-our-collections/manuscripts/the-peniarth-manuscripts|title=The Peniarth Manuscripts|publisher=[[National Library of Wales]]|access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> The house is a [[Listed building|Grade II* listed building]]<ref>{{NHAW|num=4731|desc=Peniarth|grade=II*|access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> and its gardens are designated, also at Grade II* on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].<ref>{{NHAW|uid=165|num=PGW(Gd)36(GWY)|desc=Peniarth|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>


==The village today==
==The village today==
Today, the population of Llanegryn is approximately 400, including outlying houses and farms.{{fact|date=April 2013}} Primary sources of income are farming and tourism, with several caravan parks being located throughout the Dysynni valley, particularly on the Peniarth estate. The village attracts [[Hiking|hikers]] and walkers, due to its location near to [[Cadair Idris]] (The chair of Idris) mountain and [[Craig yr Aderyn]] (Bird Rock), which is notable as an inland site where [[Cormorant|cormorants]] breed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/visiting/snowdonia-for-all/a-snapshot-of-snowdonia/mountains-and-coast |title=Mountains and Coast |publisher=Eryri-npa.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> Other local landmarks include [[Castell y Bere]], constructed by [[Llywelyn the Great]] in the 1220s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castlewales.com/cybere.html |title=Castell y Bere |publisher=Castlewales.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref>
Today, the population of Llanegryn is approximately 300, including outlying houses and farms.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} Primary sources of income are farming and tourism, with several caravan parks being located throughout the Dysynni valley, particularly on the Peniarth estate. The village attracts [[Hiking|hikers]] and walkers, due to its location near to [[Cadair Idris]] mountain (Cader Idris in the local Welsh language) and [[Craig yr Aderyn]] (meaning "Bird Rock"), which is notable as an inland site where [[cormorant]]s breed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/visiting/snowdonia-for-all/a-snapshot-of-snowdonia/mountains-and-coast |title=Mountains and Coast |publisher=Eryri-npa.gov.uk |access-date=2013-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193119/http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/visiting/snowdonia-for-all/a-snapshot-of-snowdonia/mountains-and-coast |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other local landmarks include [[Castell y Bere]], constructed by [[Llywelyn the Great]] in the 1220s.


The village has one school: [[Ysgol Craig y Deryn]], a [[Welsh medium education|Welsh-medium]] [[primary school]]. In 2024, over 39 per cent of pupils came from Welsh-speaking homes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ysgol Craig Y Deryn |url=https://estyn.gov.wales/education-providers/ysgol-craig-y-deryn/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Estyn |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The new £5.4m Ysgol Bro Dysynni – a [[primary school]] for 70 children that replaces smaller schools in Llanegryn and three nearby villages – has been the subject of controversy. The school, which will include four classrooms, practical and IT areas and library, is scheduled to open for September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crump |first=Eryl |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/need_to_read/2012/08/29/campaigner-lies-down-in-front-of-diggers-at-new-gwynedd-school-55578-31716207/ |title=Campaigner lies down in front of diggers at new Gwynedd school - Need to Read - News - Daily Post North Wales |publisher=Dailypost.co.uk |date=2012-09-06 |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Crump |first=Eryl |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/01/19/plans-for-new-gwynedd-school-may-not-be-environmentally-friendly-parents-claim-55578-30153490/ |title=Plans for new Gwynedd school may not be environmentally friendly parents claim - North Wales News - News - Daily Post North Wales |publisher=Dailypost.co.uk |date=2012-01-19 |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/bourne-pledges-save-ysgol-llwyngwril-1839572 |title=Bourne pledges to save Ysgol Llwyngwril |publisher=Wales Online |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/gwy_doc.asp?doc=27374&Language=1&p=1&c=1 |title=Plans for new Ysgol Bro Dysynni go on display &#124; October 2011 &#124; Gwynedd Council |publisher=Gwynedd.gov.uk |date=2011-10-26 |accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Hugh Owen (minister)|Hugh Owen]] (ca.1639 – 1700), a Welsh independent minister.
* [[Edward Anwyl (Wesleyan minister)|Edward Anwyl]] (1786–1857), a Welsh Wesleyan minister and school teacher, born in Ty'nllan
* [[Meredydd Evans]] (1919–2015), singer, TV producer, academic, Welsh-language activist, music collector and editor
* [[Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron Prys-Davies]] (1923–2017), a Welsh Labour politician
* [[Sŵnami|Ifan Davies]] (born ca.1980), singer and guitarist with [[Sŵnami]] & [[Yws Gwynedd]]


==References==
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==External sources==
==External links==
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MER/Llanegryn/ GenUKI information about parish history sources]
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MER/Llanegryn/ GenUKI information about parish history sources]
*[http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/historic-landscapes/dysynni-valley.aspx Countryside Council for Wales description of Dysynni Valley]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131212122046/http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/historic-landscapes/dysynni-valley.aspx Countryside Council for Wales description of Dysynni Valley]

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Lower road into Llanegryn in 2009
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52°37′41″N 4°04′05″W / 52.628°N 4.068°W / 52.628; -4.068

Llanegryn is a village and a community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It was formerly part of the historic county of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd). It is located within Snowdonia National Park south of the Snowdonia (Eryri) mountain range. Travelling by road, it is around 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Tywyn and 17 miles (27 km) south-west of Dolgellau. The nearest railway stations are at Tonfanau and Llwyngwril, both less than 3 miles (5 km) away.

Llanegryn is named for St Egryn, with llan meaning church or parish – a common feature in Welsh place names. The village lies in the Dysynni Valley (Dyffryn Dysynni).

History of the area

The Dysynni Valley, originally a river delta of the Afon Dysynni, was largely drained from the late 1700s on – notably by the Corbet family at Ynysymaengwyn – creating a flat, fertile valley, several miles in width. There is likely to have been much earlier settlement on surrounding high ground for sheep rearing and agriculture. An Iron Age fort is located towards the east end of the valley.[1]

Church of St Mary and St Egryn

There has been a recorded settlement around St Mary and St Egryn church at Llanegryn since the 13th century, with the first record of the church being in 1253/4.[2] This notable medieval Grade I listed building contains a fine carved rood screen, dating from about 1520 – considered to be among the finest in Wales. It has been suggested this may come from Cymer Abbey.[2] It also contains a 12th-century font and a surviving medieval window on the north wall of the nave, although the church underwent substantial restoration during the 19th century.[3][4][5]

The village's Methodist chapel was built in 1811, enlarged in 1848 and rebuilt 30 years later in the simple Gothic style with gable entry.[6]

Samuel Lewis's 1833 Topographical Dictionary of Wales records 764 inhabitants in Llanegryn, also noting the free school founded in 1650. The 1868 National gazetteer lists the parish population as 652 in 149 houses.[7]

Peniarth Estate

To the east of the village stands the Peniarth Estate. In the 19th century, the house was the home of William Watkin Edward Wynne. A wealthy antiquarian, Wynne inherited and augmented a collection of historic Welsh manuscripts, the Peniarth Manuscripts, which is now held by the National Library of Wales and considered its most important such collection.[8] The house is a Grade II* listed building[9] and its gardens are designated, also at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[10]

The village today

Today, the population of Llanegryn is approximately 300, including outlying houses and farms.[citation needed] Primary sources of income are farming and tourism, with several caravan parks being located throughout the Dysynni valley, particularly on the Peniarth estate. The village attracts hikers and walkers, due to its location near to Cadair Idris mountain (Cader Idris in the local Welsh language) and Craig yr Aderyn (meaning "Bird Rock"), which is notable as an inland site where cormorants breed.[11] Other local landmarks include Castell y Bere, constructed by Llywelyn the Great in the 1220s.

The village has one school: Ysgol Craig y Deryn, a Welsh-medium primary school. In 2024, over 39 per cent of pupils came from Welsh-speaking homes.[12]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Dysynni Valley – Countryside Council for Wales". Ccgc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "The History of Llanegryn Church". Friendsofllanegrynchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Llanegryn Church Screen – History, Travel, and accommodation information". Britainexpress.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  4. ^ Good Stuff IT Services. "Church of St Mary and St Egryn – Llanegryn – Gwynedd – Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  5. ^ "St Mary and St Egryn's Church, Llanegryn (43890)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Llanegryn Chapel (Bwlch, Y;Capel Coch;Peniel; Calvinistic Methodist), Llanegryn (8456)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  7. ^ "The National Gazetteer (1868) – Llanegryn". GENUKI. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  8. ^ "The Peniarth Manuscripts". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ Cadw. "Peniarth (Grade II*) (4731)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  10. ^ Cadw. "Peniarth (PGW(Gd)36(GWY))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Mountains and Coast". Eryri-npa.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Ysgol Craig Y Deryn". Estyn. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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