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'''Llangoed''' is a small [[village]] just north of [[Beaumaris, Anglesey|Beaumaris]], on the [[Isle of Anglesey]] or ''Ynys Môn'', at {{gbmapping|SH609793}}. The [[Royal Mail]] [[postcode]] begins LL58. The village's name means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the [[Welsh language]]. |
'''Llangoed''' is a small [[village]] just north of [[Beaumaris, Anglesey|Beaumaris]], on the [[Isle of Anglesey]] or ''Ynys Môn'', at {{gbmapping|SH609793}}. The [[Royal Mail]] [[postcode]] begins LL58. The village's name means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the [[Welsh language]]. |
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Llangoedis on the banks of a brook called the [[Afon Lleiniog]], which flows from the hamlet of [[Glanrafon]] to the sea, beneath the ruins of an eleventh-century [[motte-and-bailey]] castle named [[Castell Aberlleiniog]]. The 17th-century parish church of [[St Cawrdaf]], restored in the 19th century, is in the north of the village, near a Victorian school and chapel. The modern centre of the village is a steep hill lined by cottages, a Post Office, grocery store and chapel. To the south of the village is a primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Llangoed, and small housing estates. Sports fields are the location of an annual Rugby sevens competition. Undulating green farmland surrounds the village, with fine views to the [[Menai Strait]], the Irish Sea and the mountains of Snowdonia (in Welsh, ''Eryri' |
Llangoedis on the banks of a brook called the [[Afon Lleiniog]], which flows from the hamlet of [[Glanrafon]] to the sea, beneath the ruins of an eleventh-century [[motte-and-bailey]] castle named [[Castell Aberlleiniog]]. The 17th-century parish church of [[St Cawrdaf]], restored in the 19th century, is in the north of the village, near a Victorian school and chapel. The modern centre of the village is a steep hill lined by cottages, a Post Office, grocery store and chapel. To the south of the village is a primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Llangoed, and small housing estates. Sports fields are the location of an annual Rugby sevens competition. Undulating green farmland surrounds the village, with fine views to the [[Menai Strait]], the Irish Sea and the mountains of Snowdonia (in Welsh, ''Eryri'.There is a local badger set in the community and is run by a Thomas Alvarez a Spanish millionaire who is fond on badgers. The set is located deep into the woods "the glen". There are also reports of UFOs being spotted in Llangoed by a certain Senor Carr who is linked to be a friend with Alvarez. |
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Revision as of 09:11, 27 September 2006
Llangoed is a small village just north of Beaumaris, on the Isle of Anglesey or Ynys Môn, at grid reference SH609793. The Royal Mail postcode begins LL58. The village's name means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the Welsh language.
Llangoedis on the banks of a brook called the Afon Lleiniog, which flows from the hamlet of Glanrafon to the sea, beneath the ruins of an eleventh-century motte-and-bailey castle named Castell Aberlleiniog. The 17th-century parish church of St Cawrdaf, restored in the 19th century, is in the north of the village, near a Victorian school and chapel. The modern centre of the village is a steep hill lined by cottages, a Post Office, grocery store and chapel. To the south of the village is a primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Llangoed, and small housing estates. Sports fields are the location of an annual Rugby sevens competition. Undulating green farmland surrounds the village, with fine views to the Menai Strait, the Irish Sea and the mountains of Snowdonia (in Welsh, Eryri'.There is a local badger set in the community and is run by a Thomas Alvarez a Spanish millionaire who is fond on badgers. The set is located deep into the woods "the glen". There are also reports of UFOs being spotted in Llangoed by a certain Senor Carr who is linked to be a friend with Alvarez.