Llanfrothen
Llanfrothen | |
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![]() ![]() Llanfrothen Location within Gwynedd | |
Population | 437 |
OS grid reference | SH 6229 4121 |
• Cardiff | 108.1 mi (174.0 km) |
• London | 193.6 mi (311.6 km) |
Community |
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Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Penrhyndeudraeth |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Llanfrothen (Welsh pronunciation) is a hamlet and community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, between the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog and is 108.1 miles (174.0 km) from Cardiff.[1][2] In 2011 the population of Llanfrothen was 437 with 70.1% of them able to speak Welsh.[3]
Parc, a Grade II* Listed Building is within the community, as are the village of and the hamlet of Croesor.
The church at Llanfrothen is dedicated to St Brothen and is a Grade 1 listed building and is in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches
The church and parish achieved prominence throughout Wales in 1888 when David Lloyd George, then a young local solicitor, took a case involving burial rights in Llanfrothen churchyard on appeal to the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division. The case became known as the , and decision of the Divisional Court established the right of the family of a deceased nonconformist to have his body buried in the parish churchyard, by a Baptist minister, and without using the Anglican burial service.[4]
References[]
- ^ Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 May 2014
- ^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
- ^ Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats; Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 May 2014
- ^ Stevens, Catrin (1 December 2002). "The 'Burial Question': Controversy and Conflict c. 1860–1890". The Welsh History Review. University of Wales Press. 21 (2): 328–356. doi:10.16922/whr.21.2.5.
See also[]
- Llanfrothen
- Communities in Gwynedd
- Gwynedd geography stubs