Llanengan

Llanengan
Parish church dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, a 6th century king of Llyn
Llanengan Location within Gwynedd
Population	1,989 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SH293269
Community	Llanengan [2]
Principal area	Gwynedd
Preserved county	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PWLLHELI
Postcode district	LL53
Dialling code	01758
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd

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

St Engan's Church is dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, and was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the Llŷn Peninsula.

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.[5]

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. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 May 2015.

External links

Media related to Llanengan at Wikimedia Commons

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanengan and surrounding area