Llanfrothen Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Llanfrothen
Static Image:File:St Brothen 0005.jpg
Coordinates:52.9505°N -4.0512°W
Cardiff Distance Mi:108.1
Cardiff Distance Km:174.0
London Distance Mi:193.6
London Distance Km:311.6
Unitary Wales:Gwynedd
Community Wales:Llanfrothen
Post Town:Penrhyndeudraeth
Postcode District:LL48
Os Grid Reference:SH 6229 4121
Population:437

Llanfrothen 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 Garreg 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]

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  1. http://www.e-gymraeg.com/enwaucymru/chwilio.aspx/Llanfrothen Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr)
  2. Google Maps. Google.
  3. http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/census-population/?lang=en Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats
  4. Stevens . Catrin . The 'Burial Question': Controversy and Conflict c. 1860–1890 . . 21 . 2. 1 December 2002 . University of Wales Press . 328–356 . 10.16922/whr.21.2.5 .