Llansannan Explained

Static Image Name:	"The Girl" Llansannan - geograph.org.uk - 127773.jpg
Static Image Caption:	"The Girl" in Llansannan
Label Position:	left
Official Name:	Llansannan
Country:	Wales
Os Grid Reference:	SH934655
Coordinates:	53.176°N -3.595°W
Population:	1,335
Population Ref:	(2011)
Community Wales:	Llansannan
Unitary Wales:	Conwy
Lieutenancy Wales:	Clwyd
Constituency Welsh Assembly:	Clwyd West
Constituency Westminster:	Bangor Aberconwy
Post Town:	DENBIGH
Postcode District:	LL16
Postcode Area:	LL
Dial Code:	01745

Llansannan is a rural village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It lies on the bank of the River Aled and is about 8 miles to the south of Abergele and 9miles to the west of Denbigh. The population was 1,291 in 2001,^[1] with 67% able to speak Welsh. The figures for the 2011 census were: population 1,335 with 63% able to speak Welsh.^[2] The community includes the hamlets of Bylchau, Rhydgaled and Y Groes, and the lake Llyn Aled and reservoir Aled Isaf on Mynydd Hiraethog. Llansannan is in the traditional county of Denbighshire.

Amenities

The village contains the Red Lion Inn and Ysgol Bro Aled primary school.

A village landmark is the statue of the "Little Girl" that commemorates notable figures from the area.^[3] The work of William Goscombe John, the statue was officially unveiled in 1899, shortly after the death of local politician T. E. Ellis, whose brainchild it had been.

The parish church of St Sannan is a grade II* listed building.^[4] Founded by the Irish bishop, St Sannan, it was first mentioned in 1254 and restored in 1878/9.^[5] None of the medieval features survived the restoration.^[6]

Governance

A Llansannan electoral ward exists, which stretches beyond the confines of Llansannan community to include neighbouring Llannefydd. It had a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,925.^[7]

Llansannan and Bylchau also elect community councillors to represent them on Llansannan Community Council.^[8]

Sport

Clwb Pêl-droed Llansannan (Llansannan Football Club) compete in Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League.

Notable residents

• Tudur Aled – late medieval Welsh poet.
• Tara Bethan – actress in Rownd a Rownd and theatrical performer.
• Sir William Mars-Jones – High Court judge
• William Rees – usually known by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century.
• William Salesbury – leading scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.
• Orig Williams – wrestler known as El Bandito

External links

• A Vision of Britain Through Time
• British Listed Buildings
• Genuki
• Geograph
• Llansannan Community Council
• Office for National Statistics

Notes and References

1. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d5949f8001401f4363ae9beb81c0a9b241?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790561&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1280 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Conwy
2. Web site: Community population and percent able to speak Welsh 2011. 20 May 2015.
3. http://www.llansannan.org/item/cerflun_y_ferch_fach__statue_of_the_little_girl.html Llansannan Community Council – Statue of the Little Girl
4. Web site: Church of St Sannan, Llansannan. British Listed Buildings. 11 January 2014.
5. Web site: Llansannan . Clwyd Family History Society . 28 August 2018.
6. Web site: Eastern Conwy Churches Survey: Church of St Sannan, Llansannan . Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust . 28 August 2018.
7. Web site: Ward population 2011. 22 May 2015.
8. http://www.llansannan.org/item/cygnor_council.html Cyngor / Council