This article is about the village and community in Meirionnydd. For the village in Eifionydd, see Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Dolbenmaen. For other uses, see Llanfihangel (disambiguation).

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a hamlet and wider, very sparsely populated community (which includes Abergynolwyn and Tal-y-llyn) in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. It is located in the foothills of Cadair Idris, and has a population of 402,[1] reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Nearby is the ruined castle of Castell y Bere, a stronghold of the Welsh princes of Gwynedd in the 13th century.

History

In 1800, Mary Jones walked barefoot 26 miles (42 km) from the village to Bala to buy a Welsh Bible.[3] This led to the formation of the British and Foreign Bible Society.[4] Mary Jones World, a heritage centre about her life is located near Bala.

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Mary Jones | St Michael's, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant". Archived from the original on 28 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Bala and the Bible". Thomas Charles, Ann Griffiths and Mary Jones. E. Wyn James. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2008.

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