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31-605: 53°11′17″N 4°27′47″W / 53.188°N 4.463°W / 53.188; -4.463 Aberffraw is a village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales . The village is 9 miles from the island's county town, Llangefni , and is on the west bank of the Afon Ffraw (Ffraw River). The community includes Soar and Dothan. It is on the A4080 and
62-429: A Grade II* listed building. Additions to the church were made in the 14th and 16th centuries and a repair that involved reroofing the building in about 1840. There were extensive alterations made in 1868. There is a holiday home accommodation in the village named Llys Llywelyn , it was once a heritage centre dedicated to the history of the medieval Kingdom of Gwynedd and its royal court (llys) at Aberffraw. There
93-480: A substantial contribution to the development of geological sciences through history.' The island is rich in legends, in particular in its association with Dwynwen . The name Llanddwyn means "The church of St. Dwynwen". Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, making her the Welsh equivalent of St. Valentine . Her Saint's day is 25 January and is often celebrated by the Welsh with cards and flowers. The island bears
124-618: A testing site for military aircraft, Queen Bee , a pilotless airplane. In 1941, the airfield changed its name to Bodorgan, and by 1944 it was only used as a storage airfield. The grass runway airfield was closed in 1945. After the opening of the airfield in Aberffraw, another was opened during the same period, the airfield is based at Rhosneigr , Anglesey. RAF Valley is still in use today. The Aberffraw dunes cover an area of 883 acres (357 ha) in West Anglesey and are one of
155-613: Is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales . Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England but, unlike English parishes, communities cover the whole of Wales. There are 878 communities in Wales. Until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes . These were abolished by section 20 (6) of the Local Government Act 1972 , and replaced by communities by section 27 of
186-531: Is a sculpted piece of artwork by Jonah Jones dedicated to the Princes of Gwynedd. After more than a decade of negotiations, the heritage centre was moved to Llangefni and the centre was turned into holiday cottages in 2020. There is a cafe on site for visitors. The village has a Welsh football league system team named C.P.D. Aberffraw ( Aberffraw FC in English); they play in the village of Bryn Du . There
217-545: The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) included the 'Ynys Llanddwyn late Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Mélange' in its assemblage of 100 'geological heritage sites' around the world in a listing published in October 2022. The organisation defines an IUGS Geological Heritage Site as 'a key place with geological elements and/or processes of international scientific relevance, used as a reference, and/or with
248-518: The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 . Llanddwyn Ynys Llanddwyn (also known as Llanddwyn Island ) is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey ( Welsh : Ynys Môn), northwest Wales . The nearest settlement is the village of Newborough . The island is of geological interest with pillow lava , jasper formations and aeolian sand deposits. The island forms part of
279-552: The Menai Strait . The royal court was destroyed on Saint Nicholas Day , 6 December 1331, when a sandstorm buried 186 acres from Aberffraw north to Rhosneigr on the west of Anglesey in the Aberffraw cantref . This disaster drove families living in this area from their homes, and they migrated south to the villages of Llanddwyn and Newborough . The Meyrick ( Welsh : Meurig ) family of Bodorgan , Anglesey, were given
310-667: The Meyrick family ownership, it was the Owen family of Penrhos locally on Anglesey who owned the lands of Aberffraw until 1808. Subsequently the Hughes family of Baron Dinorben , the Williams and Wynn families of Baron Newborough , then the Marquess of Anglesey Paget family, and finally Lord Bulkeley ( Viscount ) all briefly owned the lands surrounding Aberffraw . Today,
341-645: The National Nature Reserve of Newborough Warren which includes the extensive and floristically rich sand dune system. Ynys Llanddwyn is a tidal island ; it remains attached to the mainland except at high tide. It provides views of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula . Tŵr Mawr lighthouse marks the western entrance to the Menai Strait . In respect of the site having 'spectacular, accessible and well-preserved exposures of late Neoproterozoic-Cambrian mélange with more than 200 years of study',
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#1732765164579372-479: The Crown . In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor , St Asaph and St Davids . The chair of a town council or city council will usually have the title mayor (Welsh: maer ). However, not every community has a council. In communities with populations too small to sustain a full community council, community meetings may be established. The communities in
403-607: The Crown lease for the manor lands of the Aberffraw cantref during the Tudor period ( c. 1500 ). Llewelyn ap Heilyn fought at the Battle of Bosworth alongside Henry VII of England . Afterward, Llewelyn's son Meurig became captain of the bodyguard to Henry VIII and was rewarded with the lease . Today, the same family at Bodorgan Hall (near Aberffraw) is represented by the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick baronets . After
434-667: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums A community ( Welsh : cymuned )
465-649: The Welsh Iron Age , c. 500 BC , until the British Roman period , before the 4th century. In Welsh mythology Aberffraw features as the site of Branwen and Matholwch 's wedding festival, where Efnysien maimed Matholwch's horses. In the early Middle Ages Aberffraw was settled by Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion who built a palace in the 5th century. Rhodri the Great , the King of Gwynedd rebuilt
496-506: The area for centuries as Kings of Gwynedd and were eventually titled the Prince of Wales . Llywelyn ab Iorwerth in 1201 re-established the palace as a residence and installed personnel to work similarly to the original set up of the King's royal suite based on the rules from they're creation in 914. The court was then dismantled in 1317 to provide building materials for Caernarfon Castle across
527-469: The beach and dunes at Aberffraw bay, a lake for recreational fishing, historic churches and prehistoric burial chambers. Aberffraw is one of the oldest Mesolithic sites from prehistoric Wales , dating to c. 9,000 years ago. At Aberffraw Bay is the Trwyn Du ( Welsh : Black nose ) site. The burial was discovered whilst excavating a Bronze Age kerb cairn ( bowl barrow ) from 2000 BC, which
558-618: The biggest dune habitats in the UK. The dunes are preserved as a site of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) and are part of a Special Area of Conservation which spans from Abermenai Point in the southeast of Anglesey, then across the island westward, and they are 5 km north-west of Newborough Warren . The most common species of plants are marram grass, which supports the sand and creates dunes, as well as early sand-grass, red fescue , and lady's bedstraw . The dunes variety of natural flora and forna such as waterwort and weeds are supported by
589-772: The community boundaries within their area every fifteen years. The councils propose changes to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales , which prepares a report and makes recommendations to the Welsh Government . If the Welsh Government accepts the recommendations, then it implements them using a statutory instrument . For example, in 2016 four new communities were created in the City and County of Cardiff . The legislation surrounding community councils in Wales has been amended significantly in
620-596: The current town was developed in the mid to late 20th century. By 1949, the village was called the poorest in Anglesey. Attractions near Aberffraw village include Barclodiad y Gawres , a neolithic burial chamber. Also Llyn Coron is used for fly fishing . The village has a sandy beach, which was awarded the Blue flag rural beach award in 2005. Aberffraw bay is a part of the Anglesey Coastal Path . Near
651-587: The local lake, Coron, as well as the river Ffraw. The area is a popular walking destination. Community (Wales) Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
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#1732765164579682-592: The nearest rail station is Bodorgan . The village has a long history as a settlement from the Mesolithic Age. More recently, in medieval times, the site became the capital of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and a royal residence for the family of the House of Aberffraw . The name of the village is often truncated to "Berffro" in the local dialect of Welsh. Local attractions include a part of the Anglesey Coastal Path ,
713-633: The population could speak the Welsh language , a fall from 80.8% in 2001. The 2021 census shows Aberffraw to have 597 residents, in an area of 29.55 km; this was a reduction in population of 0.38% since the previous census from 2011. RAF Bodorgan near the village was once known as the RAF Aberffraw ( Royal Air Force ). Constructed in September 1940, the airfield was used in World War 2 as
744-451: The population in Aberffraw (Aberffro) grew from 936 in 1801 to 1,042 in 1971. In 1831, there were a total of 332 males in the village, and of those that were over the age of 20, 106 were farmworkers . For the 2011 census, Aberffraw had a population of 620, with 334 fully fluent Welsh-speaking individuals, 146 who could not speak the Welsh language at all, and the rest of the population as partially fluent. The findings also showed 67.5% of
775-470: The residence in the year 873 and had returned the capital of the Kingdom of Gwynedd to the Aberffraw cantref after Cadwallon ap Cadfan (c. 620) moved the royal court to Caernarfon in mainland Wales in the 7th century. Rhodri's palace ( Welsh : Llys ) became a royal court and his son Anarawd ap Rhodri started a cadet branch named the Royal House of Aberffraw. Anarawd's descendants settled
806-536: The ruined remains of St Dwynwen's Church ( Welsh : Eglwys Santes Dwynwen ). Unusually for churches in that region it has a cruciform floorplan. Archaeologists examined the ruins of St Dwynwen's in 2011 and again in 2021. The 2021 dig discovered traces of even older buildings below the ruins. Newborough National Nature Reserve & Forest, of which Ynys Llanddwyn is part, received 478,204 visitors in 2018. There are more than 10 miles (16 km) of footpaths crossing Ynys Llanddwyn and Newborough Warren, including
837-487: The same Act. The principal areas of Wales are divided entirely into communities. Unlike in England, where unparished areas exist, no part of Wales is outside a community, even in urban areas . Most, but not all, communities are administered by community councils , which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by
868-551: The urban areas of the cities of Cardiff , Swansea and Newport do not have community councils. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census , there were 869 communities in Wales. 84 percent, or more than 730, have a council. They vary in size from Rhayader with an area of 13,945 hectares (34,460 acres) to Cefn Fforest with an area of 64 hectares (160 acres). They ranged in population from Barry with 45,053 recorded inhabitants to Baglan Bay with no permanent residents. The twenty-two principal area councils are required to review
899-401: The village, on the tidal island of Cribinau , is St Cwyfan's Church . Perched on top of a rock, the "church in the sea" was constructed in the 12th century and renovated in 1893-94. The church still holds services in the summer and is sometimes used for weddings. St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw is a double-naved church of the later medieval style. The building dates from the 12th century and is
930-622: Was a school at Aberffraw since before 1860, but the village school closed in 2011. There was a change in the Anglesey UK electoral wards in 2013, reducing the number of councilors from 40 to 33. Aberffraw remained in the Bro Aberffraw area with 2 council members representing the Isle of Anglesey. As of the 2022 election , the ward is represented by Plaid Cymru councillors Arfon Wyn and John Ifan Jones. A historical census showed that
961-496: Was excavated because of the threat of coastal erosion. The 1977 dig revealed that the cairn was built on top of a deposit of 7,000 flint tools and two axes from 7000 BC, a few millennia after the last Ice Age . An intact monument near Aberffraw is Din Dryfol , a Neolithic chambered tomb from 3000 BC, and around the banks of the nearby River Gwna are the remains of a stone hut circle and roundhouses , which were lived in during