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Bryngwran
Bryngwran is a village and community (Wales), community in Anglesey Wales, located on the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 trunk road. It lies west of Llangefni, south west of Llannerch-y-medd and south east of Holyhead, and includes the villages of Bryngwran, Capel Gwyn and Engedi, Anglesey, Engedi. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census the community had a population of 781, increasing to 894 at the 2011 census. The village itself has a population of around 400. St Peulan's Church, Llanbeulan, Saint Peulan's Church stands in an isolated position at Llanbeulan, in the south east of the community. A medieval building, it partly dates from the 12th century, but was extended in the 14th, and restored in the mid-19th century. The gritstone Baptismal font, font dates from late 12th century. It is considered an example of a "rural medieval church retaining its simple character" and is listed building, Grade II* listed. Pandy Treban, a former fulling mill in the north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engedi, Anglesey
Engedi is a hamlet in the Community (Wales), community of Bryngwran, Anglesey, Wales, which is 134.1 miles (215.9 km) from Cardiff and 218.9 miles (352.3 km) from London. References See also *List of localities in Wales by population Villages in Anglesey Bryngwran Biblical place-names in Wales {{Anglesey-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Michael
Alun Edward Michael (born 22 August 1943) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative retired politician. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales (later known as First Minister) and Leader of Welsh Labour from 1999 to 2000. He went on to serve as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2024. Born on the island of Anglesey, Michael attended Colwyn Bay Grammar School and graduated from the University of Keele in 1966 with a degree in Philosophy and English. He worked as a reporter for the '' South Wales Echo'' until 1971 and then as a youth and community worker until 1987. He became a Justice of the Peace in 1972 and served on the Cardiff City Council from 1973 to 1989. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1987, succeeding former Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan for the constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth. In opposition, he was a Shadow Home Affairs Minister and then when Labour came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canolbarth Môn
Canolbarth Môn (meaning: ''Central Anglesey'') is an electoral ward in the centre of Anglesey, Wales. It includes the communities of Bryngwran, Bodffordd, Llangefni, and Trewalchmai, and the majority (excluding the Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd community ward) of Llanddyfnan. Canolbarth Môn elects three county councillors to the Isle of Anglesey County Council. Canolbarth Môn was created following the Isle of Anglesey electoral boundary changes in 2012, which created 11 multi-councillor wards from 40 single-councillor wards. Prior to this Canolbarth Môn was covered by Bryngwran and parts of the Bodffordd, Cefni, Cyngar and Tudur county wards which each elected their own county councillor. At the county elections on 2 May 2013, leader of the County Council and the Original Independents, Bryan Owen and leader of the Plaid Cymru group, Bob Parry, stood for election in Canolbarth Môn. Since the May 2017 county elections, the ward has been represented by three Plaid Cymru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peulan's Church, Llanbeulan
St Peulan's Church, Llanbeulan is a redundant Anglican church in Llanbeulan, in Anglesey, north Wales. The nave, which is the oldest part of the building, dates from the 12th century, with a chancel and side chapel added in the 14th century. The church has a font of early date, possibly from the first half of the 11th century: one historian has said that it would initially have been used as an altar and that "as an altar of the pre-Norman period it is a unique survivor in Wales and, indeed, in Britain". The redundant church has been in the care of the charity, the Friends of Friendless Churches since 2005. It is a Grade II* listed building, a designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", because it is a medieval church of "typical Anglesey type" that has retained its simple character despite 19th-century alterations. History and location The date of foundation of the church in Llanbeulan is not known for certain, although it is said th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capel Gwyn
Capel Gwyn is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales, in the community of Bryngwran Bryngwran is a village and community (Wales), community in Anglesey Wales, located on the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 trunk road. It lies west of Llangefni, south west of Llannerch-y-medd and south east of Holyhead, and includes the villages .... The village's chapel was established in 1794. References Villages in Anglesey Bryngwran {{Anglesey-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wrench (music Producer)
David Wrench is a Welsh people, Welsh musician, songwriter, producer and Mixing engineer, mixer based in London. His work has been nominated for Grammy Award, Grammys, Brit Awards and shortlisted for numerous Mercury Prize nominations including the 2017 winning album Process (Sampha album), ''Process'' by Sampha. and Arlo Parks 2021 'Collapsed in Sunbeams'. Wrench has been the recipient of the BBC Radio Cymru C2 Producer of the Year award five times in six years between 2007 and 2012 and has received Music Producers Guild, Music Producer Guild Awards (MPGs) including Mix Engineer of the Year 2016 and 2019. Credits include, David Byrne, Frank Ocean, The Pretenders, Blur (band), Blur, Caribou (musician), Caribou, Goldfrapp, Erasure (duo), Erasure, The xx, Sampha, Jamie xx, Jungle (band), Jungle, FKA Twigs, Glass Animals, Florence and the Machine, Arlo Parks, Alma (Finnish singer), Alma, Hot Chip, Marika Hackman, Honne (band), Honne, Jack Garratt, Manic Street Preachers, Villagers (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff South And Penarth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cardiff South and Penarth () is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Stephen Doughty, a Labour Co-op MP, who has served as Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories since July 2024. The constituency retained its name, but with altered boundaries, as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales In the United Kingdom, the boundary commissions are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies for elections to the House of Commons. There are four boundary commissions: one each f ... for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Boundaries 1983–2010: The Cardiff, City of Cardiff wards of Butetown (electoral ward), Butetown, Grangetown (Cardiff electoral ward), Grangetown, Llanrumney, Rumney, Cardiff, Rumney, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Minister Of Wales
The first minister of Wales () is the leader of the Welsh Government and keeper of the Welsh Seal. The first minister chairs the Welsh Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Welsh Government policy. Additional functions of the first minister include promoting and representing Wales in an official capacity, at home and abroad, and responsibility for constitutional affairs, as they relate to devolution and the Welsh Government. The first minister is a Member of the Senedd, and is nominated by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; ), before being officially appointed by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarch. Members of the Welsh Cabinet and junior ministers of the Welsh Government, as well as law officers, are appointed by the first minister. As head of the Welsh Government, the first minister is directly accountable to the Senedd for their actions and the actions of the Welsh Government. The main office of the first minister is in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour (), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (), is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears have won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 1922, every National Assembly for Wales, Assembly and Senedd election since 1999, and all elections to the European Parliament in the period 1979–2004 and in 2014. Welsh Labour holds 27 of the 32 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 30 of the 60 seats in the Welsh Senedd and 576 of the 1,264 councillors in Local government in Wales, principal local authorities including overall control of 10 of the 22 principal local authorities. It has longest winning streak of any political party in the world and has been described as "by some distance the democratic world's most successful election-winning machine". Structure Welsh Labour is formally part of the Labour Party, not separately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglesey
Anglesey ( ; ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the Principal areas of Wales, county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island () and some islets and Skerry, skerries. The county borders Gwynedd across the Menai Strait to the southeast, and is otherwise surrounded by the Irish Sea. Holyhead is the largest town, and the administrative centre is Llangefni. The county is part of the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Gwynedd. Anglesey is the northernmost county in Wales. The Isle of Anglesey has an area of and a population of in . After Holyhead (12,103), the largest settlements are Llangefni (5,500) and Amlwch (3,967). The economy of the county is mostly based on agriculture, energy, and tourism, the latter especially on the coast. Holyhead is also a major ferry port for Dublin, Ireland. The county has the second-highest percentage of Welsh language, Welsh speakers in Wales, at 57.2%, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police And Crime Commissioner
A police and crime commissioner (PCC; ) is an elected official in England and Wales responsible for generally overseeing police services. A police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) is an elected official in England responsible for generally overseeing both police and fire services. Commissioners replaced now-abolished police authorities. The first were elected on 15 November 2012. Background In the 2010 general election campaign, the manifestos of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats outlined plans, respectively, to replace or reform the existing police authorities. Following the election, the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement of 2010 set out that: Later in 2010, the government published 'Policing in the 21st Century', a consultation on its vision for policing, including the introduction of police and crime commissioners. There was a proposal to call them "sheriffs" but this was rejected after focus groups felt it sounded too American. The consult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodedern
Bodedern is a village and community (Wales), community in the west of Anglesey, Wales. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,074, decreasing slightly to 1,051 at the 2011 census. The community includes the settlements of Llanllibio and Pen-llyn. Location Bodedern lies on the B5109, about east of its junction with the A4025 road, A4025 south of Llanfachraeth. About to the south, beyond the A55 road lie the villages of Caergeiliog and Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn. The Valley Wetlands, an area of lakes and marshes and a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB bird sanctuary, lie between these two villages. Bodedern is the closest village to the island's largest natural lake, Llyn Llywenan, which lies to the north. Education A Welsh-language playgroup ''Cylch Meithrin'' ''Bodedern'' currently serves the community with the support of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin, Mudiad Meithrin. ''Ysgol Gynradd'' ''Bodedern'' provides Welsh-medium primary education to the village and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
