Bryngwran is a village and
community
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in
Anglesey
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Wales
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, located on the
A5 trunk road
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. It lies west of
Llangefni
; ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales. At the 2011 census, Llangefni's population was 5,116, making it the second-largest town in the county and the largest on the island. The community includes the village of Rhosmeirch.
Location
The ...
, south west of
Llannerch-y-medd and south east of Holyhead, and includes the villages of Bryngwran,
Capel Gwyn and
Engedi.
At the
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.
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
font
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dates from late 12th century. It is considered an example of a "rural medieval church retaining its simple character" and is
Grade II* listed
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.
Pandy Treban, a former
fulling
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mill in the north of the community, and the 18th-century bridge at Pont Factory Cymunod, over the Afon Crigyll on the border with
Bodedern, are
Grade II listed
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.
Notable people
*
Alun Michael
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(born 1943), politician, born in Bryngwran. He served as
First Minister of Wales
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and leader of
Welsh Labour
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from May 1999 to February 2000, Member of Parliament for
Cardiff South and Penarth from 1987 to 2012, and
Police and Crime Commissioner
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for
South Wales
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since 2012.
*
David Wrench, a Welsh musician, songwriter, producer, and mixer, has collaborated with artists such as
Frank Ocean
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,
The Proclaimers
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, and
David Byrne
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Byrne has ...
.
Governance
An
electoral ward
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in the same name existed. This stretched beyond the confines of Bryngwran Community with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,903.
Following the ''Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012'' the ward was amalgamated into a new multi-councillor ward,
Canolbarth Môn.
References
External links
A Vision of Britain Through TimeBritish Listed BuildingsGeographOffice for National Statistics
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Former wards of Anglesey