Llanengan is a small village and

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around

Abersoch Abersoch () is a village in the community of Llanengan in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a popular coastal seaside resort, with around 2,600 residents, on the east-facing south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula at the southern terminus of the A499. It is a ...

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. The popular

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village of

falls within the community, as do the villages of

Llangian Llangian () is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located north west of Abersoch, in the community of Llanengan. The parish was abolished in 1934 and divided between Llanengan ...

Mynytho Mynytho is a small village in the parish of Llanengan near the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in northwestern Wales. It consists of a few houses and some farmland. There are also several campsites on the outskirts of the village. The pop ...

, Machroes and Llanengan. The local

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is called the Sun.

Lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

was formerly obtained from a lead mine just outside the village. A chimney can be seen on the left from the road to

Porth Neigwl Porth Neigwl, also known in English as Hell's Mouth, is a broad bay, about 3 miles (5 km) wide, on the south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales. The bay faces south-west and lies between the headlands of Mynydd Rhiw to the west a ...

("Hell's Mouth"), which marks the entrance to the former lead workings.

Church

St Engan's Church is dedicated to

Saint Einion Frenin Saint Einion Frenin ( Welsh: old ', mod. ' or ', "Saint Einion the King"; or ''Anianus'') was a late 5thAbersoch Virtual Guide"History: The Pilgrim's Trail and Some of Its Churches" Accessed 18 Nov 2014. and early 6th centuryCarlisle, Nicho ...

, and was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the

Llŷn Peninsula The Llŷn Peninsula ( or , ) is a peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, with an area of about , and a population of at least 20,000. It extends into the Irish Sea, and its southern coast is the northern boundary of the Tremadog Bay inlet of Cardigan Ba ...

Governance

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in the same name exists. This ward is smaller than the Community, with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,206.

Notable people

Ellen Hughes Ellen Hughes (1867–1927) was a Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist from Llanengan in North Wales. Strongly influenced by Sarah Jane Rees, she had a poem published in the Welsh-language women's periodical ''Y Frythones' ...

(1867–1927), a Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist. * David Green (1939–2016) a Welsh first-class cricketer

References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanengan and surrounding area
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