Llanfaes

Coordinates: 53°16′45″N 4°05′44″W / 53.27928°N 4.09565°W / 53.27928; -4.09565
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For the former Llanfaes in Brecon, see Brecon. For the village in Glamorgan known as Llanfaes in Welsh, see Llanmaes. For the commote, see Dindaethwy.

Llanfaes
Anglesey
OS grid referenceSH603778
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBEAUMARIS
Postcode districtLL58
Dialling code+01248
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Ynys Môn
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53°16′45″N 4°05′44″W / 53.27928°N 4.09565°W / 53.27928; -4.09565

Llanfaes (formerly also known as Llanmaes) is a small village on the island of

Prince Madoc's Rebellion, Edward I removed the Welsh population from the town and rebuilt the port a mile to the south at Beaumaris. It is in the community of Beaumaris
.

Name

The current settlement of Llanfaes was originally known as Llan Ffagan Fach ("Church" or "Monastery of Fagan the Little") in honour of a Ffagan who founded a church at the site.

St. Fagan's in Cardiff. The present name doesn't refer to a saint, but instead is simply Welsh
for the "Church" or "Monastery in the Meadow".

Although both towns are pronounced Llanfaes in Welsh, the British government distinguishes an identically-named settlement in Glamorgan by spelling it Llanmaes. However, the town on Anglesey has also historically been known by that spelling as well. An unofficial Welsh variant is Llan-faes with a hyphen.

History

In the

Vikings, but the original sources simply do not record the combatants.[3][4][5]

A wooden fortress – square with a round tower at each corner – was constructed at the site by the Normans

Norway, Magnus was said to have personally shot Hugh the Red through the eye with an arrow before discovering whom he was fighting and withdrawing back to the north.[7]

Llanmaes was still (or again) a maerdref during the 12th and 13th centuries, when its royal estates encompassed 780 acres.

Franciscan
monastery constructed at Llywelyn's expense at the site.

The Llanmaes suffered during the

Cerrig y Gwyddyl ("Irishstone") was chosen and Edward evicted Llanmaes's Welsh population to the opposite coast of the island, turning Rhosyr
into "Newborough". Beaumaris then appropriated Llanmaes's former ferry and coastal trade.

The monastery at Llanfaes was restored with help from

Henry VIII in 1537. Afterwards, the church was used a barn and Joan's stone coffin as a watering trough[10] before being removed along with the monastery's other furnishings to St. Mary's and St. Nicholas's in Beaumaris.[11]

The fortress first established by the Normans was held during the English Civil War by Sir Thomas Cheadle on behalf of the Parliament, but was taken from him by Col. John Robinson in 1645 or '46.[6]

Notable people

Plaid Cymru politician Carmen Smith grew up on a council estate in Llanfaes, and took the designation Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, of Llanfaes in the County of Ynys Môn when introduced as a life peer in the House of Lords in 2024.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Morgan, Thomas. Handbook of the Origin of Place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire, p. 138. Thomas Morgan (Merthyr Tydfil), 1887.
  2. ^ Lloyd, John E. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, Vol. 1, p. 232. Longmans, Green, & Co. (London), 1911. Accessed 20 Feb 2013.
  3. Medieval Latin: an'. Gueith lannmaes. Harleian MS. 3859
    . Op. cit. Phillimore, Egerton. Y Cymmrodor 9 (1888), pp. 141–83. (in Latin)
  4. Medieval Latin: Anus bellum llan mais. Public Records Office MS. E.164/1
    . (in Latin)
  5. ^ "818—Battle in Anglesey, called Gwaith Llanfaes." Parry, Henry (trans.) Archaeologia Cambrensis, Vol. IX, 32. "Brut y Saeson", p. 63". J. Russell Smith (London), 1863. Accessed 20 Feb 2013.
  6. ^ a b Carlisle, Nicholas. A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, a Continuation of the Topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 308. Oxford Univ. Press, 1811.
  7. ^ Lloyd, Vol. 2, p. 408.
  8. ^ a b c d Gwynedd Archaeological Trust. "Llanmaes Archived 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 20 Feb 2013.
  9. ^ a b The Harlech Medieval Society. "History of Beaumaris". 2013. Accessed 20 Feb 2013.
  10. ^ Hughes, William. Diocesan Histories: Bangor, Appendix D, pp. 187–188. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (London), 1911.
  11. ^ Loomis, Richard. New House & Guto'r Glyn in 1492, p. 118. Richard Loomis, 2005. Accessed 20 Feb 2013.
  12. ^ Morton, Becky (22 March 2024). "Carmen Smith: New 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the House of Lords". BBC News. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Baroness Smith of Llanfaes". Retrieved 23 March 2024.

External links

  • "Llanfaes" at the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
  • "Llanfaes" on Geograph.org.uk
  • "Llanfaes" in Ordnance Survey maps at A Vision of Britain Through Time
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