Llanon
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Llanon (; also spelled Llan-non) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It adjoins the village of Llansantffraed on the coast of Cardigan Bay, north of Aberaeron and south of Aberystwyth on the A487 road. It is situated on a raised beach. The village is named after the church of Saint Non (Llan-Non), the mother of Saint David. By tradition, St David was born and brought up in Llanon.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- Llanon strydfawr.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Main street of Llanon
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Llanon
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Ceredigion
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Dyfed
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ceredigion Preseli
- UK place.post_town
- LLANON
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY23 5
- UK place.postcode_area
- SY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01974
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SN515671
- UK place.population
- 256
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census, Llansantffraed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Named after
- Non
- Official name
- Llan-non
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ceredigion
- Population
- 256
- Official website
- www.llanon.org.uk
- Image
- Llanon strydfawr.jpg
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- historic county
- Cardiganshire
- P8168
- Beauclair
- OS grid reference
- SN515671
- Commons category
- Llanon
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Llanon (; also spelled Llan-non) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It adjoins the village of Llansantffraed on the coast of Cardigan Bay, north of Aberaeron and south of Aberystwyth on the A487 road. It is situated on a raised beach. The village is named after the church of Saint Non (Llan-Non), the mother of Saint David. By tradition, St David was born and brought up in Llanon.
==History== The village prospered in the 18th and 19th centuries, with industries rooted in the land and on the sea. In 1861, shipbuilding employed 130 men out of a population of 1,300. It was at this period that much of the village was developed; several Nonconformist chapels and a school were built, and the village enjoyed a large range of shops and services including five pubs and a brewery, three blacksmiths, shoemakers, wheelwrights and a bakery. The primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Llannon, overlooks the village and Cardigan Bay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llanon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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