Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 52.813°N -4.532°W |
Official Name: | Llanengan |
Population: | 1,989 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Static Image Name: | Eglwys S Engan Llanengan - geograph.org.uk - 519194.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Parish church dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, a 6th century king of Llyn |
Unitary Wales: | Gwynedd |
Lieutenancy Wales: | Gwynedd |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Constituency Westminster: | Dwyfor Meirionnydd |
Community Wales: | Llanengan [2] |
Postcode District: | LL53 |
Postcode Area: | LL |
Post Town: | PWLLHELI |
Dial Code: | 01758 |
Os Grid Reference: | SH293269 |
Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2miles around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census,[3] which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. The popular seaside resort village of Abersoch falls within the community, as do the villages of Llangian, Mynytho, Machroes and Llanengan. The local public house is called the Sun.Lead 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 ("Hell's Mouth"), which marks the entrance to the former lead workings.[4]
The parish church, which is dedicated to Saint Einion Frenin, was originally established in the late 5th or early 6th century and is one of the oldest churches on the Llŷn Peninsula. In 1537, with the passing of the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act, St Mary's Abbey on Bardsey Island was dissolved and its monastic buildings demolished on the orders of Henry VIII. However, its choir stalls, two Rood screens and bells were saved and relocated to Llanengan Church as it had just been rebuilt in the early 1530s.[5]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward is smaller than the Community, with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,206.[6]