Human settlement in Wales
Llanfor is a village inGwynedd ,Wales near the town ofBala , in thecommunity ofLlandderfel .
There is evidence of anIron Age Hill Fort in the immediate area andRoman Castrum .
In the 6th century an unknownMonk from Llanfor was reputedly responsible for convertingLlywarch Hen ,[ 1] Rheged , toChristianity . It was also the site of achurch built bySaint Tyneio , the 6th centuryPatron Saint of the village.
There is a legend that the Devil used to frequently visit Llanfor Church in the shape of a pig.[ 2]
Notable People from Llanfor [ edit ] Dewi Havhesp , ca.1875Saint Tyneio a 6th C. pre-congregational Saint of Wales.William Price (1619–1691), a Welsh politician, MP between 1640 and 1679 and fought as aRoyalist colonel in theEnglish Civil War .Humphrey Foulkes (1673–1737) a Welsh priest and antiquarian.William Price (1690–1774) a Welsh High Sheriff and antiquarian, fromRhiwlas .Richard Thelwall Price, British Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, 1754–1768 John Williams (1811–1862), antiquary, bardic nameAb Ithel , the Anglican curate of Llanfor from 1835Richard Williams Morgan (1815–1889), bardic nameMôr Meirion , author, priest and Welsh nationalist campaignerDavid Roberts (1831–1884), poet known as‘Dewi Havhesp’ , spent his early years at 'Pensingrug', Llanfor.Wikimedia Commons has media related to
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