| Llysfaen | |
|---|---|
 Llysfaen | |
  Llysfaen Location withinConwy | |
| Population | 2,743 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SH887771 |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COLWYN BAY |
| Postcode district | LL29 |
| Dialling code | 01492 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
53°16′44″N3°40′05″W / 53.279°N 3.668°W /53.279; -3.668  Map of the community | |
Llysfaen is a village andcommunity inConwy County Borough overlooking the north coast ofWales, and situated on the hillMynydd Marian. Forlocal government purposes, it is also award. The community includes thePeulwys estate ofOld Colwyn.
Llysfaen is located one kilometre (0.6 miles) inland, halfway between the coastal towns ofAbergele andColwyn Bay. Neighbouring villages includeOld Colwyn,Llanddulas,Dolwen andBetws-yn-Rhos. To its immediate west isMynydd Marian, amountain known for itslimestonegrassland and the rare dwarf subspecies of thesilver-studded blue butterfly, andCraig y Forwyn is to the east. Llysfaen also overlooks the Irish sea, as well asKinmel Bay,Rhyl, and theClwydian Range.
The council ward, including the village centre and surrounding precincts, occupies 5.11 square kilometres (1,260 acres, 511 hectares). The community'spopulation has remained relatively static in recent times and was 2,652 at the census held in 2001.[2]
The community is currently part ofConwy County Borough. However, it historically formed anexclave ofCaernarfonshire assumed by the surroundingDenbighshire in 1923; subsequent local government reorganisation saw it administered as part ofClwyd (1974–1996).
The name,Llysfaen isWelsh forstone court (i.e. a court built of stone).
Throughout much of Llysfaen's recent history, many of its villagers worked at the nearby Llysfaen and LlanddulasLimestoneQuarry from wherelime was shipped toLiverpool orFleetwood using Raynes Jetty inLlanddulas Bay.
The village has a small number of facilities including aprimary school,Ysgol Cynfran, accepting pupils from nursery age to 11; aconvenience store; themediaevalSt. Cynfran'sparish church (see below); thevillage hall; a playgroup; threeparks, a small hairdressers and barbers, two telephone boxes, and two post boxes. Amobile library run byConwy Library Service also calls at the village every three weeks.[3]
Llysfaen currently has a number of youthfootball teams catering for ages from 7 to 18 and a men's team too. A majority of the teams' games are played on the village's Banana Pitch, so called because it dips heavily in the middle.
Llysfaen has abowling green which is home to alawn bowls team and aMUGA where netball, tennis and hockey is played.
Thepatron saint of Llysfaen isSaint Cynfran, who is traditionally believed to have, in 777, founded the eponymous church in the village, above whose entrance is a carving in rock of the saint. The primary school is also named after Cynfran.
In the 1254Norwich Taxation, Llysfaen was recorded asEcc'a de Llesvaen, and in the 1291 taxation asRectoria di Lisnaen and taxed at £4.
St. Cynfran's church has been rebuilt a number of times; the current twin-naved building is said to date from 1377 but is believed to incorporate stones from the original church. In 1870, the building was the subject of an extensive £1,950 internal restoration with only a few panels remaining from theMiddle Ages, although the mediaeval stone walls remain. The rectilinearchurchyard contains memorials going back as far as the 17th century. The churchyard is surrounded by a stone wall withyew trees both in and outside the walls, and there is a holywell, the Ffynnon Gynfran, about 100 metres to the north.
The ancientparish of Llysfaen was anexclave of thecwmwd (equivalent to ahundred) ofCreuddyn within the county ofCaernarfonshire, and comprised the townships ofIsallt,Isyffordd,Pant (orTre'r Pant),Penmaen andRhwngyddwyffordd. According to theRoyal Commission of the Welsh Church, the then parish had a population of 585 in 1831 rising to 1,489 in 1901.
The parish was originally slightly larger than today with an area of 1,772 acres (7.17 square kilometres) in the 1840s. In 1872, part of the parish was lost toColwyn but the township ofTwynnan was gained fromLlanelian-yn-Rhos. Around 1910 the parish had increased to 1,879 acres (7.6 square kilometres).
In 1873, the local lime quarrying firm, Raynes & Co. Ltd, was established by James Trevelyan Raynes II to makesodium carbonate andlimestone dust for use inglass manufacture.[4]
A Llysfaenelectoral ward exists, coterminous with the boundaries of Llysfaen community. One county councillor is elected toConwy County Borough Council. At the May 2017 election the seat changed hands, being won by theConservative Party fromLabour, who had held the seat since the first election in 1995.[6]
Llysfaen also elects community councillors to represent them on Llysfaen Community Council, from the community wards of Peulwys and Upper Llysfaen.[7]
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