Llanon

Llanon

Infobox UK place
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country = Wales
welsh_name =
constituency_welsh_assembly =
official_name = Llanon
latitude = 52.28245
longitude = -4.17902
unitary_wales = Ceredigion
lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed
constituency_westminster = Ceredigion
post_town = LLANON
postcode_district = SY23 5
postcode_area = SY
dial_code = 01974
map_type =
os_grid_reference = SN515671
cardiff_distance =
population = 2482 (2001 census, Llansantffraed)

Llanon is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It is located on the coast of Cardigan Bay, five miles north of Aberaeron and 11 miles south of Aberystwyth on the A487 road. It is built on a raised beach.

St. David connection

The village is named after the church of Non - the mother of Saint David. By tradition St David was brought up in the village.

History

The village prospered in the 18th century and 19th century with industries rooted in the land and on the sea. Shipbuilding employed 130 men in 1861 out of a population of 1,300. It was at this period that much of the current 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, shoe makers, wheelwrights and a bakery.

The Ceredigion County Council museum service owns "Llanon Cottage", a 2-roomed 18th century cottage, which is open to the public from time to time.

The beach is of pebble and stone with areas of sand exposed at low tide. The beach is backed by boulder clay sea cliffs which are receding through attack by the sea.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/history/pages/llanon.shtml Llanon - a potted history]
* [http://pilgrim.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2288 Llanon Cottage]
* [http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/media/pdf/i/7/llanon.pdf Ceredigion Plan for Llanon]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3090724 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanon and surrounding area]


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