{{Short description|Village and community in Conwy, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2008}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = Llanfair TH - geograph.org.uk - 23847.jpg | static_image_caption = The Afon Elwy at Llanfair Talhaiarn | label_position = bottom | official_name = Llanfair Talhaiarn | welsh_name = Llanfair Talhaearn | country = Wales | os_grid_reference = SH927700 | coordinates = {{coord|53.216|-3.607|display=inline,title}} | population = 1070 | population_ref = ''(2011)'' | community_wales = Llanfair Talhaiarn | unitary_wales = Conwy | lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd | constituency_welsh_assembly = Clwyd West | constituency_westminster = Bangor Aberconwy | post_town = ABERGELE | postcode_district = LL22 | postcode_area = LL | dial_code = 01745 | module= 240px<br />Map of the community }}
'''Llanfair Talhaiarn''' ({{langx|cy|Llanfair Talhaearn}}), abbreviated to ''Llanfair TH'', is a village and community approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} south of Abergele in Conwy county borough, Wales. Until 1974 it was included in Denbighshire. The population was 979 in 2001,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d5949f8001401f4363ae9beb81c0a9b241?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790561&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1280 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Conwy'']</ref> increasing to 1,070 at the 2011 census with 44% being Welsh language speakers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11125870&c=LL22+8DN&d=16&e=61&g=6489315&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432145430491&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2501|title=Community population and % of Welsh speakers 2011|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref>
==History== The village derives its name from the church ("Llan") dedicated to Mary ("Mair", altered in this compound word to "Fair", hence "Llanfair"), that was founded by a monk called Talhaiarn from Valle Crucis Abbey (according to local legend). The original church has long disappeared.
The poet and architect John Jones (January 1810 – October 1869) was born at the Harp Inn (now known as Hafod y Gân) in Llanfair. He took the bardic name "Talhaiarn", and there is a popular misconception that this was the origin of the name of the village. However, the name of the village is documented long before Jones's birth.
===Garthewin=== The village was once part of the estate of Garthewin. The first written records of Garthewin date to the fourteenth century, but both that house and a later Jacobean house were replaced in the 18th century by the present building, which was subsequently altered in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis. It was from the 18th century until the late 20th the home of the Wynne family and notable for a private theatre constructed in the stables by R.O.F. Wynne which in the 1950s saw the first performances of several of Saunders Lewis's dramas.<ref>John Davies, Menna Baines, Nigel Jenkins a Peredur I. Lynch ''Gwyddoniadur Cymru'', Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1954-3}}, Page 553</ref> The theatre was designed by Thomas S. Tait.<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|desc=Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Attached Presbytery (RC)|num=10424|grade=II|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> The house is a Grade II* listed building<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|desc=Garthewin Hall|num=158|grade=II*|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> and its gardens and grounds are listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.<ref>{{NHAW|uid=181|num=PGW(Gd)53(CON)|desc=Garthewin|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
==Location== Llanfair is accessible from the Abergele to Llanrwst road via an ancient three arch bridge that spans the Elwy and leads directly into the heart of the village, where can be found two old pubs, The Black Lion and The Swan Inn. About 100 yards north of the old bridge is a more modern bridge that carries the main Abergele to Llansannan road across the river. Nearby is '''Mynydd Bodran''', a 287 m (942 ft) hill which towers above the River Elwy. From the hill are fine views of Snowdonia and the North Wales coast. Other nearby hills include Moelfre Isaf and Moelfre Uchaf. The village is situated on the flood plain of the River Elwy (Afon Elwy). The community includes the hamlet of Moelfre, Conwy and Moelfre Path near Abergele Hospital.
thumb|left|Mynydd Bodran
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Llanfair Talhaiarn}} * [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4966 A Vision of Britain Through Time] * [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/conwy/llanfair+talhaiarn British Listed Buildings] * [http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/eglwysi/llanfairth.htm Clwyd Churches] * [http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/conwy/16847.htm Eastern Conwy Churches Survey] * [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN/LlanfairTalhaearn/index.html Genuki] * [https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SH9270 Geograph] * [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&c=llannefydd+community&d=16&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1366041130920&enc=1&areaSearchText=Llanfair+Talhaiarn&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas= Office for National Statistics]
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