Llanycil

{{Short description|Village in Gwynedd, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = | official_name = Llanycil | area_total_km2 = 83.51 | static_image = Parish Church of St Beuno, Llanycil, Gwynedd Wales 03.JPG | static_image_caption = St Beuno's Church, now Mary Jones World | coordinates = {{coord|52.90|-3.61|region:GB|display=inline,title}} | cardiff_distance_mi = 99.9 | cardiff_distance_km = 160.7 | london_distance_mi = 176.2 | london_distance_km = 283.6 | unitary_wales = Gwynedd | community_wales = Llanycil | constituency_welsh_assembly = | constituency_westminster = | post_town = Y Bala | postcode_district = LL23 | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SH 9149 3489 | population = 416 | map_type = | module= 240px<br />Map of the community }} '''Llanycil''' is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala; it is 99.9 miles (160.7 km) from Cardiff and 176.2 miles (283.6 km) from London.<ref>[http://www.e-gymraeg.com/enwaucymru/chwilio.aspx/Llanycil Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr)]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225520/http://www.e-gymraeg.com/enwaucymru/chwilio.aspx/Llanycil |date=12 May 2014 }} accessed 9 May 2014</ref><ref name="GM">{{cite map|title=Google Maps|publisher=Google}}</ref> In 2011 the population of Llanycil was 416, with 80.4% able to speak Welsh.<ref>[http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/census-population/?lang=en Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530161647/http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/census-population/?lang=en |date=30 May 2014 }} accessed 9 May 2014</ref> The community includes the small settlements of '''Parc''', Rhyd-uchaf and Llidiardau.

It is a very sparsely populated community covering about 83 square kilometres. The mountain Arenig Fawr is within the community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000088|title=Custom report – Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics}}</ref>

The former church in the community was dedicated to Saint Beuno and now houses the Mary Jones World heritage centre. Thomas Charles (1755–1814) of Bala, the Calvinistic Methodist minister and founder of the British and Foreign Bible Society, is buried in the village churchyard.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 11|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=166|isbn=0-19-861361-X}}Article by Edwin Welch.</ref> The hamlet of Parc is known for the branch of the Women's Institute which in 1967 broke away when the movement began to insist on the English language, and founded Merched y Wawr, which uses solely Welsh.

== Notable people == *Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), a Welsh nurse who nursed in the Crimean War alongside Florence Nightingale.

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Category:Llanycil Category:Communities in Gwynedd