Bodedern

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Coordinates: 53°17′42″N 4°30′00″W / 53.295°N 4.500°W / 53.295; -4.500
Bodedern

Bodedern
Bodedern

 Bodedern shown within Anglesey
Population 1,074 (2001)
OS grid reference SH3380
Community Bodedern
Principal area Anglesey
Ceremonial county Gwynedd
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOLYHEAD
Postcode district LL65
Dialling code 01407
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Ynys Môn
Welsh Assembly Ynys Môn
List of places
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Anglesey

Bodedern is a village and community in the west of Anglesey, Wales. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,074.[1]

The village has a bilingual primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Bodedern, and secondary school, Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern. The village's football team, Bodedern Athletic F.C. play in the Welsh Alliance League.[2] Bodedern is the closest village to the island's largest natural lake, Llyn Llywenan, 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) to the north. The parish church (St Edern's Church, Bodedern) dates from the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building.

Presaddfed Hall is a small grade II* listed country house which stands amongst woodlands to the north-east of the village at the southern tip of Llyn Llywenan. The main block was built in 1686 and is joined to an earlier block by a later block built in 1875. A walled garden lies to the east of the house [3]Once the seat of the Lewis family, several of whom served as High Sheriff of Anglesey, it is now a country hotel. [4] [5]

References

  1. "Parish Headcounts: Isle of Anglesey". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2013. 
  2. Bodedern Athletic Football Club
  3. "PRESADDFED HOUSE, BODEDERN". Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2013. 
  4. "Presaddfed". 
  5. "Presaddfed, Bodedern". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 July 2013. 

External links

Media related to Bodedern at Wikimedia Commons

The Old and the New, Bodedern, Anglesey


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