Arllechwedd

Coordinates: 53°00′22″N 3°50′38″W / 53.006°N 3.844°W / 53.006; -3.844

Map of Welsh cantrefs

The ancient Welsh cantref of Arllechwedd in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Llŷn under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.

In the middle ages the Cantref Arllechwedd was one of the core territories of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and formed the entire west bank of the River Conwy. Within this cantref were found some of the most important civil, religious and military centres of that kingdom, including the palace of Abergwyngregyn, Dolwyddelan Castle and Aberconwy Abbey. Within Arllechwedd there were three divisions or cymydau, which were:[1]

Arllechwedd remains an ecclesiastical unit of the Church in Wales to this day. Most of the territory is now in Conwy County Borough and the western part lies in Gwynedd.

It also remains an electoral ward in the same area, the total population of which, taken at the 2011 Census, was 1,398.[3]

References

  1. Lloyd, John Edward (1911). A History of Wales Vol I. London: Longmans. pp. 235–236.
  2. 1 2 3 Rees, William (1951). An Historical Atlas of Wales from Early to Modern Times. Faber & Faber.
  3. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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