Caerhun

Coordinates: 53°13′01″N 3°50′10″W / 53.217°N 3.836°W / 53.217; -3.836
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Caerhun
St Mary's Church
Caerhun is located in Conwy
Caerhun
Caerhun
Location within Conwy
Population1,292 (2011)
OS grid referenceSH774704
Community
  • Caerhun
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCONWY
Postcode districtLL32
Dialling code01492
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Aberconwy
List of places
UK
Wales
Conwy
53°13′01″N 3°50′10″W / 53.217°N 3.836°W / 53.217; -3.836

Caerhun (

Caernarvonshire. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,200,[1] increasing to 1,292 at the 2011 census.[2] It includes a large part of the Carneddau range including the lakes of Llyn Eigiau, Llyn Dulyn and Llyn Melynllyn
.

Features

See also: Canovium

Surrounding the 14th-century

P.K. Baillie Reynolds, of Aberystwyth University, over a period of four summers in the 1920s,[3][4] although there have of course been several other publications since.[4]

The church and its

drovers road via Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen to Abergwyngregyn and the Menai Strait. Latterly the best crossing point, now with a bridge, has been at nearby Tal-y-Cafn. After the end of Roman rule in Britain, the fort was associated with King Rhun Hir of Gwynedd
, hence the subsequent name.

The River Conwy viewed from the churchyard at Caerhun

Caer Rhûn Hall is a Grade II listed building.[5] Its gardens and grounds are listed, also at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[6]

Arthur Tysilio Johnson, the "Perfidious Welshman", lived at Oakbank, Caerhun, and developed an important garden around the house and the Bulkeley Mill in the grounds which feature in a number of his works. The garden is listed at Grade II on the Cadw/Icomos register.[7]

Governance

An electoral ward exists in the same name. This ward stretches to surrounding communities and at the 2011 census had a total population of 2007.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Conwy". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. ^ Baillie Reynolds, P.K. (February 1938). Excavations on the site of the Roman fort of Kanovium at Caerhun, Caernarvonshire: collected reports on the excavations of the years 1926-1929 and on the pottery and other objects found. Kanovium Excavation Committee. Cardiff: William Lewis, Printers. 282 pages. Baillie Reynolds' reports were originally published in Archaeologia
  4. ^ a b "Read a book Visit a Museum: Kanovium Project Book Reviews". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2009.. Page found on Kanovium Project website
  5. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  7. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 21 May 2015.

External links

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