Bontnewydd, Gwynedd

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Bontnewydd
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Chapel at Bontnewydd in 2005
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Bontnewydd
Location within Gwynedd
Population1,162 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SH483601
Community
  • Bontnewydd
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CAERNARFON
Postcode district LL54
Postcode district LL55
Dialling code 01286
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53°07′01″N4°16′05″W / 53.117°N 4.268°W / 53.117; -4.268

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Map of the community

Bontnewydd ( Welsh for 'new bridge'; standardised as Y Bontnewydd) is a small village and community with a population of 1,162 located on the A487 road 1+23 miles (2.7 km) south of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales, close to the river Gwyrfai, 2 miles (3.2 km) from its outflow into Foryd Bay. [2]

It is served by Bontnewydd railway station, an unstaffed halt on the Welsh Highland Railway. The village has one small supermarket, an outdoor attraction called Gypsy Wood Park, a pub called The Newborough Arms and one school. Bontnewydd was known as Bodallog prior to the new bridge being built.

According to the 2011 Census, Bontnewydd is the community with the 3rd highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales. 82.6% of residents aged three and over reported being able to speak Welsh in the 2011 Census, as compared to 84.8% reporting being able to do so in the 2001 Census. [3]

Since 1995 Bontnewydd has also formed an electoral ward, represented by a county councillor on Gwynedd Council. [4]

The community includes Llanfaglan.

The village is the location of Plas Dinas, the ancestral family home of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, the husband of Princess Margaret. Armstrong-Jones's paternal grandfather was Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, a Welsh psychiatrist. [5]

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References

  1. "Community and Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. "Bontnewydd, Gwynedd" (Map). Google Maps .
  3. "2011 Census results by Community". Welsh Language Commissioner. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. "Gwynedd Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. Marco, Neil. "An Historic Home". infoplasdinas@.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2015. In 1899 Sir Robert Jones, who subsequently altered his name to Armstrong-Jones, had a son named Ronald. The family was, at that time, living in the London area and retained Plas Dinas as their country home. Sir Ronald Jones married Anne, and the marriage produced a son, Antony, who in 1961 [ sic ] married HRH Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister.