Llandderfel

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Llandderfel
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Llandderfel and River Dee
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Llandderfel
Location within Gwynedd
Area114.1 km2 (44.1 sq mi)
Population1,095 (2011)
  Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
OS grid reference SH980371
Community
  • Llandderfel
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CORWEN
Postcode district LL21
Post townBALA
Postcode district LL23
Dialling code 01678
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
52°55′19″N3°30′58″W / 52.922°N 3.516°W / 52.922; -3.516

Llandderfel is a village and a sparsely populated community in Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala, formerly served by the Llandderfel railway station. The community also includes the settlements of Glan-yr-afon, Llanfor, Cefnddwysarn and Frongoch. The Community population taken at the 2011 census was 1,095. [1]

Contents

Palé Hall

Palé Hall was built in 1871, on the site of an older manor house in Llandderfel. It was designed by Samuel Pountney Smith of Shrewsbury for Henry Robertson MP, a railway engineer and local landowner. [2] The house was used as a military hospital in World War I and a home for evacuated children in World War II. The Robertson family sold the estate to the Duke of Westminster in the 1950s. [3]

The church of St Derfel

The parish church of Llandderfel (Saint Dervel) is part of the diocese of St Asaph and is mentioned in the Papal Registers of the late 15th century. [4] The poet Dewi Havhesp is buried at Llandderfel church yard. There are sheep that graze in the church yard.

A Celtic Llan site, founded in the early 6th century by Saint Derfel, the church was rebuilt probably in the early 16th century. A large wooden image of the saint was sent to London in 1538 and burned with John Forest in Smithfield, however the now headless carved red stag and staff are still preserved within the porch. [5] [6]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the confines of Llandderfel with a population taken at the 2011 census of 1,511. [7]

Notable people

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