Croes yn Eirias
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Groes yn Eirias is the name of a Welsh hamlet in the Colwyn Bay
area. Groes yn Eirias means Cross in Torch.
There is a large area of Colwyn Bay called Eirias Park there and an ancient road from Eirias to the hilltop village of Llanelian called Groes Road. It is believed but not confirmed that the catholic martyr Blessed William Davies
was born at Groes yn Eirias in 1555. Nothing is left of the original hamlet and the area is now referred to as the Glyn estate. The Glyn farm house dating to circa 1640 still exists as three private dwellings.
Colwyn Bay
- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...
area. Groes yn Eirias means Cross in Torch.
There is a large area of Colwyn Bay called Eirias Park there and an ancient road from Eirias to the hilltop village of Llanelian called Groes Road. It is believed but not confirmed that the catholic martyr Blessed William Davies
William Davies (priest)
William Davies was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. There is a chapel in Anglesey built as a memorial to him.-Life:...
was born at Groes yn Eirias in 1555. Nothing is left of the original hamlet and the area is now referred to as the Glyn estate. The Glyn farm house dating to circa 1640 still exists as three private dwellings.