Penrhos, Gwynedd
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Penrhos is a village and former civil parish
in the Welsh
county of Gwynedd
. The parish was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Llannor
.
It was the home of former MP Goronwy Roberts
. Penyberth
lies within its confines.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
county of Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
. The parish was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Llannor
Llannor
Llannor is a village and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, located on the Llŷn Peninsula. The community includes the villages of Abererch, Efailnewydd and Rhos-fawr, and has a population of 2,244....
.
It was the home of former MP Goronwy Roberts
Goronwy Roberts
Goronwy Owen Goronwy-Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts PC, MA was a Labour Member of Parliament. The younger son of E. E...
. Penyberth
Penyberth
Penyberth was a farmhouse at Penrhos, on the Llŷn Peninsula near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, which had been the home to generations of patrons of poets, but destroyed in 1936 in order to build a training camp and aerodrome for the RAF....
lies within its confines.