Pentir
| Pentir | |
|---|---|
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  Pentir Location within Gwynedd | |
| Population | 2,450 |
| OS grid reference | SH 5736 6698 |
| • Cardiff | 124.2 mi (199.9 km) |
| • London | 204.7 mi (329.4 km) |
| Community |
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| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bangor |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Pentir is a community and electoral ward in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is 124 miles (199.9 km) from Cardiff and 205 miles (329.4 km) from London.[1][2] In 2011 the population of Pentir was 2450 with 58.7% of them able to speak Welsh.[3] It includes the Penrhosgarnedd suburbs of Bangor, Glasinfryn, Caerhun and the hamlet of Pentir.
The Faenol Hall (Vaenol Estate) is a Grade II* Listed Building within the community, as well as a number of other buildings on the estate, e.g., Chapel of St. Mary.[4]
Pentir was historically part of the parish of Bangor.[5] The Local Government Act 1894 directed that parishes could no longer straddle borough boundaries, and so the part of Bangor parish outside the boundary of the municipal borough (city) of Bangor became a separate parish, which took the name Pentir from one of the hamlets it contained.[6] Rural parishes such as Pentir were converted into communities in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); accessed 9 May 2014
- ^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
- ^ Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 9 May 2014
- ^ British Listed Buildings website.
- ^ "Bangor Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Langston, Brett. "Bangor Registration District". UK BMD. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 6 October 2022
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