Place:Llanaelhaearn, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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Llanaelhaearn is a village and community (or parish) on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd (or, before 1974, the historic county of Caernarvonshire. The community includes the village of Trefor and had a population of 1,067 at the 2001 UK census, increasing to 1,117 at the 2011 census.

In Welsh placenames, many smaller communities are named for their parish (llan), having grown up around the local church. This town's name honours its patron saint and supposed founder Aelhaiarn (literally, "Iron Eyebrows"), although it was long known by the corrupted name Llanhaiarn, leading locals to suppose there had once been a "Saint Elern" instead. (A nearby estate known as Elernion—i.e., "St. Elern's"—is thought to have a similar origin.)

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Llanaelhaearn.

Research Tips

• A 1900 Ordnance Survey map of the historic county of Caernarvonshire is available on the A Vision of Britain through Time website. This shows all the old parishes of the Llyn Peninsula.