Place:Maenan, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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Maenan is a rural settlement since 1996 in Conwy, Wales, located approximately 4 miles to the north of Llanrwst and 3 miles to the south of the village of Eglwysbach. The population of the area is approximately 300 people, and more than 75% of the population are Welsh speakers. Maenan shares a community council with the nearby village of Llanddoged. The A470 main road passes through Maenan. The 2001 census shows that the villages of Llanddoged and Maenan had a combined population of 574.

Most of the population are from farming or agriculture background. Maenan has a mixture of dairy and lowland sheep farming. Tourism is a fairly active trade in Maenan, mostly in the form of hospitallity. There are a number of self-catering cottages, along with 2 hotels. The Maenan Abbey Hotel is the second site of Aberconwy Abbey, a Cistercian abbey. Another hotel in Maenan is The Plas Maenan hotel, located about a mile further north of the Maenan Abbey Hotel on the A470.

The Abbey

[htt{p://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10373 A Vision of Britain through Time] redirected The Abbey to Maenan and provides the following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"MAENAN, a township in Eglwysfach parish, Carnarvon; on the river Conway, 3 miles N of Llanrwst. Acres, 2,902. Real property, £1,845. Pop., 373. Houses, 80. A Cistertian monastery, a cell to Conway abbey, was founded here in 1283, by Edward I.; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Wynnes. The roof of its church was removed to Llanrwst; and only a small fragment now remains."

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Maenan Abbey.

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