Place:Llangïan, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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Llangïan is a small village and former civil parish on the southern side of the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd (prior to 1974 in the historic county of Caernarvonshire). The village is located 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the hamlet of Abersoch which was on the border between the parishes of Llangïan and Llanengan before they were merged. Llangïan was abolished in 1934 and divided between Llanengan and Botwnnog.

The village's church of Saint Cian is connected to the Edwards family of Nanhoron.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llangïan from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LLANGIAN, a parish in Pwllheli [registration] district, Carnarvon; at the S extremity of the Lleyn peninsula, between St. Tudwall's road and Hell's Mouth Bay, 6¼ miles SW of Pwllheli, and 23 SW of Nantlle [railway] station. Post town: Llanengan, under Pwllheli. Acres: 4,835; of which 330 are water. Real property: £3,464. Population in 1851: 1,161; in 1861: 1,088. Houses: 251. The property is not much divided. Nanhoron is a chief residence. The inhabitants are largely employed in fishing. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanbedrog, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Cian, and is good. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel."

NOTE: The accent mark over the "i" is not found in either Wikipedia or A Vision of Britain through Time.

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.