Cwm Cadnant
| Cwm Cadnant | |
| Anglesey | |
|---|---|
 Hofty, Cwm Cadnant | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SH564745 |
| Location: | 53°14’53"N, 4°9’10"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,222 (2001) |
| Post town: | Beaumaris |
| Postcode: | LL59 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Anglesey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ynys Môn |
Cwm Cadnant is a parish in Anglesey. It is named after the local river, the River Cadnant, which flows through it. The community takes in the area between the Menai Bridge and Beaumaris, and includes the villages of Llandegfan and Llansadwrn. As of the 2001 census it had a population of 2,222.
The lower part of the River Cadnant, which passes through part of Llandegfan is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1] The site was selected as an example of flase brome ‑ oak/ash broadleaved woodland.[2]
Buildings of note
The area has a long history with several buildings of note. St Sadwrn's church in the village of Llansadwrn contains a 6th-century memorial to St Saturnius after whom the church and subsequently the village is named.[3][4] The area was once the site of Treffos Manor, the mediæval residence of the Bishop of Bangor, but there are no visible remains and the site is now contains an isolated farm house.[5]
In Cwm Cadnant also is Hofty, one of the finest mediæval houses on Anglesey. Home to the constable of Beaumaris Castle around the 1530s, Hofty is believed to have been originally constructed in the second quarter of the 14th century.[6]
Cwm Cadnant also contains several earthworks and standing stones.
References
- ↑ "Cadnant Dingle". angleseynature.co.uk. http://angleseynature.co.uk/webmaps/cadnantdingle.html. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Cadnant Dingle SSSI". angleseynature.co.uk. http://angleseynature.co.uk/webmaps/cadnantdesc.html. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ Information on Cwm Cadnant from GENUKI: A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (Samuel Lewis)
- ↑ Ford, David Nash. "St. Sadwrn Farchog of Llansadwrn". earlybritishkingdoms.com. http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/sadwrfby.html. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Treffos manor of Bishop of Bangor". gatehouse-gazetteer.info. http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Welshsites/1015.html. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ Emery, Anthony (2008). Greater Mediæval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 666. ISBN 978-0521581318.
