Llanddaniel Fab
| Llanddaniel Fab | |
| Anglesey | |
|---|---|
 The former St Deiniol's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SH495705 |
| Location: | 53°12’37"N, 4°15’11"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Gaerwen |
| Postcode: | LL60 |
| Dialling code: | 01248 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Anglesey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ynys Môn |
Llanddaniel Fab is a village in southern Anglesey, found to the west-south-west of Llanfair PG and south-east of Gaerwen. It is named from its church, the Church of Deiniol (Daniel) Fab.
The village is near the late Neolithic monument of Bryn Celli Ddu.
The village is run by its own community council. It has a post office, primary school (Ysgol Parc y Bont), and a 12-hole golf course.[1]
Probably the village's most famous son is Tecwyn Roberts (1925-1988), who became NASA’s first Flight Dynamics Officer with Project Mercury that put the first American into space. Roberts was born at Trefnant Bach cottage in Llanddaniel Fab and was a former pupil of Ysgol Parc y Bont. After serving as a member of the Avro Arrow project team and the Space Task Group, Roberts transferred to NASA where he eventually became chief of the Manned Flight Support Division, chief of the Network Engineering Division during the Apollo Program and later Director of Networks at Goddard Space Flight Center.[2]
Church
St Deiniol's Church is a small 19th-century church in the village. The first church in this location is said to have been established by St Deiniol Fab (to whom the church is dedicated) in 616.[3] The current building incorporates some material and fittings from its predecessor, which probably dated from about the 16th century.[4][5]
The church is no longer in use, and the village is now served by a church in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.[6] It is a Grade II listed building, a designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",[7] in particular because it is regarded as "a good example of a simple 19th-century rural church".[5]
Outside links
References
- ↑ A webpage about the golfcourse
- ↑ A site about Tecwyn Roberts on www.llanddaniel.co.uk
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1849). "Llanddaniel-Vab (Llan-Ddeiniol-Fab)". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47844#s4. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ Harry Longueville Jones (1846). "Mona Mediaeva No. IV". Archaeologia Cambrensis (Cambrian Archaeological Association) 1: 434–435. http://www.archive.org/stream/archaeologiacam03powegoog#page/n559/mode/2up. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cadw (2009). "Church of St Deiniol". Historic Wales. http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/cadw/cadw_eng.php?id=5455. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ "Church in Wales: Benefices". Church in Wales. http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/rb/par.php?dosommat=detail&which=195. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ (PDF) What is listing?. Cadw. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 1-85760-222-6. http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/upload/resourcepool/WhatIsListing_englishLR983.pdf.