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Llanystumdwy is small village on the Lleyn Peninsula in north Wales. The Lleyn peninsula also known by its Welsh name of the LlÅ·n extends from north west Wales. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS 1...


It is located at the point where the A497 between Criccieth to the east and Pwllheli to the west crosses the River Dwyfor. The A497 road is a major road on the Lleyn peninsula in North Wales. ... Criccieth (Welsh Cricieth) is a town on the LlÅ·n or Lleyn peninsula in Gwynedd, traditional county of Caernarfonshire, north Wales. ... Pwllheli is the main market town of the Lleyn peninsula in northwestern Wales. ...


It is most notable as the village where David Lloyd George, one of the better known British Prime Ministers lived as a boy. His grave is located in woodland on the outskirts of the village. There is also a museum of Lloyd George memorabilia in the village. The village has several listed buildings, including Lloyd George's residence, the local tavern "The Feathers", and a house opposite believed to be as old as two hundred seventy years. The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... A souvenir stall in London, England A souvenir (from the French for memory) is an object that is treasured for the memories associated with it. ...


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Llanystumdwy, Criccieth and the surrounding area (826 words)
Dwy is a water or river deity: thus, the two rivers between the Church stands -the Dwyfor and the Dwyfach ('Great and Little Goddess') - suggest this may have been a site of pre-Christian worship.
Copyright Llanystumdwy Church and thanks for permission to quote this extract and thanks to the Rev. Ivan Williams of Llanystumdwy for his help.
David Lloyd George on the bridge at Llanystumdwy, 1944.
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LLANYSTUMDWY have got their hands on the coveted North Wales Coast Junior Cup, having won the region's top village award in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at Bontnewydd's expense.
Among Llanystumdwy's match heroes were Owain Roberts, who executed the crucial conversion, and goalkeeper Dylan Parry, who had made a vital block a little earlier.
Llanystumdwy were running out of time and hope, when they imposed a frantic scramble in their opponents' goalmouth, as match referee Raymond Cotgrove from Pwllheli was checking his stop-watch.
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