Llantrisant, Anglesey
Hamlet in Anglesey, Wales
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Llantrisant (ⓘ; Welsh for "parish of the three saints") is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales. It is in the community of Tref Alaw,[1] and was a community itself until 1984.[2]
| Llantrisant | |
|---|---|
 Llantrisant Location within Anglesey | |
| OS grid reference | SH363835 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HOLYHEAD |
| Postcode district | LL65 |
| Dialling code | 01407 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Its parish church is dedicated to Saints Afran, Ieuan, and Sanan.[3] The parish's former church is now a protected building. Browne Willis[4] and Sabine Baring-Gould[5] considered "Afran" to be a corruption of Afan, a saint of Ceredigion and Brecknockshire. (The 16th-century Peniarth MS 147 concurs, listing the church as dedicated to "Sannan and Afan and Evan".[5]) St Afan was related to the Cuneddan dynasty of Gwynedd and was claimed as an ancestor by a 10th-century Ieuan martyred by Viking raiders.[4]
In 1833 it was noted that copper ore had been found "in considerable quantities" near Meinir farm in the parish, but no mines had been opened.[6]