Llanidan

Llanidan is a parish in south-west Anglesey, which includes the village of Brynsiencyn. The parish is located along the Menai Straits, approximately 4 miles north-east of Caernarfon (which is however on the other side of the straits). The parish church is located near the A4080 highway, a little to the east of Brynsiencyn.

History

It has been suggested that it was here that the Roman general Suetonius landed in 60 AD, and then again in 78 AD by Agricola, in their efforts to pacify the Ordovices of north-west Wales and Anglesey, at a spot known as Bryn Beddau, ("The Hill of Graves" in Welsh). [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/AGY/Llanidan/index.html Genuki transcription from the "The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland", 1868.]

In the Middle Ages the parish was part of the commote of Menai, in cantref Rhosyr.

Notable inhabitants

Amongst the notable people associated with the parish are Henry Rowlands, who was the rector of Llanidan when he published the "Mona Antiquae Restarata" in 1723, and the industrialist Thomas Williams of Llanidan, who lived in Plas Llanidan.

Amenities

There is a horse stud located there; Llanidan Stud breeds Welsh ponies of Cob type (section C) and Welsh Cobs (section D) and is owned by E.W Jones.

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