Place:Llanystumdwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales

source: Family History Library Catalog

source: Family History Library Catalog

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Llanystumdwy is a predominantly Welsh-speaking village and community (or parish) on the south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula (the coast of Cardigan Bay), since 1974 in Gwynedd in Wales. It is not regarded as being part of commote of Llŷn, but as belonging instead to the ancient commote of Eifionydd.

It lies between Criccieth and Pwllheli at the point where the A497 crosses the Afon Dwyfor. It had a population of 1,949 in the UK census of 2001 and 2,080 in the UK census of 2011.

In 1934 the parishes of Lleyn Rural District were greatly reorganized. Llanystumdwy gained part of the parish of Llangybi and gave up a section to Criccieth Urban District in 1938.

The village is where David Lloyd George (1863-1945), British Prime Minister (1916-1922), and the last Liberal Party leader to be prime minister, lived until he was 16, and where he picked up his political nous and hatred of the land-owning aristocracy from his laypreacher uncle. His grave in the village was designed by architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, creator of the world-renowned Italianate village of Portmeirion lying just across Cardigan Bay, and inscribed by Welsh artist Jonah Jones with a poem by Lloyd George's nephew Dr William George, a former Archdruid of Wales.

Research Tips

• A 1900 Ordnance Survey map of the historic county of Caernarvonshire is available on the A Vision of Britain through Time website. This shows all the old parishes of the Llyn Peninsula.