Talysarn
Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog. The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086.
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Other persons connected with the village were Annant, quarryman, preacher and bard, Gwilym R. Jones, bard and journalist, Idwal Jones (1910-1985) author of the Welsh-language radio series SOS, Galw Gari Tryfan and Dame Elan Closs Stephens DBE (born 1948) a Welsh educator and Wales' representative on the BBC Board. The 19th century methodist preacher John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, is also connected with the village, not by birth but because he settled here, becoming a shopkeeper and quarry owner as a sideline to his main vocation. The song "Ciosg Talysarn" by the Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan was written after two secret agents were found bugging a public telephone in Tal-y-sarn in 1982. Tal-y-sarn is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team based in the nearby village of Pen-y-groes.
Key facts
Key facts
• Country — Wales • Constituency Welsh Assembly — Arfon • Constituency Westminster — Dwyfor Meirionnydd • Official Name — Talysarn • Population — 1,930 • Population Ref — (ward 2011) • Community Wales — Llanllyfni • Unitary Wales — Gwynedd • Lieutenancy Wales — Gwynedd • Post Town — CAERNARFON • Postcode District — LL54 • Postcode Area — LL • Dial Code — 01286 • Os Grid Reference — SH488529 • Illustration — Cornish beam engine near Talysarn
Welsh Language
Welsh Language
According to the United Kingdom Census 2021, 72.3 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Talysarn can speak Welsh. 79.2 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh. The 2011 census noted 70.7 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh.
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- 1.Davies. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. 502. 2008. 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- 2.Talysarn built-up area.
- 3.Parry, Thomas. PARRY , ROBERT WILLIAMS ( 1884 - 1956 ), poet, univ. lecturer. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. 2001.
- 4.Roberts, G. T. John Jones Tal-y-Sarn (1796-1857). Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Gaernarfon. cyfrol 18. 1957.
- 5.University of California Press. The British Inheritance: A Treasury of Historic Documents. 144. 1999. 9780520224704.
- 6.Welsh Language Change in the percentage of people aged three years or older able to speak Welsh by LSOA 2011 to 2021 DataMapWales. datamap.gov.wales.
- 7.Welsh language skills (detailed) - Office for National Statistics. www.ons.gov.uk.
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