Abererch
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Aber-erch (Script error: No such module "IPA"., Welsh for "Mouth of the Erch") is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The village lies approximately Template:Convert east of Pwllheli. A river, the Afon Erch runs through the village.
The parish was abolished in 1934 and incorporated into that of Llannor, now the community of Llannor.[1] It is a mostly Welsh-speaking village[2] and its name is often truncated to "Berch" Script error: No such module "IPA". in the local Welsh dialect.[3]
There is a primary school, playschool, and a railway station. The Church of St Cawrdaf is a grade I listed building.[4]
Aber-erch has a beach called 'Traeth Glan y Don' (which roughly translates to 'Shore of the wave beach') which extends from Morfa'r Garreg, Pwllheli to Pen-ychain. Parking for the beach is near the railway station. From the beach you have a view of Harlech Castle in the east all the way down to Tywyn (on a clearer day even further south) and to the west Pwllheli and the St Tudwal's Islands. Access to the beach is through a footpath next the caravan and camp-site. This beach is ideal for days when the wind is from the north or north west due to the sheltered bay.
The ward includes the village of Y Ffor and the small settlement of Penrhos.
Notable people
- John Elias (1774-1841), a powerful Christian preacher: "as if talking fire down from heaven"
- Ellis Owen Ellis (1813-1861), a Welsh portrait painter, cartoonist and illustrator.
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". A Vision of Britain Through Time : Abererch Civil Parish Retrieved 12 January 2010
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