Aberdaron, Llyn, Gwynedd - Church (St Hywyn's), Raphael Tuck real photo 1937

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• Picture / Image:  The Church [St Hywyn's] Aberdaron, Gwynedd [Llyn Peninsula] - real photo type
• Publisher:  Raphael Tuck & Co 'Real Photograph' series
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  George VI 1d red
• Postmark(s):  Pwllheli Dec 9 1937 cds
• Sent to:  Miss M. Williams, Vicarage, Aberdaron, nr Pwllheli
• Notes / condition:  one small light stain on back

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Aberdaron is a community and former fishing village at the western tip of the Llyn Peninsula (Welsh: Penrhyn Llyn) in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It lies 14.8 miles (23.8 km) west of Pwllheli and 33.5 miles (53.9 km) south west of Caernarfon, and has a population of 965.^[1] It is sometimes referred to as the ""Land's End of Wales"" (Welsh: Pendraw'r Byd).^[2] The community includes Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli), the coastal area around Porthor, and the villages of Anelog, Llanfaelrhys, Penycaerau, Rhoshirwaun, Rhydlios, Uwchmynydd and Y Rhiw.^[3]

The village was the last rest stop for pilgrims heading to Bardsey Island, the legendary ""island of 20,000 saints"". In the 18th and 19th centuries it developed as a shipbuilding centre and port. The mining and quarrying industries became major employers, and limestone, lead, jasper and manganese were exported, and there are the ruins of an old pier running out to sea at Porth Simdde, which is the local name for the west end of Aberdaron Beach. After the Second World War the mining industry collapsed, and Aberdaron gradually developed into a popular holiday resort.^[4] The beach was awarded a Seaside Award in 2008.^[5]

The coastal waters are part of Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (Welsh: Ardal Cadwraeth Arbennig Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau), one of the largest marine designated sites in the United Kingdom.^[6] The coast itself forms part of the Aberdaron Coast and Bardsey Island Special Protection Area (Welsh: Ardal Gwarchodaeth Arbennig Glannau Aberdaron ac Ynys Enlli),^[7] and was designated a Heritage Coast in 1974.^[8] In 1956 the area was included in Llyn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Welsh: Ardal o Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol Llyn).^[9][10] Conservation Areas have been created in Aberdaron, Bardsey Island and Y Rhiw;^[8] and the area has been designated a Landscape of Historic Intere

A  church was founded in Aberdaron in the 6th century by Saint Hywyn, a follower of Saint Cadfan;^[161] it was a significant institution, a monastery and centre of religious learning, rather than simply a place of worship for the locals.^[87] The present double-naved St Hywyn's Church (Welsh: Eglwys Hywyn Sant), built in 1137 and known as ""The Cathedral of Llyn"", stands above the shore and was on the pilgrim route to Bardsey Island. It contains a 12th-century Romanesque arched door,^[162] and a square bell turret.^[16] The church was extended in 1417 and abandoned in 1841, when the locals decided to build a new church, Eglwys Newydd, in the village; the new building, however, proved unpopular and the congregation returned in 1906. Inside is a display about the life and works of the poet, Ronald Stuart Thomas;^[139] and in the churchyard stand Y Meini Feracius a Senagus (English: The Veracius and Senacus Stones), the tombstones of two 5th century Christian priests, found in the 18th century on farmland near Mynydd Anelog.^[163] In 2008 the church became the centre of controversy when the local vicar blessed a gay civil partnership, after approval by the local church council; the vicar was reprimanded by Barry Morgan, the Archbishop of Wales (Welsh: Archesgob Cymru). Referring to the archbishop's protests, the vicar stated ""There was a bit of a to-do about it"".^[164]

The church at Llanfaelrhys is the only one in the United Kingdom dedicated to Saint Maelrhys,^[165] the cousin of both Saint Cadfan and Saint Hywyn, who accompanied them to Wales from Brittany. Legend attributes the building of the church to a trader who landed a cargo of flour near Aberdaron during a famine; he used the profit from his sale to construct a small church for the locals. Much of the building is medieval; the font dates back to the 15th century; and there are plain hard wooden benches on the north side; on the south side are 19th century wooden box pews.^[166] The graveyard contains the graves of the three Keating sisters, who restored Plas yn Rhiw.^[18]

St Aelrhiw's Church at Y Rhiw was built in 1860 on the footings of an earlier church. It consists of a small nave and short chancel; aisles to the north and south; and has boulder-built walls and a slate roof. The churchyard contains the graves of some of the bodies that were washed up at Porth Neigwl during the First World War.^[167] Above Porth Iago is the site of the ancient St Medin's Church; now just a mound in the middle of a field, it was the parish church of Bodferin.^[168]

One of the first Non-conformists in the area was Morgan Griffith of Y Rhiw. In 1745 he was brought before the court in Pwllheli, where he was jailed for failing to renounce his beliefs. After his release he returned to Y Rhiw and began to preach again. Re-arrested, he was returned to a prison ship in England, where he subsequently died.^[169] Two of the earliest non-conformist chapels in the Llyn Peninsula were established at Penycaerau, in 1768, and Uwchmynydd, in 1770;^[83] the Congregationalists opened Cephas Independent Chapel in 1829;^[170] and Capel Nebo was built at Y Rhiw in 1813;^[171] the Wesleyan Methodists followed in 1832 at Capel Pisgah.^[172] By 1850 there were eight non-conformist chapels in Aberdaron; five in Y Rhiw; and one on Bardsey Island;^[8] but more were to be built. The Calvinistic Methodists opened Capel Tan y Foel;^[20] and Capel Bethesda, the Baptist chapel at Rhoshirwaun, was built in 1904.^[173] Aberdaron is also home to a Seventh-day Adventist youth camp named Glan-yr-afon, located 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village centre.^[174]

type=real photographic (rp)

city/ region=aberdaron

period=inter-war (1918-39)

publisher=raphael tuck & sons

postage condition=posted

number of items=single

size=standard (140x89mm)