Beddgelert, Gwynedd - St. Mary's Church - Judges postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Beddgellert [sic], Gwynedd - St. Mary's 12th Century Church
• Publisher:  Judges C-33855
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Beddgelert (English: Gelert's Grave), is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. It is reputed to be named after the legendary hound Gelert.

stands at the confluence of the River Glaslyn and River Colwyn. Just below the confluence of the river is the old stone bridge with two arches in the centre of the village. Many of the houses and hotels are built of local dark stone. To the west is Moel Hebog and its neighbours to the north and a series of hills rising to the top of Snowdon. A lane of the A4085 between Caernarfon (13 miles north) and Porthmadog (8 miles south) runs through the village.

The camping store Gelert originated in Beddgelert but later moved its headquarters to nearby Porthmadog, leaving a shop in the village.

Despite the presence of a raised mound in the village called Gelert's Grave, now a tourist attraction, there is absolutely no evidence for Gelert's existence. The ""grave"" mound is ascribed to the activities of a late 18th-century landlord of the Goat Hotel in Beddgelert, David Pritchard, who connected the legend to the village in order to encourage tourism. Similar legends can be found in other parts of Europe and Asia.^[1]

The village is probably named after an early Christian missionary and leader called Celert (or Cilert) who settled here early in the 8th century. The earliest record of the name Beddgelert appears on a document dated 1258, and the name recorded is ""Bekelert"". In a document of 1269 it is recorded as ""Bedkelerd"".^[2]

The Church of St. Mary stands at the end of Stryd yr Eglwys (Church Street) this was originally the chapel of a Benedictine monastery and parts of the building date from the 12th century, and is still in use.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=wales

county/ country=caernarvonshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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