Talysarn

Talysarn
Talysarn is located in Gwynedd
Talysarn
Talysarn
Location within Gwynedd
Population1,930 (ward 2011)
OS grid referenceSH488529
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAERNARFON
Postcode districtLL54
Dialling code01286
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
53°03′07″N 4°15′22″W / 53.052°N 4.256°W / 53.052; -4.256
Cornish beam engine near Talysarn

Tal-y-sarn (Welsh pronunciationⓘ) 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.[1] The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086.[2]

The Welsh language poet Robert Williams Parry was born in 37, Station Road, Tal-y-sarn, where a plaque designed by R. L. Gapper commemorates the connection.[3] Other persons connected with the village were Annant, quarryman, preacher and bard, Gwilym R. Jones, bard and journalist, Idwal Jones [cy] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Tal-y-sarn is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team based in the nearby village of Pen-y-groes.[citation needed]

Welsh Language

According to the United Kingdom Census 2021, 72.3 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Talysarn can speak Welsh.[6] 79.2 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh.[7] The 2011 census noted 70.7 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh.

Notes

  1. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Talysarn built-up area (1119885417)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ Parry, Thomas (2001). PARRY , ROBERT WILLIAMS ( 1884 - 1956 ), poet, univ. lecturer. Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
  4. ^ Roberts, G. T (1957). "John Jones Tal-y-Sarn (1796-1857)". Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Gaernarfon. cyfrol 18.
  5. ^ The British Inheritance: A Treasury of Historic Documents. University of California Press. 1999. p. 144. ISBN 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. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Welsh language skills (detailed) - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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