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Llanrwst and also
A bridge in Llanrwst, north Wales named " Pont Fawr " is also known locally as " Pont Inigo Jones " – Inigo Jones's Bridge.
* Eight rural districts were formed ( also by the 1894 Act ), based on existing rural sanitary districts: Chirk, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Llansillin, Ruthin, St Asaph ( Denbigh ), Uwchaled and Wrexham.
Llanrwst is also home to Llanrwst United FC which has two senior teams.
The club also has a Junior section, " Llanrwst United Juniors ", who have 8 teams and play in the Aberconwy and Colwyn League.
The line also provided goods facilities for the market town of Llanrwst, and via the extensive facilities at Betws-y-Coed on the London to Holyhead A5 turnpike road it served many isolated communities in Snowdonia and also the developing tourist industry.

Llanrwst and became
The village became a major coaching centre between Corwen ( to the east ) and Capel Curig ( to the west ) on the Irish Mail route from London to Holyhead, which led to the improvement of the roads south to Blaenau Ffestiniog and north to Llanrwst and Conwy.
This was followed by the opening of a second branch line in 1863-the Conwy Valley Line-which headed south and was built by the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, and became part of the LNWR in 1867.

Llanrwst and renowned
The museum currently holds a collection of over a hundred items relating largely to the rural Conwy valley, and a number of items are associated with the renowned Llanrwst Bards of the late nineteenth century.

Llanrwst and for
In 1947, Llanrwst town council made an unsuccessful submission to the United Nations for a seat on the security council, stating that Llanrwst was an independent state within Wales.
The fully signalled passing loop at North Llanrwst is the last remaining between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog and trains on the branch must stop at the signal box there to exchange tokens for the single line sections on either side.
North Llanrwst station platforms-railcar leaving for Blaenau Ffestiniog
* Llanrwst ( for Trefriw )
On 28 May 2010, Llanrwst celebrated the 400th anniversary of the almshouses there, which were built by Sir John Wynn to provide shelter for twelve poor older men of the parish.

Llanrwst and today
The main towns in the county today are Denbigh, Llangollen, Llanrwst, and Ruthin.

Llanrwst and Snowdonia
Trefriw lies on the edge of Snowdonia, on the B5106 road to the north-west of Llanrwst, and about 4½ miles north of Betws-y-coed by road.

Llanrwst and its
The River Elwy has its source a long way to the west on the flanks of Moel Seisiog south-east of Llanrwst.
Had the railway line been built on the west shore of the river Conwy, as originally planned ( to serve the inland port of Trefriw, located across the river from Llanrwst ), it is unlikely that Llanrwst would ever have achieved its present status.
Indeed, at one time Llanrwst was the eighth largest town in Wales, its population being greater than that of Cardiff.
The town consequently has its own coat of arms and flag, and this is the origin of the old local motto " Cymru, Lloegr a Llanrwst " ( Wales, England and Llanrwst ).

Llanrwst and main
In this festival, Sir John Wynn was played by actor Sion Rickard, a student studying Performing Arts at Coleg Llandrillo, who arrived with his " wife " in the main square of Llanrwst by horse and carriage from Gwydir Castle, then answered questions from the local town crier, went inside the almshouse to check the standard of what he had built and delivered a speech to the people of Llanrwst.

Llanrwst and being
It is served by two railway stations, Llanrwst and North Llanrwst, on the Conwy Valley Line ( which once terminated here, before being extended to Betws-y-Coed in 1867 and Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1879 ).
In the 19th century Trefriw was Wales ' largest inland port, the river Conwy being tidal up to neighbouring Llanrwst.
Fighting continued between the two dynasties, with Iago and Ieuaf raiding as far south as Dyfed in 952 and the sons of Howell raiding as far north as the Conwy valley in 954 before being defeated in battle at Llanrwst and chased back to Ceredigion.
Fighting continued between the two dynasties, with Iago and Ieuaf raiding as far south as Dyfed in 952 and the sons of Howell raiding as far north as the Conwy valley in 954 before being defeated in battle at Llanrwst and chased back to Ceredigion.

Llanrwst and town
Llanrwst () is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

Llanrwst and is
Llywelyn's stone coffin is now in Llanrwst parish church.
Passing down the valley of the River Conwy the road passes through Llanrwst, Tal y Cafn and Glan Conwy, at which point there is a dual roundabout that intersects with the A55 North Wales Expressway before descending into Llandudno.
Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy previously Llanrwst Grammar School, is a bilingual, secondary school with approximately 790 pupils.
Llanddoged is a small village which lies in the hills a little over a mile to the north of Llanrwst, in Conwy county borough, Wales.
From Betws-y-coed the river continues to flow north through Llanrwst, Trefriw ( where it is joined by the Afon Crafnant ) and Dolgarrog ( where it is joined by Afon Porth-llwyd and Afon Ddu ) before reaching Conwy Bay at Conwy.
During spring tides the river is tidal as far as Llanrwst.
One of their popular songs is Cymru, Lloegr a Llanrwst ( Wales, England and Llanrwst ).
However, this claim is disputed in a publication of 1884 entitled Gweithiau Gethin published by W. J. Roberts in Llanrwst.

Llanrwst and .
This abbey was later moved to Maenan, becoming the Maenan Abbey, near Llanrwst, and Llywelyn's stone coffin can now be seen in Llanrwst parish church.
As his father was a tenant of the Gwydir estate, he was probably educated at Gwydir Castle, near Llanrwst, along with the children of the Wynn family.
in 1897 Llanrwst urban district was formed.
The urban district of Llanrwst and five rural parishes were included in Gwynedd.
Born in Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Wales, Llwyd was raised in Llanrwst and later went to University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Chester Law College.
Other connecting bus services operate to Penmachno, Corwen, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Trefriw, Dolgarrog, Conwy and Llandudno.
Llanrwst, located some from Conwy, was therefore strategically placed to benefit from this.
Attractions in Llanrwst include the almshouses, two seventeenth-century chapels and the Parish Church of St Grwst, which holds the stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great.
In 1610 Sir John Wynn of Gwydir constructed the historic Llanrwst Almshouses to house poor people of the parish.
A century later, the monastery was moved eight miles ( 13 km ) upriver to Maenan Abbey, near Llanrwst.

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