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The parish name was recorded as Llanfair y Pwllgwyngyll ('Llanfair' meaning "[St.] Mary's church"; y meaning "(of) the") as far back as the mid 16th century, in Leland's Itinerary. The suffixing of the township name to that of the church would have served to distinguish the parish from the many other sites dedicated to Mary in Wales.
It comprises the full name of the village, plus local topographical details, plus the name of a neighbouring church etc. The actual longest railway station name in Wales (indeed the UK) is Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station .
Note: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official place name in the world. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 characters); Short forms: Llanfair PG, Llanfairpwll, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll The 58 characters include 7 digraphs, so it consists of only 51 letters in the Welsh language.
It's the name of a hill in New Zealand, and it's the longest official place name in the world. We can only hope no poor child ever has to spell these bad boys in a spelling bee. Though we're sure ...
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll – or to give it its full title Llanfair-pwllgwyngyll-gogery-chwyrn-drobwll-llan-tysilio-gogo-goch – is a little village on the Welsh island of Anglesey and lays claim to ...
Now, the Spanish soccer league has linked up with the biggest name in the sport. Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll ...
Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club, [1] commonly referred to by a shortened version as CPD Llanfairpwll FC, is a football team based in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, that plays in the North Wales Coast West Division One.
Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf (Llanbedrgoch) [2] [75] 1794 Presbyterian: Rebuilt 1853, 1892 St Mary, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll: Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll: Mary [47] Medieval Church in Wales: Bro Dwynwen Rebuilt 1853 Rhos-y-Gad United Church Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll [2] [76] 1785 Presbyterian: Rebuilt 1836, 1873 Capel Ebeneser, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Llanfair ...