Botwnnog

Botwnnog

Ty'r Ysgol
Botwnnog
Botwnnog shown within Gwynedd
Population 996 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SH260311
Community
  • Botwnnog
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PWLLHELI
Postcode district LL53
Dialling code 01758
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Botwnnog is a village and community in Gwynedd in Wales, located on the Llŷn Peninsula 6 km (4 mi) west-north-west of Abersoch. It has a population of 955,[2] increasing to 996 at the 2011 Census.

It lies between Mynytho and Sarn Meyllteyrn, has two schools, Pont y Gof Primary School and Ysgol Botwnnog (secondary), and a doctors' surgery, Meddygfa Rhydbach.[3]

The artist Moses Griffith (1749–1819) was born in Botwnnog and attended Ysgol Botwnnog. His watercolour Bottwnog church & free school is in the collection of the National Library of Wales.[4][5] Welsh band Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog come from the small settlement of Rhos Botwnnog.[6]

Ysgol Botwnnog

Ysgol Botwnnog, a bilingual comprehensive school with about 400 pupils aged 11 to 16,[7] was originally a grammar school founded in 1616 by Henry Rowlands, Bishop of Bangor.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Community/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Neighbourhood Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/localservices/viewlocalservice.aspx?id=5132
  4. ↑ Ellis, Megan (1959). "Moses Griffith". Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
  5. ↑ "Botwnnog Church and Free School". National Library of Wales.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Ian (17 September 2010) "Music profile: Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog", Daily Post (North Wales). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ysgol Botwnnog". Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Schools Inquiry Commission (1868). Report of the Commissioners. G .E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. p. Appendix 60. Retrieved 30 June 2012.


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