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17-460: 53°15′N 4°36′W / 53.250°N 4.600°W / 53.250; -4.600 Rhoscolyn is a village and community located on Holy Island, Anglesey , Wales. It is just over five miles south of Holyhead and is the most southerly settlement on the island. The name Rhoscolyn is said to mean "The Moor" (Rhos) of The Column (colyn) , referring to a pillar which the Romans put up to mark
34-405: A public beach . There was once a lifeboat station on Borthwen which was open between 1830 and 1929 which has been replaced by a navigational beacon on Ynysoedd Gwylanod (' Gulls' Islands' ). Around these waters at the end of the 18th century was a thriving oyster catching industry, but this declined once the beds had been depleted. Existing buildings include the local pub, The White Eagle and
51-642: Is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales . Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England but, unlike English parishes, communities cover the whole of Wales. There are 878 communities in Wales. Until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes . These were abolished by section 20 (6) of the Local Government Act 1972 , and replaced by communities by section 27 of
68-527: The Eluned Morgan government on "an interim basis". She replaced Vaughan Gething , who had appointed himself to the role after Mick Antoniw resigned from the cabinet. She has specific statutory functions in that role, including in relation to Senedd Cymru Bills. However, as she is not an elected Minister, any ministerial powers associated with the role will have to be executed by a sitting minister. The Law Society responded to her appointment by calling for
85-587: The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 . Elisabeth Jones Elisabeth Velina Jones is a Welsh lawyer who served as the Counsel General-designate for Wales , from 7 August 2024 to 11 September 2024 and has also served as legal adviser to the Senedd . Jones studied French and German at Somerville College , Oxford , and studied for an LLM at
102-717: The University of Bristol . Jones initially worked in commercial and employment law in the City of London and Bristol. She also worked giving free legal advice at the Gloucester Law Centre. She later worked at the European Court of Human Rights . In 2012, she was appointed Chief Legal Advisor to the National Assembly for Wales . She served in this role until 2019. In 2024, she was appointed as Counsel General-desginate in
119-475: The Crown . In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor , St Asaph and St Davids . The chair of a town council or city council will usually have the title mayor (Welsh: maer ). However, not every community has a council. In communities with populations too small to sustain a full community council, community meetings may be established. The communities in
136-655: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums A community ( Welsh : cymuned )
153-525: The Ysgol Gynradd Santes Gwenfaen primary school which is found just over a mile north of the village. Probably the most significant lifeboat incident here was the launch to the Timbo . On 1 December 1920 the small coaster , was en route to Ireland from Holyhead when she was overcome by a storm off South Stack and began to drift down the coast. The lifeboat was launched, with great difficulty in
170-745: The community boundaries within their area every fifteen years. The councils propose changes to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales , which prepares a report and makes recommendations to the Welsh Government . If the Welsh Government accepts the recommendations, then it implements them using a statutory instrument . For example, in 2016 four new communities were created in the City and County of Cardiff . The legislation surrounding community councils in Wales has been amended significantly in
187-525: The edge of their territories. The community population taken from the 2011 census was 542. The community includes the larger part of the village of Four Mile Bridge , which extends into the community of Valley on the other side of the Cymyran Strait . A little to the west of the village is a mediaeval well dedicated to St Gwenfaen beside which are the remains of a drystone well house measuring 4.5 m east–west by 5.5 m. The local church in
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#1733084579610204-459: The heavy seas, and made a number of attempts to get a line aboard her, without success, until the cox decided no more could be done and the lifeboat started its return journey, from a point close to Ynys Llanddwyn . The lifeboat capsized and 5 of the 13 man crew were lost, and, a little later, 4 men from the Timbo as well. The ship eventually became stranded at Dinas Dinlle , was eventually refloated with
221-487: The same Act. The principal areas of Wales are divided entirely into communities. Unlike in England, where unparished areas exist, no part of Wales is outside a community, even in urban areas . Most, but not all, communities are administered by community councils , which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by
238-551: The urban areas of the cities of Cardiff , Swansea and Newport do not have community councils. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census , there were 869 communities in Wales. 84 percent, or more than 730, have a council. They vary in size from Rhayader with an area of 13,945 hectares (34,460 acres) to Cefn Fforest with an area of 64 hectares (160 acres). They ranged in population from Barry with 45,053 recorded inhabitants to Baglan Bay with no permanent residents. The twenty-two principal area councils are required to review
255-565: The use of tugs until she struck Carreg y Trai reef off Abersoch and was lost. Community (Wales) Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
272-501: The village itself is dedicated to the same saint and was first built in the 6th century. The present church was built in 1875 and enlarged by the addition of a chancel in 1879. See also Misplaced Pages entry S t Gwenfaen's Church, Rhoscolyn Among the interior fittings is a fine copper memorial in Art Nouveau style to the Revd. John Hopkins, who was Rector from 1876 until his death in 1901. Hopkins
289-400: Was obviously an effective and well-loved priest. There exists a 10,000 word appreciation of Hopkins written by " His Honour Judge Parry ", a summer visitor who got to know him well. This includes many fascinating anecdotes illustrating the nature of rural life in late nineteenth century Anglesey. Rhoscolyn is bordered to the south by a small enclosed bay called Borthwen which is bordered by
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