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Revision as of 20:39, 30 March 2008
| Llanon | |
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| Population | Expression error: "2482 (2001 census, Llansantffraed)" must be numeric |
| OS grid reference | SN515671 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANON |
| Postcode district | SY23 5 |
| Dialling code | 01974 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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Llanon is a village in Ceredigion in West Wales, UK. It is located on the coast of Cardigan Bay, five miles north of Aberaeron and 11 miles south of Aberystwyth on the A487 road. It is built on a raised beach.
The village is named after the church of Non - the mother of Saint David. By tradition St David was brought up in the village.
The village prospered in the 18th and 19th centuries with industries rooted in the land and the sea. Shipbuilding employed 130 men in 1861 out of a population of 1300. It was at this period that much of the current village was developed; several chapels and a school were built, and the village enjoyed a large range of shops and services including five pubs and a brewery, three blacksmiths, shoe makers, wheelwrights and a bakery.
The Ceredigion County Council museum service owns Llanon Cottage, a 2-roomed 18th Century cottage, which is open to the public from time to time.
The beach is of pebble and stone with areas of sand exposed at low tide. The beach is backed by boulder clay cliffs which are receding through attack by the sea.