Llanon

Llanon
Llanon
Population	Expression error: "2482 (2001 census, Llansantffraed)" must be numeric
OS grid reference	SN515671
Principal area	Ceredigion;
Preserved county	Dyfed;
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
UK Parliament	Ceredigion;
	List of places UK Wales Ceredigion

Llanon (formerly Llan-non) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It adjoins the village of Llansantffraed^[1] 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.

St David connection

The village is named after the church of Saint Non, the mother of Saint David. By tradition, St David was brought up in the village, which is named after her.

History

The village prospered in the 18th century and 19th century with industries rooted in the land and on the sea. Shipbuilding employed 130 men in 1861 out of a population of 1,300. It was at this period that much of the current village was developed; several Nonconformist 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 sea cliffs which are receding through attack by the sea.