Llangollen place names

Llangollen place names

“Llan” denotes an area of land enclosed by a wall, in which a church was normally the main feature. “Llan” is usually followed by the name of the saint to whom the church was dedicated. In this case the saint was Collen, whose name mutates to “Gollen” after Llan.

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