Carmel, Gwynedd
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Carmel is a small village
near Y Fron
in Gwynedd
, north-west Wales
. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village has its own school, Carmel school and still has managed to keep a couple of shops, one a general store (Siop Doris), which is run by Doris Jones, the nicest shopkeeper in the world and the other a Post House,was ran by Mr. Campbell who has recently retired on 4 July 2009 at the age of 88 years old, this shop is not the post office as this was closed down in the postal cuts. The village also contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes. There are a number of other businesses including a driving lesson school and a car garage. Nearby villages are Penygroes and Groeslon
. Notable residents have included Dafydd Glyn Jones
, Sir Thomas Parry
(1904-1985), Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1958-1969 and the artist Ifor Pritchard
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
near Y Fron
Y Fron
Y Fron is a village in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, in the shadow of Mynydd Mawr.During the 19th century the nearby Y Fron slate quarry was a significant local employer. In 2002 the quarry was used to film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.The village has one school and is now...
in Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
, north-west Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The village is built up mainly of Victorian homes, with a more modern area. The village has its own school, Carmel school and still has managed to keep a couple of shops, one a general store (Siop Doris), which is run by Doris Jones, the nicest shopkeeper in the world and the other a Post House,was ran by Mr. Campbell who has recently retired on 4 July 2009 at the age of 88 years old, this shop is not the post office as this was closed down in the postal cuts. The village also contains a number of chapels, which are gradually closing down and some being converted into homes. There are a number of other businesses including a driving lesson school and a car garage. Nearby villages are Penygroes and Groeslon
Groeslon
Groeslon is a small village in the community of Llandwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.Nearby villages are Penygroes, Carmel and Dinas. The village lies approximately five miles south of Caernarfon. It has one primary school in the centre of the village and no secondary schools...
. Notable residents have included Dafydd Glyn Jones
Dafydd Glyn Jones
Dafydd Glyn Jones is a Welsh scholar and lexicographer, born in the village of Carmel, Gwynedd. He is a specialist in Middle Welsh prose, and his other interests include Welsh history, Robert Jones, Rhoslan, and the life and work of Emrys ap Iwan....
, Sir Thomas Parry
Thomas Parry (author)
Sir Thomas Parry was a Welsh author and Academic. He was Librarian of the National Library of Wales from 1953 to 1958, and Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth from 1958 to 1969. The Thomas Parry Library located on Aberystwyth University's Llanbadarn Campus was named in his...
(1904-1985), Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1958-1969 and the artist Ifor Pritchard
Ifor Pritchard
Ifor Pritchard was an artist and former art teacher. His paintings drew on his childhood in the North Wales village of Carmel, Gwynedd and his memories of the local slate quarries....
.