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when she sank on her maiden voyage. Its last usage was as a convalescent home for men, run by the
Manchester and Salford Hospital Saturday Fund and renamed after the eponymous chairman, Charles Swinglehurst. By 1965 the building had fallen into disrepair and was demolished. Bryn Lupus Road which runs
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and so did not have parish councils, but were directly administered by
Llandudno Urban District Council and Conwy Borough Council respectively. The parish of Eglwysrhos was abolished in 1905, merging with Llandudno parish to form an urban parish called "Llandudno cum Eglwysrhos" covering the same
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The parish of
Eglwysrhos was almost entirely rural until the 19th century when urban development began to be built, including at Deganwy, Craig-y-Don and Penrhyn Bay. As urban areas were developed within the parish, new administrative structures were set up to manage them. In 1854 an area on the
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ordered their demolition in the latter years of the 19th century. The adjacency of the public houses to her estate was another factor which hastened their demise, as Lady Mostyn felt the nearness of such temptations was hampering the productivity of her workers. In 1898 Lady Mostyn came to an
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arrangement with the owner of the Mostyn arms - Sam Hughes - providing him with a freehold a short distance to the north on which he could build a new premises. This building still stands today on the southern outskirts of
Llandudno and is called The Links Hotel (Gwesty Links in Welsh).
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were established instead, based on the urban districts or boroughs, which were also abolished. As such, Llanrhos parish became part of Conwy community, whilst
Llandudno cum Eglwysrhos parish became the Llandudno community. The area was also transferred from Caernarfonshire to the
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Bodysgallen Hall (Williams, 1835). The square tower (non-defensive) has a five-storey, ascending anti-clock wise, extant spiral staircase, which yields commanding views to the north (Lumina Technologies, 2006). Bodysgallen Hall is now a five-star
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Eglwysrhos was used interchangeably with Llanrhos, but seemed to fall out of favour with time. From the 19th century Eglwysrhos was predominately used to describe the wider parish, and Llanrhos the village inside its boundaries.
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The village was once home to two sizeable public houses, The Mostyn Arms and The Queen's Head. These buildings flanked the church to the north and south, a proximity which was to be their undoing when the pious
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Llandudno Urban District. The parish of Penrhyn was abolished in 1934, mostly being incorporated into Llandudno Urban District, with a smaller area added to Llanrhos.
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Llanrhos Temperance Hotel opposite the church, which later found use as a sub-post office. The building still stands and is now in use as a private residence.
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in 1282 and remained largely unchanged until extensive rebuilding in 1820 and 1865, paid for by the
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church and these are still in place. Local legend recounted by
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northern edge of the parish was included within the Llandudno
844:. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1894. p. 237
762:"First meeting of the Llandudno Improvement Commissioners"
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History and architecture of Bodysgallen Hall, North Wales
427:"Llanrhos" covering the part within the borough of Conwy.
340:, Wales. The village lies between the towns of Conwy and
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662:- Fifth Officer and survivor of the
602:The Mostyn Arms and the Queen's Head
1004:from the original on 15 April 2016.
921:"Local Government (Wales) Act 1994"
768:. Bangor. 26 August 1854. p. 8
1193:C. Michael Hogan and Amy Gregory,
794:. Bangor. 17 March 1877. p. 4
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395:Improvement Commissioners District
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750:. 15 November 1853. p. 3096.
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699:"Parish boundaries of Eglwysrhos"
35:Saint Hilary's church at Llanrhos
1228:Villages in Conwy County Borough
1173:Llandudno Queen of Welsh Resorts
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1015:Slattery, Kevin (5 July 2018).
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561:, which is now co-educational.
249:Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
865:"Conway Registration District"
559:Saint David's College for boys
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656:- 6th-century king of Gwynedd
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890:"Local Government Act 1972"
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814:"Conway Municipal Borough"
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1040:"A Walk around Llanrhos"
976:Pennant, Thomas (1784).
952:"St Hilary's, Llanrhos"
1186:Rev. Robert Williams,
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372:. The area was in the
165:Postcode district
1148:Deganwy History Group
931:The National Archives
900:The National Archives
792:North Wales Chronicle
766:North Wales Chronicle
468:Saint Hilary's Church
374:administrative county
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145:Sovereign state
672:Lady Augusta Mostyn
609:Lady Augusta Mostyn
485:diocese of St Asaph
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113:Principal area
1171:Ivor Wynne Jones.
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403:Llandudno Junction
231:UK Parliament
177:Dialling code
1118:"Llanrhos Grange"
994:"Llanrhos Church"
863:Langston, Brett.
596:destination hotel
515:in his 1784 work
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407:municipal borough
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330:community
299:3°48′54″W
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