Llanfairpwllgwyngyll: the post office
Introduction
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll: the post office
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 13 Aug 2013
Leaving aside the famous full length version of the name, which is really a fanciful embellishment, the official version Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is worth looking at. On modern-day maps, the name of the parish is given as two words, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, while it was one word (slightly differently spelt as Llanfairpwllgwingyll) according to the GPO in 1857 to at least 1867. The GPO had changed the official name to Llanfairpwll (with "or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll" appended) certainly by 1907. The reversion to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll was noted in the PO Gazette on 23 June 1971 and this has been the correct postal address ever since. There has been a post office in the town since 28 June 1845 when it was called Bryn Llanfair. The office was renamed Llanfairpwllgwingyll (see above) about ten years later. It has been a post town since 1 August 1905.
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53.221266
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-4.206386