Llangollen
Llangollen is a small town as well as neighborhood in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, on the River Dee beside the Berwyn mountains as well as the Clwydian Range and also Dee Valley AONB. It had a population of 3,658 at the 2011 census. Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh llan meaning "a spiritual settlement" and Saint Collen, a 6th-century monk that started a church beside the river. St Collen is said to have shown up in Llangollen by coracle. There are no other churches in Wales dedicated to St Collen, and he might have had links with Colan in Cornwall and with Langolen in Brittany. Today Llangollen depends heavily on the tourist sector, however still gains considerable earnings from farming. The majority of the ranches in the hills around the community were lamb ranches, as well as the domestic wool sector, both spinning and weaving, was important in the area for centuries. A number of factories were later developed along the banks of the River Dee, where both woollen and cotton were refined. The water mill opposite Llangollen Railway station mores than 600 years old, and was originally made use of to grind flour for local farmers.
