Llangollen
Llangollen is a town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, on the River Dee at the edge of the Berwyn mountains and the Clwydian Range as well as Dee Valley AONB. It had a population of 3,658 at the 2011 census. Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh llan significance "a spiritual settlement" and also Saint Collen, a 6th-century monk that founded a church beside the river. St Collen is said to have actually shown up in Llangollen by coracle. There are no other churches in Wales dedicated to St Collen, and also he might have had connections with Colan in Cornwall and also with Langolen in Brittany. Today Llangollen relies heavily on the tourist market, yet still obtains significant revenue from farming. Most of the farms in the hills around the town were lamb farms, and also the domestic woollen sector, both rotating and also weaving, was essential in the location for centuries. Several factories were later on developed along the banks of the River Dee, where both woollen and cotton were refined. The water mill contrary Llangollen Railway station mores than 600 years old, and also was originally used to grind flour for local farmers.
