Llangollen
Llangollen is a village and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, on the River Dee beside the Berwyn hills and the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB. It had a population of 3,658 at the 2011 census. Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh llan meaning "a religious negotiation" and Saint Collen, a 6th-century monk who founded a church next to the river. St Collen is said to have actually arrived in Llangollen by coracle. There are nothing else churches in Wales committed to St Collen, and also he may have had links with Colan in Cornwall and with Langolen in Brittany. Today Llangollen counts greatly on the tourist industry, but still gets substantial income from farming. A lot of the ranches in the hills around the community were lamb ranches, and also the residential woollen sector, both spinning and weaving, was necessary in the location for centuries. A number of manufacturing facilities were later on constructed along the banks of the River Dee, where both wool and cotton were refined. The water mill opposite Llangollen Railway station is over 600 years old, and was initially made use of to grind flour for regional farmers.
