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Conwy
Conwy Castle and Bridges.jpg
Conwy Castle and the bridges
Conwy is located in ConwyConwyConwy
Location within Conwy
Population 14,723 (2011)
OS grid reference SH775775
Community
Conwy
Principal area
Conwy
Ceremonial county
Clwyd
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CONWY
Postcode district LL31, LL32
Dialling code 01492
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
Aberconwy
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Aberconwy
List of places UK Wales Conwy
53.28°N 3.83°WCoordinates: 53.28°N 3.83°W
Conwy (/ˈkɒnwi/, Welsh: [ˈkɔnʊɨ] (About this soundlisten)), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.[1] and is a popular tourist destination. The size of the resident population in Conwy County Borough on 30 June 2015 was estimated to be 116,200 people.[2] The town itself has a population of 4,065.[3]

The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'.[4][5][6][7]


Contents
1 History
1.1 Castle and town walls
1.2 Abbey
1.3 Suspension bridge
1.4 Railway bridge
1.5 Aberconwy House
1.6 Plas Mawr
1.7 Smallest house in Great Britain
1.8 Vardre Hall
1.9 Medieval watchtower
2 Notable locations
3 Lifeboat
4 Governance
5 References
6 Gallery
7 External links
History[edit]

"Castle and suspension bridge", ca. 1890 – 1900.
Castle and town walls[edit]

A view of the original walled town, from one of the towers of Conwy town walls.
Conwy Castle and the town walls were built, on the instructions of Edward I of England, between 1283 and 1289, as part of his conquest of the principality of Wales.[8] The church standing in Conwy has been marked as the oldest building in Conwy and has stood in the walls of Conwy since the 14th century. However, the oldest structure is part of the town walls, at the southern end of the east side. Here one wall and the tower of a llys (palace/court house) belonging to Llywelyn the Great and his grandson Llywelyn ap Gruffydd have been incorporated into the wall. Built on a rocky outcrop, with an apsidal tower, it is a classic, native, Welsh build and stands out from the rest of the town walls, due to the presence of four window openings. It dates from the early 13th century and is the most complete remnant of any of his llysoedd.

The walls are part of a World Heritage Site, Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd.

People born within the town walls of Conwy are nicknamed "Jackdaws", after the jackdaws which live on the walls there. A Jackdaw Society existed until 2011.[9][10]

The population of the town in 1841 was 1,358.[11]