Pentir

{{infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| welsh_name =

| official_name = Pentir

| static_image = The Square at Pentir - geograph.org.uk - 229928.jpg

| coordinates = {{coord|53.180750|-4.135899|region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| cardiff_distance_mi = 124.2

| cardiff_distance_km = 199.9

| london_distance_mi = 204.7

| london_distance_km = 329.4

| unitary_wales = Gwynedd

| community_wales = Pentir

| constituency_welsh_assembly =

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = Bangor

| postcode_district = LL57

| postcode_area =

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SH 5736 6698

| population = 2450

| map_type =

| module= 240px
Map of the community

}}

Pentir is a community and electoral ward in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is 124 miles (199.9 km) from Cardiff and 205 miles (329.4 km) from London.[http://www.e-gymraeg.com/enwaucymru/chwilio.aspx/Pentir Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr)]; accessed 9 May 2014{{cite map|title=Google Maps|publisher=Google}} In 2011 the population of Pentir was 2450 with 58.7% of them able to speak Welsh.[http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/census-population/?lang=en Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530161647/http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/census-population/?lang=en |date=30 May 2014 }}; accessed 9 May 2014 It includes the Penrhosgarnedd suburbs of Bangor, Glasinfryn, Caerhun and the hamlet of Pentir.

The Faenol Hall (Vaenol Estate) is a Grade II* Listed Building within the community, as well as a number of other buildings on the estate, e.g., Chapel of St. Mary.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-4172-chapel-of-st-mary-to-n-of-vaynol-old-hall- British Listed Buildings website.]

Pentir was historically part of the parish of Bangor.{{cite web |title=Bangor Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10114408/boundary |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=24 November 2024}} The Local Government Act 1894 directed that parishes could no longer straddle borough boundaries, and so the part of Bangor parish outside the boundary of the municipal borough (city) of Bangor became a separate parish, which took the name Pentir from one of the hamlets it contained.{{cite web |last1=Langston |first1=Brett |title=Bangor Registration District |url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/bangor.html |website=UK BMD |access-date=24 November 2024}} Rural parishes such as Pentir were converted into communities in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|accessdate=6 October 2022}}

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