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The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The university was founded in 1884 with 58 students and ten staff as the University College of North Wales in a former inn. Students were awarded degrees from the University of London until 1893. In 1893, Bangor was one of the three founding colleges of the University of Wales In 1911, the university moved to the purpose-built Tudor-style building on the hill overlooking the city. The Department of Welsh Studies gained international recognition under Bedwyr Lewis Jones in the 1970s. In the 2020/2021 academic year, 9,705 people were enrolled at Bangor University,

The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built around 1130 with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style. In 1211, the cathedral was destroyed by King John's army, on a raid into Gwynedd. In the 13th century the original apse was removed and the choir was extended to its present length. The church was badly damaged when King Edward I invaded Gwynedd in 1282, and in 1284 the chapter wase given £60 in compensation for the damage. There was extensive rebuilding in this period, under the first Bishop Anian, with the transepts and crossing rebuilt. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14th century. The cathedral was said to have been burnt to the ground in 1402 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but there is no contemporary evidence for this. There certainly was extensive reconstruction from the end of the 15th century, completed in 1532.

The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built around 1130 with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style. In 1211, the cathedral was destroyed by King John's army, on a raid into Gwynedd. In the 13th century the original apse was removed and the choir was extended to its present length. The church was badly damaged when King Edward I invaded Gwynedd in 1282, and in 1284 the chapter wase given £60 in compensation for the damage. There was extensive rebuilding in this period, under the first Bishop Anian, with the transepts and crossing rebuilt. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14th century. The cathedral was said to have been burnt to the ground in 1402 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but there is no contemporary evidence for this. There certainly was extensive reconstruction from the end of the 15th century, completed in 1532.

The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built around 1130 with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style. In 1211, the cathedral was destroyed by King John's army, on a raid into Gwynedd. In the 13th century the original apse was removed and the choir was extended to its present length. The church was badly damaged when King Edward I invaded Gwynedd in 1282, and in 1284 the chapter wase given £60 in compensation for the damage. There was extensive rebuilding in this period, under the first Bishop Anian, with the transepts and crossing rebuilt. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14th century. The cathedral was said to have been burnt to the ground in 1402 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but there is no contemporary evidence for this. There certainly was extensive reconstruction from the end of the 15th century, completed in 1532.

The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built around 1130 with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style. In 1211, the cathedral was destroyed by King John's army, on a raid into Gwynedd. In the 13th century the original apse was removed and the choir was extended to its present length. The church was badly damaged when King Edward I invaded Gwynedd in 1282, and in 1284 the chapter wase given £60 in compensation for the damage. There was extensive rebuilding in this period, under the first Bishop Anian, with the transepts and crossing rebuilt. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14th century. The cathedral was said to have been burnt to the ground in 1402 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but there is no contemporary evidence for this. There certainly was extensive reconstruction from the end of the 15th century, completed in 1532.

The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built around 1130 with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style. In 1211, the cathedral was destroyed by King John's army, on a raid into Gwynedd. In the 13th century the original apse was removed and the choir was extended to its present length. The church was badly damaged when King Edward I invaded Gwynedd in 1282, and in 1284 the chapter wase given £60 in compensation for the damage. There was extensive rebuilding in this period, under the first Bishop Anian, with the transepts and crossing rebuilt. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14th century. The cathedral was said to have been burnt to the ground in 1402 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but there is no contemporary evidence for this. There certainly was extensive reconstruction from the end of the 15th century, completed in 1532.

The origins of Bangor date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early 6th century AD. In 973, Iago ab Idwal, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of England. Edgar, with an army, went to Bangor and encouraged both Iago and Hywel to share the leadership of the realm. Asserting overall control however, Edgar confirmed liberties and endowments of the Bishop of Bangor, granting land and gifts. Bangor remained a small settlement, but development was spurred by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The site of Bangor Cathedral was originally occupied by St Deiniol's Monastery. Deiniol is said to have been consecrated as a bishop by Saint David, making him the first Bishop of Bangor. This monastery was sacked in 634 and again in 1073. Nothing of the original building survives. The Synod of Westminster in 1102 is recorded as taking measures to restore Bangor Cathedral, but the earliest part of the present building was built around 1130 with the assistance of the king of Gwynedd, Gruffudd ap Cynan, who donated money towards the project and was buried by the high altar on his death in 1137. This was a cruciform building in the Norman style. In 1211, the cathedral was destroyed by King John's army, on a raid into Gwynedd. In the 13th century the original apse was removed and the choir was extended to its present length. The church was badly damaged when King Edward I invaded Gwynedd in 1282, and in 1284 the chapter wase given £60 in compensation for the damage. There was extensive rebuilding in this period, under the first Bishop Anian, with the transepts and crossing rebuilt. The nave was rebuilt in the late 14th century. The cathedral was said to have been burnt to the ground in 1402 during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, but there is no contemporary evidence for this. There certainly was extensive reconstruction from the end of the 15th century, completed in 1532.

The Welsh diocese of the former Kingdom of Gwynedd was founded c. 546 by Saint Deiniol as the first Bishop of Gwynedd in the Diocese of Bangor. Around 615 AD the current location of St. Cadwaladr's Church was established as royal monastery by the Kings of Gwynedd. King Cadfan ap Iago had been buried in the church. Cadfan's grandson Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (Cadwaladr the blessed) was the patron Saint of the church which is named after him. King Cadwaladr retired to Llangadwaladr to become a monk, he died in Rome in 664 and his body was brought back and buried here. The church was rebuilt in the 12th and 13th centuries with the addition of the nave. The chancel was added in the 14th century. Unusually, the advowson of the benefice lay with the monarch rather than the bishop, until Disestablishment (1920).

Caernarfon, situated on the Menai Strait opposite the Isle of Anglesey, dates back to a Roman fortress from the first century AD. According to tradition, the residence of Rhodri Mawr (aka Rhodri the Great) was located in the settlement known in Welsh as Caer Seiont as early as the 9th century. A first castle was built by the Normans as a motte around 1090. The castle was conquered by the Welsh in 1115, after which it remained in the possession of the Princes of Gwynedd. During his second campaign against Gwynedd, King Edward I reached Caernarfon from Chester in May 1283. The previous Welsh settlement was destroyed, the inhabitants expelled and construction of the castle began the same year. Together with Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey, the castle controlled this strategically important waterway between the west and north Wales coasts. The castle was built as a symbol of English rule over the defeated Welsh. The town walls and the castle fortifications formed a single unit, with the castle playing a key role in defence as the seat of the governor and garrison.

Caernarfon, situated on the Menai Strait opposite the Isle of Anglesey, dates back to a Roman fortress from the first century AD. According to tradition, the residence of Rhodri Mawr (aka Rhodri the Great) was located in the settlement known in Welsh as Caer Seiont as early as the 9th century. A first castle was built by the Normans as a motte around 1090. The castle was conquered by the Welsh in 1115, after which it remained in the possession of the Princes of Gwynedd. During his second campaign against Gwynedd, King Edward I reached Caernarfon from Chester in May 1283. The previous Welsh settlement was destroyed, the inhabitants expelled and construction of the castle began the same year. Together with Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey, the castle controlled this strategically important waterway between the west and north Wales coasts. The castle was built as a symbol of English rule over the defeated Welsh. The town walls and the castle fortifications formed a single unit, with the castle playing a key role in defence as the seat of the governor and garrison.