llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch........

This believe it or not is the name of a Welsh town....now that's a name! Bet you can't say it...!

And here's how it's pronounced (click on the link below), what a mouthful indeed!

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/say.php

Originally the village was called Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, which means 'The Mary Church by the pool near the White Hazels' the village was renamed in the 19th century. Why ?

This was around the time when the railway was built between Chester and Holyhead at the beginning of the 1850's. A local committee was put together to try and encourage trains, travellers and 19th century tourists to stop at the village in order to help develop the village as a commercial and tourist centre.

It is believed that the name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch was invented by a cobbler from Menai Bridge, little did he know that he had implemented one of the most successful tourist marketing plans of all time! Today the village is signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and is known to locals as Llanfairpwll or Llanfair

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