Gwalchmai
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Gwalchmai is a village on Anglesey in north Wales. It is less than a mile from the A55 and the Anglesey Show Ground and less than two miles from RAF Mona. There are the remains of a windmill in the southern part of the village and a TV transmission tower just north of the village. Llyn Hendref (The Lake of Winter Dwelling) is a small lake to the north-east. The village consists of two distinct parts, Gwalchmai Uchaf (Upper Gwalchmai) which is the south-east section and Gwalchmai Isaf (Lower Gwalchmai) which is the north-west section. The local football team Gwalchmai FC play in the Anglesey League.
The village is considered to be named after the 12th-century court poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, whose own name may be derived from that of the Welsh hero known as Gwalchmai (or Gwalchmei) ap Gwyar, who became the Gawain of later Arthurian legend. On the village clock are inscribed the names of the 29 dead from the village in World War One and the 9 from World War Two.
