Editing Nefyn (section)

===Parish church and origin of the name Nefyn===
The foundations of the old St Mary's [[parish church]] date from the 6th century, although the present building was erected in 1827. It would have been an important staging post for [[pilgrimage]]s to [[Ynys Enlli]] (Bardsey Island). The old church is no longer a place of worship but houses a museum dedicated to the maritime history of Nefyn. Since 2013, archaeologists have been investigating the area under the church and have uncovered a 13th–14th century brooch and the remains of a lady buried sometime between 1180 and 1250 in an older form of entombment called a [[cist]] grave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/medieval-tomb-uncovered-nefyn-church-8937636|title=Medieval tomb uncovered in Nefyn church by archaeologists|first=Ben|last=Butler|date=28 March 2015|website=North Wales Live}}</ref>

The place name is of uncertain origin. It is recorded as ''Newin'' in 1291, and as ''Nefyn'' in 1291. It may represent a personal name.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54381298|title=A dictionary of British place-names|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=A. D. Mills|isbn=978-0-19-173944-6|location=Oxford|oclc=54381298}}</ref> The official spelling of the name was changed from Nevin to Nefyn in 1955.<ref>{{cite book |title=Census 1961, England and Wales: County Reports |date=1963 |page=4 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Census_1961_England_and_Wales/HwVAAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22local%20government%20act%201933%22%20waunfawr&dq=%22local%20government%20act%201933%22%20waunfawr&printsec=frontcover |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>

The [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] recorded a tribe occupying the peninsula called the 'Gangani', who are also recorded as a tribe in [[Ireland]].
<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cunliffe|first=Barry W.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54529166|title=Iron Age communities in Britain : an account of England, Scotland and Wales from the seventh century BC until the Roman conquest|date=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-34779-3|edition=4th|location=London|pages=206|oclc=54529166}}</ref>