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BODEDERN

"BODEDERN, a parish in the hundred of Lyfon, in the county of Anglesey, North Wales, 7 miles to the E. of Holyhead. The name of this place, which signifies "House of Edern," is derived from a bard who resided here in the 7th century. It is situated in a pleasant country on the old road to Holyhead. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the spinning of yarn, which is carried on in two mills. Petty sessions are held in the village monthly. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bangor, of the value of £104, in the patronage of the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford. The church, an ancient edifice of small dimensions, is dedicated to St. Edeyrn, and contains several interesting monuments to the families of Presaddved and Jones of Tre' Iorweth. There are chapels belonging to the Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, and Independents. A National school was founded in 1822. The parochial charities amount to £19 per annum. Presaddved and Tre' Iorweth are the principal seats. The latter is situated near the beautiful lake called Llyn Llwennyn." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Public Records

Bibliography

Lewis, Richard. Richard Lewis, 1817-65, Llandegfan a Bodedern : detholiad o'i waith. [Bodedern] : [Dafydd Wyn Wiliam], (Llangefni : 1999 O. Jones). 29p. Foreword in English. Includes an essay on Bodedern from Y Traethodydd (1856), p. 399-408

Thomas, Glyndwr. Cartrefi Môn : Llannerch-y-medd a Bodedern. Bodedern : J.O. & J.E. Roberts, 1965, 59p

Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn. Enwau lleoedd plwyf Bodedern. Llangefni : Argraffwyd gan O. Jones, 1986, 40p

Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn. Y traddodiad barddol ym mhlwyf Bodedern, Môn. 1975

Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn.  Bodedern Gynt sef Braslun o Hanes Twf a Datblygiad Bodedern. Argraffyd gan O Jones, Llangefni, 1980, 30 p

Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn. Eglwys Blwyf Bodedern.  Braslun o'i Hanes. Argraffyd gan O Jones, Llangefni, 1982, 30p

Church History

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Saron section (in Welsh) has been extracted .    Also Bodedeyrn chapel

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.

• According to The Baptist Handbook for 1936 , in 1824 the Tabernacle Baptist Church at Bodedern, Anglesey had 120 seats, 57 members and 5 Sunday school teachers. .....
• In the same year, Ainon Church had 150 seats, 24 members and 4 Sunday school teachers........

Also see below under Public Records

Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)

• Bodedern Baptist chapel records; -
  Tabernacle church records, namely, account books 1876 - 1965, record of promises of members 1920-1945, pew rent book 1933-1956, and Sunday school accounts 1935-45.
  Ainon chapel account books, 1926-1937.

Description and Travel

UK Villages site

Aerial photograph of Presaddfed Burial Chamber, Bodedern - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Bodedern - on wikipedia

Gazetteers

A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)

• Bodedern Community Council;- 1888-1995: records, accounts, minutes
• Bodedern land tax;- 1745-1814: assessments
• Bodedern Parish;- 1695-1985: records;    1853-1963: baptism register
• Bodedern tithes;- 1924: Tithe Rent Charge account books
• Bodedern window tax;- 1751-60: assessments

Maps

Public Records

Details of extant records on the Archives Network Wales site

• A miscellaneous collection of material relating to Bodedern parish, consisting of: Accounts of the overseers of the poor, 1824 - 1848 Account book of the surveyor of highways, 1842 - 1847 Rate book, 1859 - 1860 Summary of the accounts of the parish church, 1906 - 1907 Records of the Edeyrn Lodge of the Independent order of Good Templars, 1873 - 1876, 1903 - 1929 Minute book of the Memorial Hall Committee, 1922 - 1930 Account book of Saron Congregational Chapel, 1925 - 1946

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