Anglesey

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LLANALLGO

"LLANALLGO, a parochial chapelry in the hundred of Twrcelyn, county Anglesey, 6 miles E. of Llanerchymedd, its post town, and 7 N. of Llangefni. It is situated on the northern part of Red Wharfe Bay, overlooking the Irish Sea. At a place here called Moelfre marble of good quality is obtained. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Llaneugrad. The rude little church of Llanallgo is a cruciform structure, dedicated to St. Gallgov. It has attained a melancholy celebrity as the burial-place of the corpses washed on shore after the loss of the Royal Charter steam clipper, on 26th October, 1859. There are remains of a chapel, said to have been built about the 7th century, and dedicated to St. Alltgo. Close to it is a holy well. At Moelfre is a cromlech of rather unusual size, resting upon seven supports. It is in contemplation to erect a column on the rocks above the bay to commemorate the loss of the Royal Charter." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Bibliography

Evans, Robin. Llongau a llongwyr plwyf Llanallgo 1780-1820. Cymru a'r Môr 19 (1997-98), p. 70-87

Hughes, S Roose. Pregeth ar longdrylliad y Royal Charter, a draddodwyd yn yr Ysgol Wladwriaethol, Llanallgo, Mon, ar y 13eg o Dachwedd, 1859. Caernarfon : J. W. Rees, pr, 1859. 12p

Lewis, Wynne. The parish of Llanallgo in 1851. Journal of the Aberystwyth Agricultural Society 1987, p. 83-96

Church History

Llanallgo Parish Church site - church history, renovation of the bell,  and also the story of the Wreck of the Royal Charter in 1859

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

Church Records

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

Description and Travel

Moelfre Community site

Llanallgo - on wicipedia (Welsh)

Moelfre - on wikipedia

Aerial photograph of Din Lligwy Ancient Village, Llanallgo, 1994 - on Gathering the Jewels

Gazetteers

A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Land and Property

Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);

• Llanallgo land tax;- 1753-1814: assessments
• Llanallgo Parish;- 1754-2000: records
• Llanallgo Parish Council;- 1930-74: minutes, records ;   1885-2002: additional records
• Llanallgo tithes;- 1924-36: Tithe Rent Charge account books
• Llanallgo window tax;- 1760: assessments

Maps

Merchant Marine

Moelfre Seawatch Centre - data and access details

Moelfre Lifeboat Station - history etc

The Royal Charter wreck on the BBC site

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