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LLANBADRIG

"LLANBADRIG, a parish in the hundred of Tal-y-Bolion, county Anglesey, 3½ miles W. of Amlwch, its post town, and 7 N.W. of Llanerchymedd. It is situated at the head of a small creek on the coast, opening to the Irish Sea. The parish includes the township of Clygyrog and the little port of Cemmaes, which is visited by small vessels laden with coal and corn. There are extensive quarries of limestone and serpentine marble. Small quantities of yellow ochre and copper ore have been found. The village is considerable, and some of the inhabitants are engaged in fishing and in the coasting trade. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor, value £169. The church, dedicated to St. Patrick, is an ancient structure built on the same spot as one said to have been founded in 440 by that saint. It stands close to the sea-shore, opposite an island named Ynys Badrig, from a circumstance recorded in the legendary life of the great Irish apostle. There is a free school endowed with £24, and other charities producing in all about £37 per annum. In the neighbourhood are two cromlechs, one mutilated." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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

Bibliography

D'Arcy, Patrick. The story of Llanbadrig. [Cemais, Gwynedd] : Patrick D'Arcy, [1985]. 20p

Edwards, Geraint Wyn. A short history of the churches and neighbourhood of Llanbadrig, Llanfechell, Llanfflewin and Bodewryd. Llanfechell : Y Parchedig Geraint W. Edwards, [1997] 46p

Gates, D G W. Y cofrestr plwyf Llabadrig (1754-1812), Ynys Môn, Cymru. Porthaethwy : Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Gwynedd, 1998. 55p

Williams, Llewelyn. Church of Irish saint in Wales [Llanbadrig, Anglesey]. Country Quest 29/7 (1988), p. 17-18

Windley, Brian. The search for the source of St Patrick's Stone, Llanbadrig. Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club (1998), p. 73-8

Church History

Montage of pictures from Llanbadrig Church - on youtube (short video)

Llanbadrig Church - on Anglesey Today

Cemaes Bay site - Llanbadrig Church history

CEMAES BAY, St. Patrick (1863-1865) plans - on the Church plans online site

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

Church Records

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

Neil Summers' Amwlch data site has various indexes/databases;

• Bethesda Chapel Memorial Index
• St Padrig Church Memorial Index
• Baptisms;- St Padrig Church 1813-1875 , Bethesda Chapel 1808-1837, Bethlehem chapel 1808-1837
• Llanbadrig Marriages 1813-37
• Llanbadrig pre 1813 burials

Description and Travel

UK Villages site - has a map etc

Aerial photograph of  Porthwen Brickworks, Llanbadrig, 1994  -    on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search box)

Llanbadrig  - on wikipedia

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanbadrig from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

Genealogy

Diaries of Reverend John Ellis  -   details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Reverend John Ellis was vicar of Llanbadrig in Anglesey from 1770 to 1777 .................."

Land and Property

Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);

• Llanbadrig land tax;- 1753-1814: assessments
• Llanbadrig Parish;- 1731-1992: records
• Llanbadrig Parish Council;- 1909-63: property records
• Llanbadrig tithes;- 1925-36: Tithe Rent Charge account books
• Llanbadrig window tax;- 1760: assessments

Maps

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