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Llanddeusant

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"LLANDDEUSANT, (or Llandausaint), a parish in the hundred of Taly-Bolion, county Anglesey, 5 miles N.W. of Llanerchymedd, and 7 N.E. of Holyhead. Gwindy is its post town. It is watered by the river Allo. Tho village of Treffynon is in this parish The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor, value with the curacies of Llanbabo and Llanvair-ynghornwy annexed, £615, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to SS. Marcellus and Marcell, is an ancient structure." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Church History

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.

Llanddausaint Parish; Statistics; Area 2011 acres; Population 286 males, 316 females, total 602

  • The return for the parish church is missing
  • Elim Calvinistic Methodist Erected 1822 Attendance - morning 47 + 75 scholars, afternoon 136 scholars, evening 50 + 86 scholars Edward Hughes, Deacon
  • Bethania, Independents Erected first pre 1800, secondly 1844 Attendance - (average) general congregation 200, scholars 92 Robert Jones, Deacon, Tanlan
  • Horeb, Baptist Erected 1822 Attendance - morning 45 scholars, afternoon 54, evening 60 R Roberts, Minister; Rowlant Williams, Deacon, Shiop, Llanddeusant
  • Hail-agor (re-opening) Eglwys Llanddeusant in Feb 2004 - on BBC Wales
  • SS Marcellus & Marcellinus Church - on geograph.org.uk
  • Capel Horeb Baptist chapel, Llanddeusant, papers [ c. 1866]-2001 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales and geograph.org.uk and "Horeb Baptist Chapel (Treffynon) was first built in 1822, enlarged in 1860 and rebuilt in 1891......" coflein
  • Capel Elim (CM), Llanddeusant - on geograph.org.uk and "Elim Methodist (CM Treffynon) Chapel was first built in 1822 and rebuilt in 1863......" coflein
  • "Bethania Independent Chapel was first built in 1795, enlarged in 1823 and rebuilt in 1844.............." coflein
  • Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Llanddeusant section (in Welsh) has been extracted . (Now with translation by Eleri Rowlands 12/2018)
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Church Records

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

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Description & Travel

Melin Llynnon Mill at Llanddeusant - a mill dating from 1775, now the only working windmill for grinding corn in Wales - information and pictures

Llanddeusant - on wikipedia

You can see pictures of Llanddeusant which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

Royal British Legion, Llanddeusant and Llanfaethlu Branch Records 1932-1975 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales

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Land & Property

Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);

  • Llanddeusant land tax;- 1745-1814: assessments
  • Llanddeusant Parish;- 1754-1991: records
  • Llanddeusant Parish Council;- 1921: records; additional records
  • Llanddeusant tithes;- 1925-34: Tithe Rent Charge account books
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Maps

Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Anglesey (under Parishes)

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH345855 (Lat/Lon: 53.340631, -4.487228), Llanddeusant which are provided by: