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"LLANDDWYN, (or Llanddwynwen), an ancient parish and island, now part of Newborough, in the hundred of Menai, county Anglesey, 9 miles from Carnarvon, 20 from Beaumaris, its post town, and 3 from the Bodorgan station on the Crewe and Chester section of the London and North-Western railway. It is situated in a wild spot near the coast, at the extremity of Newborough Warren, and on Llanddwyn Point stands the Carnarvon lighthouse. In ancient times it had an oratory to St. Dwynwen, the daughter of Brychan Urth, the patron saint of lovers; also a Benedictine cell adjoining the Ffynnon, or St. Mary's Well, which was visited by contrite persons, who munificently contributed to the support of the monks." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Huws, Alun Pari. Llanddwyn Island : a forgotten station? Cymru a'r Môr 18 (1996), p. 33-5
Roberts, Dorothy. Llanddwyn island, Newborough, Anglesey. Proceedings of the Dyserth and District Field Club (1993), p. 42-7
Wolf, Ann. The isle of charms [Llanddwyn]. Country Quest 31/9 (1991), p. 16-17
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
The Anglesey-history site "Llanddwyn Island ( Ynys Llanddwyn) is a magical place. Located at the far end of a pleasant beach near Newborough Warren, this narrow finger of land.................not quite an island. It remains attached to the mainland at all but the highest tides. "
The BBC site - A winter walk at Newborough and Llanddwyn
The Old Lighthouse on Ynys Llanddwyn
Llanddwyn Island by Janet Wood - on the World through the lens site
Postcard of Llanddwyn and the Pilot Houses, 1915 - on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search box)
Ynys Llanddwyn - on wikipedia
The transcription of the section for Llanddwyn from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Newspaper Cuttings Book; reports on the public protest at Llanddwyn in 1938 - on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search box)
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