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"LLANFAETHLU, a parish in the hundred of Tal-y-Bolion, county Anglesey, 6 miles N.E. of Holyhead, its post town and railway station. It is situated on the eastern side of Holyhead Bay. Here was a station of the Liverpool and Holyhead semaphore telegraph line. Fullers' earth is obtained. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value with the curacy of Llanvwrog annexed, £636, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Maethlu. The parochial charities produce about £9 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Jones, G Madoc. Carreg ar garreg : sef hanes yr achos Methodistiaidd yn Llanfaethlu. Llangefni : W.O. Jones, 1910. 48p
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
Llanfaethlu - on wicipedia (Welsh)
LLANVAETHLU (LLAN-VAETHLU), a parish in the hundred of Tal y Bolion, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Bodedern, containing 433 inhabitants. This parish, which is of very considerable extent, is pleasantly situated on a tract of rising ground above Holyhead Roads, and commands an extensive view over the Irish sea, by which it is bounded on the west. It is supposed to have been known at a very early period to the Romans, who are thought to have had a smelting place here, for the ore of the Parys mountain. This supposition is confirmed in some degree by the discovery of a cake of copper-ore, weighing fifty-four lb., and stamped with a mark resembling the Roman letter L, about the year 1757, and by the quantities of charcoal and scoria of copper which are frequently turned up by the plough in tilling the land upon the higher grounds. The surface is enclosed, and, with the exception only of a small proportion, in a good state of cultivation : the soil is in general fertile. The immediate neighbourhood is enlivened with some handsome seats. Within the parish is Carreg Llwyd, the ancient family mansion of the Griffiths, by whom it has been occupied for centuries : the grounds are extensive, and ornamented with well-grown timber, and within them is a lake of considerable size. Near this spot is a signal station, communicating with Holyhead on the west and Llanelian on the east, and forming a link in the chain of posts between Holyhead and Liverpool. Fullers' earth of very superior quality abounds in the parish, and the procuring of it would be attended with considerable advantage. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Llanvwrog annexed, in the arch deaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £ 16. 17. 1., and in the patronage of the Bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Maethlu, and situated on a lofty eminence overlooking the Irish sea, is a spacious and handsome structure of modern erection ; and the interior, which is one of the neatest in the island, is ornamented with a good east window of three ogee-headed lights, embellished with modern stained glass : on the south side of the church are some ancient monuments to the memory of deceased members of the family of Griffith. There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A charitable bequest of £ 38 was made to the poor by an unknown benefactor, besides which there are several smaller donations, the produce of which is annually distributed among the poor of the parish. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor is £ 212.9. (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)
The Modern Antiquarian site - Soar Standing Stone at Llanfaethlu
Royal British Legion, Llanddeusant and Llanfaethlu Branch Records 1932-1975 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
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