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"LLANFECHELL, a parish in the hundred of Tal-y-Bolion, county Anglesey, 3 miles W. of Amlwch, 5 N.W. of Llanerchymedd, and 9 from Gwindy, its post town. It is situated on the coast, and includes the township of Tregele. Soap-stone, and the valuable serpentine marble called verd antique, are obtained here. The village, which is considerable, was once a market town. Some of the people are employed in flannel-weaving, and others in the copper mines of the Parys Mountain. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value £300, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mechel. The charities amount to about £11 per annum, besides several cottages for the poor. Here are a broken cromlech, and other remains of antiquity. Fairs are held on Holy Thursday, 5th August, 6th and 21st September, 5th and 26th November." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Bibliography

  • 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
  • Edwards, Robert. Adgofion, neu, hanes crefydd : yn cynnwys diwygiad '59, &c., yn Llanfechell a'r cylch. Dinbych : Argraphwyd gan Gee a'i Fab, 1910. 185p
  • Owen, Hugh. Yr henafiaethydd : henafiaethau Cemmaes, Llanfechell, Llanbabo, Cemlyn, Llanfairynghornwy, Tregele, Carreglefn, &c., yn nghyd a hanes sefydliad Derwyddiaeth yn Mon. Amlwch : D. Jones, 1890. 94p
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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.

Llanfechell Parish; Statistics; Area 3637 acres; Population 501 males, 584 females, total 1085

  • Llanfechell Parish Church (Diocese of Bangor) Attendance - (average) morning 70/80 " The dissenters attended their own places of worship on the 30th of March, to be returned with their own clan - none of them attended the church on this day" Roger Edwards, Minister
  • Libanus, Calvinistic Methodist Erected 1830, rebuilt 1850 Attendance - morning 68 scholars, afternoon 158, evening 80 John Elias, Deacon, Draper
  • Ebenezer Chapel, Independents Erected 1805 Attendance - morning 68, afternoon 79 scholars, evening 82 scholars Thomas Owen, Independent Minister, Henblas
  • Bethania, Tregele, Wesleyan Methodists Erected 1810 Attendance - morning 25 scholars, afternoon 80, evening 30 Rowland Whittington, Wesleyan Minister
  • Hafodlas, Calvinistic Methodists Erected 1817 Attendance - morning 150, afternoon 110, evening 104 John Parry, Secretary, Tynllidiart
  • Calfaria Welsh Baptist chapel, Mynydd Mechell - "The first chapel for the Calfaria congregation was built in 1815 and it rebuilt or modified three times - in 1842, 1862 and 1897......" coflein
  • Libanus CM chapel - on geograph.org.uk and ".......was built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1850.......... rebuilt/extended in 1863 and again in 1903........." coflein
  • Capel Bethania (CM) - on geograph.org.uk and "...........The Wesleyan Methodist cause in Tregele was established in 1810 and the first chapel built in the same year. This was rebuilt in 1828, 1846 and again in 1906..........." coflein (listed under Llanbadrig)
  • Jerusalem (CM), Mynydd Mechell - on geograph.org.uk and "...........first built in 1817, enlarged in 1827 and 1852, and rebuilt in 1865......." coflein
  • Capel Ebenezer (Ind) - on geograph.org.uk and "........ first chapel was built in 1805....rebuilt or modified in 1862 and again in 1883, but the inscription below the main window on the facade dates the present building to 1862. ......" coflein
  • Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Llanfechell section (in Welsh) has been extracted with a translation by Eleri Rowlands (April 2015)

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

  • Church Llanfechell
  • Libanus Chapel, Llanfechell
  • EBENESER WELSH INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, LLANFECHELL
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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

Llanfechell - on wicipedia (Welsh)

You can see pictures of Llanfechell which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

Diaries of William Bulkley, Llanfechell 1734-60 - on the People's Collection Wales site (use search box)

Hugh Edwards of Monfa Llanfechell - Collection 1912 - c. 1970 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales

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History

Menter Mechell History Society, Llanfechell

Standing Stone - on megalithic site

Crown Hotel and post office, Llanfechell - on the People's Collection Wales site

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Land & Property

Anglesey Property Deeds - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
".. Includes documents relating to the Tre'r gof estate in the parishes of Llanbadrig and Llanfechell 1631-1818 "

Plas Coch Manuscripts - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"A collection relating to the Hughes and Hughes-Hunter family of Plas Coch (Llanedwen) and Brynddu (Llanfechell), Anglesey...."

Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);

  • Llanfechell land tax ;- 1744-1814: assessments
  • Llanfechell Parish;- 1691-1992: records
  • Llanfechell Parish Council;- 1895-1984: minutes, accounts, letter books, ephemera
  • Llanfechell tithes;- 1925-36: Tithe Rent Charge account books
  • Llanfechell window tax;- 1760: assessments
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Maps

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

The parish of Llanfechell in the County of Anglesey - on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH358900 (Lat/Lon: 53.381234, -4.469504), Llanfechell which are provided by:

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Occupations

The Bulkeley Diaries - on the People's Collection Wales site (use search box) .
"The diaries, compiled by William Bulkeley (1691 - 1760) of Brynddu, Llanfechell, provide a wealth of information about agrarian practices in Anglesey in the first half of the eighteenth century. The extracts that follow relate to the diarist's comments on the droving trade.............."

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Social Life & Customs

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

  • Mary Parry, Llanfechell. An elderly women dressed in traditional Welsh costume, who is sitting on a chair and holding a basket.
  • Diary of William Bulkeley, Brynddu, Llanfechell, vol. 1, 1734-43