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LLANFECHELL

"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]

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

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

Church History

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 .

Church Records

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

Description and Travel

Welcome to Llanfechell

Llanfechell - on wicipedia (Welsh)

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Diaries of William Bulkley, Llanfechell 1734-60  - on the Gathering the Jewels site  (use search box)

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

History

Llanfechell Triangle - standing stones

Standing Stone - on megalithic site

Land and Property

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

Maps

Occupations

The Bulkeley Diaries - on the Gathering the Jewels 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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