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"LLANFWROG, a parochial chapelry in the hundred of Tal-y-Bolion, county Anglesey, 3 miles N.E. of Holyhead, its post town. It is situated at the N. side of Holyhead Bay. The village is small, and is chiefly agricultural. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory* of Llanfaethly, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mwrog. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, also several small charities of about £1 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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.
Llanfwrog Parochial Chapelry; Statistics; Area 2017 acres; Population 135 males, 127 females, total 262
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
LLANVWROG (LLAN-VWROG), a parish in the hundred of TAL Y BOLION, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (N. W.) from Bodedern, containing 266 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the shore of the Irish sea, by which it is bounded on the west and south-west, and contains a considerable tract of enclosed and fertile land. The views from the higher grounds over the adjacent country and the Irish sea are interesting and extensive. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanvaethlu, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Mwrog, is a small ancient edifice in a very dilapidated condition, containing some curious remains of ancient oak carving : over the north entrance is a mutilated inscription, of which only a few of the letters, rudely formed, are remaining. According to tradition, there was anciently a chapel in a field called Monwent Mwrog, on the farm of Cevn Glas, in this parish ; but not a vestige of it is now to be seen. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists. The produce of some small charitable donations and bequests is distributed among the poor of the parish. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £ 191. 7. (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
[Last updated: 18 May 2011- Gareth Hicks]
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