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"LLANGEINWEN, a parish in the hundred of Menai, county Anglesey, 1½ mile E. of Newborough, and 3 miles N.W. of Carnarvon, its post town. It is situated on the river Brain, close to the Menai Strait, across which there is a ferry. Here are limestone quarries. The tithes were commuted in 1839. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor, value with the curacy of Llangafo annexed, £664. The church is dedicated to St. Ceinwen, and was rebuilt about 1812. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. The charities amount to £6 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
A plan of farms in Llangeinwen parish, Anglesey;
In Corris, John, Plans and surveys of lands in the counties of Carnarvon and Anglesey 1792. Map 9. 1791Glan Braint. Marwnad i'r diweddar Griffith Owen, Tanyfonwent, Llangeinwen : yr hwn a fu farw Tachwedd 5ed, 1890, yn 30ain mlwydd oed. Caernarfon : Argraphwyd gan W. Gwenlyn Evans, [1890?]
Prichard, Hugh. Marwnad ar farwolaeth Owen Jones, Cwurt, Llangeinwen, Sîr Fôn : yr hwn a ymadawodd a'r byd hwn yr 16 o Ragfur, 1813, yn y drugeinfed flwyddyn o'i oed wedi bod yn arddel crefydd 34 Blynedd .. Caernarfon, M. Roberts, [1813?] 6p
Prichard, Hugh. Marwnad, ar yr achlysur o farwolaeth ein brawd Thomas Jones, o'r Ty Croes, Llangeinwen, Môn...1820... Caernarfon : Argraffwyd gan Peter Evans, 1820.
Steve Bulman's site - Llangeinwen church photograph
St Ceinwen's church, Llangeinwen - on the geograph.org site
The First World War Roll of Honour at Llangeinwen church - on the geograph.org site
LLANGEINWEN, St. Ceinwen 1838-1839 - on the Church plans online site
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Dwyran section (in Welsh) has been extracted
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
LLANGEINWEN (LLAN-GEINWEN), a parish composed of an Upper and a Lower division, in the hundred of MENAI, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Carnarvon, containing 776 inhabitants. This parish, which is of very considerable extent, derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Ceinwen, a female who was distinguished for the sanctity of her life, about the middle of the fifth century. It is pleasantly situated on the western shore of the Menai strait, which is here a mile and a half in breadth, and opposite to the town of Carnarvon, to which there is a ferry from this place, called Tal y Voel. The surface is varied, being in some parts composed of hills of considerable elevation, and the surrounding scenery is finely diversified. The higher grounds afford extensive and interesting views over the Menai strait, the bay of Carnarvon, and the adjacent country. The parish abounds with limestone of excellent quality, of which extensive quarries are worked at Guirt, Gelleniog-wen, Rhydgar, and Penrhyn bach, affording employment to a considerable number of men: the produce of these quarries is partly burnt into manure for the supply of the surrounding districts, and great quantities are exported by the Menai to different places on the coast. The living is a rectory, not in charge, with the perpetual curacy of Llangafo annexed, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, and in the patronage of the Rev. Wynne Williams. The church, dedicated to St. Ceinwen, was originally built about the close of the sixth century, and, having fallen into decay, was rebuilt in the year 1812. The present church is a neat edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, the latter of which is decorated with a handsome east window. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists. The amount of several charitable bequests to the poor of this parish in money and land, of which last a certain portion was appropriated to the apprenticing of a poor boy, is annually distributed at Christmas, according to the wishes of the respective donors. At Guirt are the remains of a chapel, for many years used as a stable, and now converted into a dairy. Previously to its application to its present use, the figures of the apostles painted on the Walls were remaining, and over the east window are still preserved allegorical figures of Time and Death. Near the boundary of the parish is a rude upright stone, with the inscription FILIVS. VLRICI. EREXIT, HVNC. LAPIDEM., supposed to be a monument to the memory of some chieftain interred beneath it. In the quarries at Gelleniogwen great numbers of human bones are frequently found, which are supposed to be the remains of native inhabitants who at some period fell at this place in defending their country against the Danes. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £28O. 5. ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833 )
Stone head from Llangeinwen - on the Gathering the Jewels site
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
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