Anglesey

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LLANGWYFAN

"LLANGWYFAN, a parochial chapelry in the hundred of Malltraeth, county Anglesey, 1 mile W. of Aberffraw, and 9 miles S.E. of Holyhead. Bethel is its post town. It is situated on the coast of Carnarvon Bay. Marble and limestone are obtained here, and mats are manufactured from the sea-weed. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory* of Trevdraeth, in the dioc, of Bangor. The church, situated on a small island, which the sea is fast demolishing, is dedicated to St. Cwyvan. In former times the service was adapted to the, state of the tide, but the narrow causeway which connects the island with the mainland is now so frequently flooded as to render the performance of service impossible. The parochial endowments produce about £25 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Church History
• Church Records
• Gazetteers
• Land and Property
• Maps

Church History

Llangwyfan church - on the Flickr site

Llangwyfan church - on the anglesey heritage site

Church Records

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

Gazetteers

LLANGWYVAN (LLAN-GWYVAN), a parish in the hundred of MALLTRAETH, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 10 miles (S. W. by W.) from Llangevni, containing 218 inhabitants. This parish, which is of very small extent, being scarcely a mile in length, and about the same in breadth, is situated at the south-western extremity of the county, on the shore of Carnarvon bay. The lands are cold and barren, and the whole aspect of the place is. dreary and desolate. The surrounding scenery is not enlivened either by variety or beauty, and the only views which possess any interest are those extending over the bay. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Trevdraeth, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Cwyvan, who flourished towards the close of the seventh century, and from which circumstance the parish derives its name, is a small edifice, built on a rocky island in Carnarvon bay, about three quarters of a mile distant from the main land, with which it has a communication only at low water; and during the prevalence of easterly winds it is utterly inaccessible, on which account divine service is seldom performed in it during the winter months. The produce of some small charitable benefactions in land and money is annually distributed among the poor. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £149. 6. ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)

Land and Property

Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);

• Llangwyfan land tax;- 1746-1814: assessments
• Llangwyfan Parish;- 1775-2000: records
• Llangwyfan tithes;- 1924-32: Tithe Rent Charge account books

Maps

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