Gazetteers - Llanwenllwyfo

• National Gazetteer, 1868
• Lewis 1833

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National Gazetteer (1868)

"LLANWENLLWYFO, a parochial chapelry in the hundred of Twrcelyn, county Anglesey, 6 miles N.E. of Llanerchymedd. Gwindy is its post town. It is situated on the N.E. coast, at the mouth of the river Dulas. Mining operations are carried on. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bangor, in the gift of the Incumbent of Amlwch. The church is dedicated to St. Gwenllwyvo. It contains an elaborate brass of the 14th century. Llys-Dulas is the seat of Lady Dinorben. The grounds of this mansion slope down to the water's edge, and command magnificent sea views."

"DULAS, a hamlet in the parish of Llanwenllwyfo, in the county of Anglesey, North Wales, 4 miles N.E. of Llanerchymedd. It is situated on the river Dulas, near Dulas Rock, on which is a lighthouse."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
Samuel Lewis, 1833

LLANWENLLWYVO (LLAN-WENLLWYVO), a parish in the hundred of TWRCELYN, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from Amlwch, containing 534 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the coast of the Irish sea, and partakes much of the general character of dreary sterility by which the mining districts in the immediate vicinity are distinguished, though in some parts the scenery displays features of fertility and even of romantic beauty. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the Parys and Mona copper mines, which are situated in the adjoining parish of Amlwch. Llys Dulas, the property and occasionally the residence of Lord Dinorben, is a spacious mansion situated in extensive grounds, within which the parish church forms a conspicuous and interesting object. The Traeth Dulas, or Dulas sands, at the mouth of the river Dulas, which rises from a lake in this district, stretch along a part of the shore here and form a small bay, while other portions of the coast are bold and precipitous: within a short distance is the small island of Ynys Gadarn. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Amlwch, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, and in the patronage of the Bishop, who is proprietor of the great tithes, but in half of the parcel called Rhos y Manach the tithes belong to the Rector of Llanelian. The church, dedicated to St. Gwenllwyvo, a small neat edifice, is situated in a retired and sequestered spot within the grounds of Llys Dulas, and is appropriately fitted up for the performance of divine service. The poor children of this parish receive gratuitous instruction in the National school at Amlwch ; and there are some trifling benefactions for distribution among the poor. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £ 175. 11.

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