Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llanddaniel Fab, a parish in Anglesey, near Menai Strait, 1 mile E of Gaerwen station on the L. & N.W.R., and 7 miles SW of Beaumaris. It has a post office under Gaerwen (R.S.O.); money order office, Gaerwen; telegraph office, Llanfairpwil. Acreage, 1725; population, 451. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanidan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is ancient, and occupies the site of one which was built in 616. Remains of an ancient chapel, called Capel Cadwaladr, stand in an entrenchment 130 feet by 80.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

FindMyPast have a parish records collection which includes transcripts and images of most Welsh parish registers.
This includes Llanddaniel Fab: Baptisms from 1746 to 1912, Marriages from 1747 to 1927, and Burials from 1746 to 1812. Free to search.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanddaniel Fab from 1837 to 1937 you should search for the Bangor Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanddaniel Fab from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey East Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanddaniel Fab from 1968 to 1974 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Anglesey is online.

Maps

Online maps of Llanddaniel Fab are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• Western Mail
• The North Wales Chronicle