Llandegfan, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llandegfan, a village and a parish in Anglesey. The village stands on the Menai Strait, near the ferry station, 2 miles SW of Beaumaris, and 3 NE of Menai Bridge station on the L. & N.W.R., and has a post office under Menai Bridge (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Glyn Garth. The parish comprises 2246 acres; population, 1089. A considerable portion of the population of this parish is contained. in the industrial school ship Clio. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, with Beaumaris, 2926. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Beaumaris, in the diocese-of Bangor; gross value, £274. The church is dedicated to St Tegvan, was rebuilt in 1811, has a large S chapel almost outvying the chancel, has also a tower, and, being situated on a hill, serves as a conspicuous landmark. There are Baptist and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.

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 Llandegfan: Baptisms from 1547 to 1813, Marriages from 1601 to 1922, and Burials from 1547 to 1813. 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 Llandegfan from 1837 to 1937 you should search for the Bangor Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandegfan from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey East Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandegfan 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 Llandegfan 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