Llandrygan, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llandrygarn, a parish in Anglesey, 4 miles SW of Llanerchymedd, and 6 NW of Llangefni. Post town, Llangefni. It contains Gwyndu. Acreage, 2508; population of the civil parish, 300; of the ecclesiastical, with Bodwrog, 655. Bodychan was the seat of Rhys ap Llewelyn, who was with Henry VII. at Bosworth Field, but it is now represented by only fragmentary remains. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Bodwrog, in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £196 with residence. Patrons, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St Trygan, and is good.

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 Llandrygarn: Baptisms from 1813 to 1912, Marriages from 1813 to 1925, and Burials from 1813 to 1868. 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 Llandrygan from 1837 to 1885 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandrygan from 1885 to 1937 you should search for the Holyhead Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandrygan from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey West Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandrygan 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 Llandrygan 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