Llanfaelog, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llanfaelog, a village and a parish in Anglesey. The village stands near the coast, 1 mile NW of Ty Croes station on the L. & N.W.R., and 3 miles NNW of Aberffraw. It has a post and money order office under Ty Croes (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Ty Croes. The parish comprises 2160 acres of land and 75 of water, with 5 of adjacent tidal water and 250 of foreshore; population, 718. There are two cromlechs. Many of the inhabitants are employed in fishing. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanbeulan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Maelog, is a modern structure, and occupies the site of one built in the 7th century. There are Calvinistic Methodist and Wesleyan 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 Llanfaelog: Baptisms from 1813 to 1912, Marriages from 1757 to 1927, and Burials from 1917 to 1980. 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 Llanfaelog from 1837 to 1885 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfaelog from 1885 to 1937 you should search for the Holyhead Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfaelog from 1885 to 1937 you should search for the Holyhead Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfaelog from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey West Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfaelog from 1968 to 1974 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Llanfaelog from the following:

• Slater's Directory of North & Mid Wales, 1895

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Llanfaelog 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