Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, a parish, with a village, in Anglesey, on Benllech Bay, a rising watering-place, 5 miles E of Llanerchymedd, and 7 WNW of Beaumaris. Post town, Pentraeth, Acreage, 1963; population, 744. Coloured marbles and mill-stones are quarried. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanddyfnan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good. The churchyard contains a mutilated ancient cross, and a modern carnedd or artificial cairn. Goronwy Owen, the Welsh bard and linguist, was a native.

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 Llanfair Mathafan Eithaf: Baptisms from 1813 to 1912, Marriages from 1813 to 1927, and Burials from 1731 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 Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf from 1837 to 1937 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey East Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf 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.

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Western Mail
• The North Wales Chronicle