Llanfairynghornwy, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llanfairynghornwy, a parish in Anglesey, near Camlyn Bay, 10 miles NW of Llanerchymedd, and 14 NE by N of Holyhead. It has a post office under Valley (R.S.O.); money order office, Rhydwen; telegraph office, Llanfaethlu. Acreage, 2277; population of the civil parish, 271; of the ecclesiastical, 402. Verd antique, asbestos, and soapstone are found. The living is a rectory, with Llanrhwydrys annexed, in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £307 with residence. The church has traces of Norman work, and contains monuments of the Williams family.

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.

Civil Registration

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

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