Llanfigael, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llanfigael or Llanfugail, a parish in Anglesey, on the river Alaw, 3¼ miles NE by N of Valley station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5½ E of Holyhead. Post town, Holyhead. Acreage, 497; population, 119. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanfachreth, in the diocese of Bangor.

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 Llanfigael: Baptisms from 1695 to 1815, Marriages from 1697 to 1925, and Burials from 1703 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 Llanfigael from 1837 to 1885 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfigael from 1885 to 1933 you should search for the Holyhead 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 Llanfigael 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