Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llanfihangel-yn-Nhowyn, a parish in Anglesey, near Cymmeran Bay, 1¼ mile SW of Valley station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L. & N.W.R., and o½ miles SE of Holyhead. Post town, Holyhead. Acreage, 1637 of land, 189 of water, 3 of tidal water, and 128 of foreshore; population, 168. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Rhoscolyn, 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.

Civil Registration

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

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn from 1837 to 1885 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn 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 Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn 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