Llangaffo, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llangaffo, a parish and a village in Anglesey, 2 miles WSW of Gaerwen Junction station on the L. & N.W.R., and 4½ S by W of Llangefni, with a post office under Gaerwen (B.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Newborough. Acreage, 2533; population, 308. Bodwyrwas a mansion of the 16th century, but is now reduced to slight remains. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llan-geinwen, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Caffo, was rebuilt in 1845, and has a fine spire. There is an ancient cross. There are Congregational and Calvinistic Methodist 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.

Civil Registration

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

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