Llangristiolus, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llangristiolus, a parish in Anglesey, 1½ mile S of Linn-gefni. Post town, Llangefni (R.S.O.) "Acreage, 4028; population of the civil parish, 723; of the ecclesiastical, 1191. Coal and building stone are found. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Cerrigceinwen, in the diocese of Bangor; tithe commutation, £461 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Cristiolus, was built on the site of one erected in 610, and is good. 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.

Church Records

FindMyPast have a parish records collection which includes transcripts and images of most Welsh parish registers.
This includes Llangristiolus: Baptisms from 1775 to 1911, Marriages from 1754 to 1927, and Burials from 1813 to 1979. 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 Llangristiolus from 1837 to 1852 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llangristiolus from 1852 to 1937 you should search for the Bangor Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llangristiolus from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey East Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llangristiolus 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 Llangristiolus 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