Llechcynfarwydd, Anglesey

Historical Description

Llechcynfarwydd, a parish in Anglesey, 3 miles SW of Llanerchymedd. Post town, Llanerchymedd (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1851; population, 189. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor; gross value, £193. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Cynfarwydd, occupies the site of one founded in 650, and is cruciform. A stone pillar, 9 feet high, is near it. There are Wesleyan 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 Llechcynfarwydd from 1837 to 1937 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llechcynfarwydd from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey East Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llechcynfarwydd 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 Llechcynfarwydd 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