Trefdraeth, Anglesey

Historical Description

Trefdraeth, a parish in Anglesey, 1 mile ENE of Bodorgan station on the L. & N.W.R., and 6 miles SW of Llangefni. It contains the villages of Bethel and Yard Malltraeth, and has fairs on 1 May and 1 Nov. Post town, Bodorgan, (R.S.O.) Acreage, 3179 of land and 137 of water (including 64 of foreshore); population of the civil parish, 804; of the ecclesiastical, with Llangwyfan, 972. There is a parish council consisting of fifteen members. The living is a rectory, united with Llangwyfan, in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £268 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is good. There are Calvinistic Methodist and Wesleyan 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 Trefdraeth from 1837 to 1852 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Trefdraeth from 1852 to 1937 you should search for the Bangor Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Trefdraeth from 1937 to 1968 you should search for the Anglesey East Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Trefdraeth from 1968 to 1974 you should search for the Anglesey Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Trefdraeth from the following:

• Slater's Directory of North & Mid Wales, 1895

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Anglesey is online.

Maps

Online maps of Trefdraeth 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