Llanfaglan, Carnarvonshire

Historical Description

Llanfaglan, a village and a parish in Carnarvonshire, on the Menai Strait, 2 miles SW by S of Carnarvon. Post town, Carnarvon. Acreage, 1107, with 24 of adjacent tidal water and 180 of foreshore; population, 223. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanwnda, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Baglan, and is modern. The old parish church is used principally for burials.

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 Llanfaglan from 1837 to 1937 you should search for the Carnarvon Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanfaglan from 1937 to 1974 you should search for the Caernarvon Registration District.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carnarvonshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Llanfaglan 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