Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDEGFAN

LLANDEGFAN, a village and a parish in the district of Bangor and county of Anglesey. The village stands on the Menai strait, near the ferry station, 2 miles SW of Beaumaris, and 3 NE of Menai-Bridge r. station; and has a post office under Menai-Bridge, Anglesey.—The parish comprises 2,232 acres of land, and 528 of water; and includes a small uninhabited portion of Beaumaris borough. Real property, £3,564. Pop., 900. Houses, 205. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Beanmaris, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £366. * Patron, Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Tegvan; was rebuilt in 1811; has a large S chapel, almost outvying the chancel; has also a tower; and being situated on a hill, serves as a conspicuous landmark. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £8 a year, and charities £50.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llandegfan AP/CP       Anglesey AncC
Place: Llandegfan

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