Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDDAUSAINT, or LLANDEUSANT

LLANDDAUSAINT, or LLANDEUSANT, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Anglesey. The village stands on the river Allo, 5½ miles W by N of Llanerchymedd r. station; and has fairs on Easter Tuesday and 3 Nov. The parish contains also the village of Treffynon; and its Post town is Gwindy, under Llangefni, Anglesey. Acres, 2,011. Real property, £2,153. Pop., 565. Houses, 133. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Llanbabo and Llanvair-Ynghornwy, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £615. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is early English, in good condition; and is dedicated to St. Marcell and Marcellus. The name Llanddausaint signifies ' ' the church of two saints. ''The sub-district contains also eleven other parishes and two extra-parochial tracts. Acres, 27,758. Pop., 5,388. Houses, 1,157


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanddeusant CP/AP       Llanddeusant SubD       Anglesey AncC
Place names: LLANDDAUSAINT     |     LLANDDAUSAINT OR LLANDEUSANT     |     LLANDEUSANT
Place: Llanddeusant

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