Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDDYFNAN

LLANDDYFNAN, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Anglesey; near the river Cefni, and down to Red Wharf bay, 2 miles W of Pentraeth, 6½ W by N of Beaumaris, and 6¼ NNW of Menai-Bridge r. station. Post town, Pentraeth, under Menai-Bridge, Anglesey. Acres, 3,506; of which 25 are water. Real property, £2,664. Pop., 720. Houses, 168. The property is divided among a few. Llanddyfnan Place is a chief residence. Some common lands were enclosed between 1851 and 1861. Limestone abounds and is worked. Traces exist of a Roman road; and a large maenhir is near the church. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf, in the diocese of Bangor. Valne, £280. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Dyvnan, and was rebuilt in 1847.


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

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

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