In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanddwyn like this:
LLANDDWYN, or LLANDDWYNWEN, a quondam parish and an island in Newborough parish, Anglesey; 4½ miles SSW of Bodorgan r. station, and 8 W of Carnarvon. ' ' Almost the whole of the island,'' says Rowlands, ''has been overwhelmed with a mass of sand, insomuch as the violent winds have blown from the oppo site coast of Arvonia sand raised up by the force of tempests, and thrown upon this shore. ...
''The adherents of the Earl of Richmond, with Dean Kyffin as a prominent actor among them, carried on here their intrigues against King Richard. Carnarvon lighthouse stands on Llanddwyn point, at the mouth of Maltraeth bay. An oratory to St. Dwynwen stood on the island, and was succeeded by a Benedictine monastery. The church was cruciform, later English, and 70 feet long; but only the E end and part of the side walls of the choir remain. The living of the quondam parish was an early prebend in Bangor cathedral; and it still ranks as a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanidan.
Llanddwyn through time
Llanddwyn is now part of the Isle of Anglesey district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Anglesey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanddwyn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanddwyn in The the Isle of Anglesey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21517
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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