Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales Genealogy

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History
LLANVAETHLU (LLAN-FAETHLU), a parish, in the hundred of Talybolion, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Bôdedern. This parish, which is of very considerable extent, is pleasantly situated on a tract of rising ground above Holyhead Roads, and commands an extensive view over the Irish Sea, by which it is bounded on the west. The church, dedicated to St. Maethlu, and situated on a lofty eminence overlooking the Irish Sea, is a small and handsome structure of modern erection. There are places of worship for dissenters, and two Sunday schools, one of which is in connexion with the Calvinistic Methodists, and the other with the Baptists.

LLANFAETHLU, a parish in the hundred of Tal-y-Bolion, county Anglesey, 6 miles N.E. of Holyhead, its post town and railway station. It is situated on the eastern side of Holyhead Bay. For more information see Llanfaethuly, Anglesey at Genuki.org.uk

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