Anglesey, Wales Genealogy

Wales Anglesey



Anglesey (Welsh: Sir Fôn or Môn) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

It is an island in the Irish Sea, separated from mainland Wales by the Menai Strait.

The county was created under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 and consisted of the cantrefi (hundreds) of Aberffraw; Rhosyr and Cemais.

Motto: Môn Mam Cymru (English: Anglesey, Mother of Wales)

Chapman Code: AGY

Jurisdictions

 * Hamlet
 * Parish: an area of varying size under the responsibility of a clergyman of the Church of England/Church in Wales
 * Hundred: an administrative subdivision of a county, usually a group of two or more parishes
 * Sub-district: comprised of more than one civil parish
 * Registration District
 * Poor Law Union
 * Archdeaconry
 * Diocese
 * County

Topics

 * Anglesey Poor Law Unions
 * Anglesey Nonconformist Records

Useful websites

 * Anglesey Churches


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