Llangristiolus, Anglesey, Wales Genealogy

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History
LLANGRYSTYOLYS (LLAN-GRIST-IOLUS), a parish, in the hundred of Malltraeth, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Llangevni. This parish takes its name from the dedication of its church to St. Christiolus, who flourished about the middle of the seventh century. The church is supposed to have been originally founded about the year 550; it is uncertain when the present structure was built: it is seventy-nine and a half feet in length and twenty and a half in breadth, and contains some interesting architectural features. There are one or two places of worship for dissenters.

LLANGRISTIOLUS, a parish in the hundred of Malltraeth, county Anglesey, 1 mile S. of Llangefni, and 4 miles N. of Newborough. Bangor is its post town. The river Cefni flows through the parish. For more information see Llangristiolus, Anglesey at Genuki.org.uk.

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