Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANFACHRETH

LLANFACHRETH, a village and a parish in the district and county of Anglesey. The village stands on the river Alaw, near Holyhead bay, 4 miles E of Holyhead; and has a post office under Holyhead. The parish comprises 1,497 acres of land, and 390 of water. Real property, £1,825. Pop., 532. Houses, 118. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is under cultivation. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Llanynghenedl and Llanfigael, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £638. * Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Mackraeth, and was reported in 1859 as bad.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanfachreth CP/AP       Anglesey PLU/RegD       Anglesey AncC
Place: Llanfachreth

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