Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales Genealogy

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Anglesey

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Aberffraw

History

Aberffraw Parish
Jurisdictions
County bef 1974	add here
County 1 Apr 1974-31 Mar 1996	add here
County 1 Apr 1996 -	add here
Civ Reg District	Anglesey (1881)
Reg Sub-district	Bryngwan (1881)
Probate Court	add here
Diocese	Bangor (1864)
Rural Deanery	add here
Chapelry	add here
Poor Law Union	Holyhead
Hundred	Malltraeth
Province	Canterbury (1864)
Hamlets	add here

ABERFFRAW (ABER-FRAW), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Anglesey, hundred of Malltraeth, county of Anglesey, North Wales, 9 miles (S. W.) from Llangevni. This place, which derives its name from its situation at the mouth of the small river Fraw, was distinguished at a very early period as the principal residence of the ancient princes of North Wales. The church, dedicated to St. Beuno, is an ancient structure, 20 yards in length and 12 in breadth, containing 800 sittings. In the tything of Tyndryval anciently stood a chapel designated Capel Mair, or "St. Mary's chapel." There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A ruined chapel, called Eglwys y Beili, was rebuilt for a school, in 1729.

• Aberffraw (ocasionally spelled Aberffo; Abar Fraw; Aber-Fraw) is a parish and market town in Anglesey, Wales. ABERFFRAW, a parish in the hundred of Malltraeth, in the county of Anglesey, North Wales, 16 miles S.W. of Beaumaris. It is a station on the Holyhead railway. Bangor is the post town.To learn additional information about this parish go to Genuki.org.uk.

• An Anglesey time line highlights history from 1282 to the 2010.

Administration

Years	County
Gwynedd
Anglesey
Gwynedd
Anglesey

Type of Jurisdiction	Name
Hundred	Malltraeth
Church of England/ Church in Wales Diocese	Bangor
Civil Registration District	Anglesey

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Census Records

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Church Records

Parish Registers

Church of Wales Chapels and Parish Registers
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Bishop's Transcripts
Bishop Transcripts: Christenings, Marriages, Burials and Christenings and Burials		[URL YEARS]

Parish Chest

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Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records

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Nonconformist Chapel Records

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Civil Registration

The Civil Registration District for Anglesey is DATES AND NAMES CIV REG.

Poor Law Unions

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Research Facilities

Maps and Gazetteers

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