Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGOED

LLANGOED, a village and a parish in the district of Bangor and county of Anglesey. The village stands on the coast, 2½ miles N by E of Beaumaris, and 5 ½ by water NW of Aber r. station; and has a post office under Beaumaris, Anglesey. The parish comprises 1,343 acres. Real property, £1,705. Pop., 618. Houses, 144. The property is much subdivided. Limestone and good marble are quarried. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacies of Llaniestyn and Llanfihangel-Tyn-Sylwy, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £130. Patron, R. J. Hughes, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Cawrdav, and is an inferior edifice. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £10.


(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: Llangoed CP/Ch/AP       Anglesey AncC
Place: Llangoed

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