In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf like this:
LLANFAIR-MATHAFARN-EITHAF, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Anglesey; on Red Wharf bay, 5 miles E of Llanerchymedd r. station, and 7 WNW of Beaumaris. Post town, Beaumaris, Anglesey. Acres, 1,949; of which 35 are water. Real property, £1,577; of which £25 are in quarries. ...
Pop., 757. Houses, 182. The property is much subdivided. Colourcd marbles and millstones are quarried. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanddyfnan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good. The churchyard contains a mutilated ancient cross, and a modern carnedd or artificial cavern, used as a buryingplace. Goronwy Owen, the Welsh bard and linguist of the last century, was a native.
Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf through time
Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf is now part of the Isle of Anglesey district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Anglesey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf in The the Isle of Anglesey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4468
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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