Place:Trefdraeth, Anglesey, Wales

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NameTrefdraeth
Alt namesBryndewinsource: hamlet in parish
Tref Wastrodionsource: township in parish
Yardsource: village in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates53.205°N 4.388°W
Located inAnglesey, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Isle of Anglesey, Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoAethwy Rural, Anglesey, Walesrural district, 1894-1974
source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Trefdraeth from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"TREFDRAETH, a parish in the [registration] district and county of Anglesey; 2 miles ENE of Bodorgan [railway] station, and 5¾ SW of Llangefni. It contains Yard village, and has fairs on May and 1 Nov. Post town: Llangefni, Anglesey. Acres: 3,135. Real property: £3,333; of which £50 are in mines. Population: 921. Houses: 208. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with Llan-gwyvan, in the diocese of Bangor. Value: £465. Patron: the Bishop of [Bangor]. The church is good. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £6."

As will as Yard, the parish also contains the hamlet of Bryndewin and the township of Tref Wastrodion. (A Vision of Britain through Time)

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