Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANELIAN

LLANELIAN, a village and a parish in the district and county of Anglesey. The village stands on the coast, ¾ of a mile SW of Point-Ælianus, commonly called Point Lynas, and 2 E of Amlwch r. station. The parish comprises 2,398 acres; and its Post town is Amlwch, Anglesey. Real property, £2,033. Pop. in 1851,1,295; in 1861,1,282. Houses, 318. The property is much subdivided. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the Parys copper mine. A lighthouse stands on Point Lynas; and a signal station which, prior to the time of electo-telegraphing, had one of the semaphores in the line of communication between Holyhead and Liverpool, stands on a considerable ascent about ¼ a mile from the lighthouse. A palace of Caswallon Lawhîr, who flouris.hed about 443, stood on the same eminence as the signal station. A spring, called Ffynnon-Eilian, was formerly a resort of pilgrims, and held in much superstitions veneration. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelries of Coedanna and Rhosbeirio, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Eilian or Hilary; occupies the site of one erected in the 5th century; is early English, in good condition, with a steeple; and con tains a screen and stalls. An old chapel adjoins the church; measures 15 feet by 12; contains a wooden altar of the 15th century; and is, or lately was, the scene of an annual wake on the first Friday of Aug. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £20.


(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: Anglesey PLU/RegD       Anglesey AncC
Place: Llaneilian

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