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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

  • National Gazetteer, 1868
  • Lewis 1833

    National Gazetteer (1868)

    "TREFDRAETH, a parish in the hundred of Maltraeth, county Anglesey, 5 miles from Llangefni, its post town, and 3 N.W. of Newborough. It is situated near Maltraeth sands, and includes the hamlet of Yard. The subsoil is productive of coal and stone. The living is a rectory annexed to that of Llangwyvan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Beuno, is erected on the site of one built in 1616. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum. The Calvinistic Methodists have a chapel. Fairs are held on the 1st May, and on the 18th November."

    "YARD, a hamlet in the parish of Trefdraeth, hundred of Menai, county Anglesey, 10 miles S.W. of Beaumaris, and 3 N.W. of Newborough."

    [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
    Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

    A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
    Samuel Lewis, 1833

    TREVDRAETH (TREV-DRAETH), a parish in the hundred of MALLTRAETH, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 8 miles (S. W.) from Llangevni, containing 835 inhabitants. This place, the name of which signifies " the town on the sands," is situated between the Malldraeth marsh, by which it is bounded on the south-east, and St. George's channel, on the south-west. It comprises a tract of enclosed and cultivated land, extending more than three miles in length and two miles and a half in breadth, and about one thousand acres of land which, since the enclosure of the marsh in 1818, has been recovered from the sea. On this land a colliery has been opened, which is now being worked with success, and though the coal which has hitherto been raised is inferior in quality to that found in Flintshire and Denbighshire, it has been highly advantageous to the inhabitants of this part of the island, who would otherwise be compelled to derive their supply of fuel from those counties. The strata through which the pits are sunk consist, first of sand, to the depth of five feet ; secondly of freestone, to a further depth of sixty-six feet; thirdly of black shale, for a depth of six feet ; fourthly of good coal, to the further depth of three feet and a half ; fifthly of indurated clunch, for two feet ; and lastly of freestone, to an unknown depth. The dip of these strata is reported to be only one yard in ten, towards the east by south. Since the enclosure of the marsh, and the opening of the colliery, the parish has increased in population, and many new buildings have been erected; and its situation on the road from Holyhead to Moel y don ferry affords facility of conveyance for the produce of the colliery, and of intercourse with the neighbouring districts. Fairs are held on May 1st and November 1st. The living is a rectory, with Llangwyvan annexed, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 8. 11 1/2., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Beuno, and supposed to have been originally built in the year 616, is a small plain edifice, situated at the extreme border of the parish, and has an east window of modern date and of good design. The parish register, which is quite Iegible from the year 1550, is the oldest in North Wales, with the exception of that of Gwaenyscor. The rectory-house, called Siamber Wen, and situated about two miles from the church, on the margin of Llyn Goron, was erected in 1819: it is a spacious and handsome building, surrounded with pleasant grounds, and commanding a view over the most beautiful and picturesque portion of the parish. There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A National school was founded here in 1828, by subscription, aided by a grant of £35 from the parent institution, and a suitable building has been erected, in which seventy children of both sexes receive gratuitous instruction : the school is open to children of this parish and that of Llangadwaladr. A small farm in the parish of Newborough was bequeathed, many years ago, to the poor of this parish ; but the sea having made great encroachment upon one part of it, and the remainder being partly covered with drifting sands, it produces but a very small income, which is applied to the diminution of the poors' rates. John Pugh Gwilim, in 1633, bequeathed to the poor £46. 13. 4., and Ellen Griffith a small portion of land. Owen Williams left some land, of which the rent is appropriated to the apprenticing of poor children, and there are some other small donations for charitable purposes. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to £300. 17

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