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"ABERFFRAW, a parish in the hundred of Malltraeth, in the county of Anglesey, North Wales, 16 miles S.W. of Beaumaris. It is a station on the Holyhead railway. Bangor is the post town. The village is situated on the bay of Carnarvon, and the port is subordinate to Beaumaris. The parish includes 9 tythings, and was formerly a market town. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value £888, in the patronage of the Prince of Wales. The church is dedicated to St. Beuno; its tower was destroyed many years ago. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. Fairs are held on the 7th March, Tuesday after Palm Sunday, Wednesday after Trinity Sunday, the 15th August, the 23rd October, and the 11th December." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- White, Richard B. Excavations at Aberffraw. Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club (1995), p. 13-21
Central Stores, Aberffraw - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Central Stores in Aberffraw, Anglesey, was active in the 19th century; Account books and price lists giving names and addresses of customers 1826-1879 ..."
Thomas Williams (draper), Aberffraw - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Thomas Williams was a draper at Bodorgan Square, Aberffraw, Anglesey...... Ledger, 1894-1925; and day book/ledger, 1892-1923, including details of customers, showing changes of addresses and clothing for clothing club purchases and Bodorgan Hall servants"
Owen Hughes, builder - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"An account book and working diary of Owen Hughes giving details of building materials supplied and services rendered by Owen Hughes, 1913-1925. Miscellaneous photographs including one of Miss Hughes at the door of 18 Llewelyn Street and two of classes of pupils at Aberffraw school."
| St Beuno, Aberffraw, Church in Wales |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Aberffraw Parish; Statistics; Area 6252 acres; Population 663 males, 669 females, total 1332
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- St Bueno's Church, Aberffraw on geograph.org.uk
- Capel Talor Rodio [Calvinistic Methodist, 1860], Stryd y Capel on geograph.org.uk
- "Aberffraw [Calvinistic/Capel Uchaf] Methodist Chapel, [Chapel St] was first built in 1885 (1785?) and this building is possibly the present Sunday School. The chapel was then rebuilt on a new site in 1822, rebuilt again in 1860 and restored in 1905......." coflein and "Stone building possibly dating from late 18th century and either first chapel of 1772 or the rebuilt structure of 1785" coflein
- "Dothan (CM) Methodist Chapel was built in 1829, modified in 1849, rebuilt in 1860 and rebuilt again in 1902.............." coflein
- Soar, Bodorgan (CM) - on geograph.org.uk and "Soar Methodist (CM) Chapel (Bodorgan) was built in 1824, rebuilt in 1849 and enlarged in 1872............" coflein
- Seion, Wesleyan chapel on geograph.org.uk and "Gilead/Capel Isaf, Bridge St - Seion Methodist Chapel was first built in 1806, rebuilt in 1851 and rebuilt again in 1887............" coflein
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
Aberffraw on coflein
Aberffarw - on wikipedia
Aberffraw Bay Heritage Coast - on Britain Express
Various landscape items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- The transcription of the section for Aberffraw from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Aberffraw to another place.
A history of the Eisteddfodau held at Aberffraw, Anglesey and Caerwys, Flintshire by Owen Williams, 1847 - details on Archives Network Wales.
Held at Anglesey Records Office (NRA)
- Aberffraw Land tax; 1746-1814: assessments
- Parish; 1719-2000: records
- Parish Council; 1895-1985: records
- Tithes; 1924-36: tithe rent charge account books
Dimensions and Estimate of the cost of building a new house at Ysguborfawr, Aberffraw, 27 September 1827 - on the People's Collection Wales site
This survey and valuation of lands in the parishes of Cerrigceinwen, Llangristiolus, Llanddeusant, Llanfflewin, Llanrhuddlad, Aberffraw and Ceirchiog, Anglesey, was compiled by Thomas Jones, Bryntirion, and William Jones, Nant, on behalf of the David Hughes Charity in 1811 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Anglesey (under Parishes) - with some links to photographs of parish churches
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Lewis Morris’s plan of Aberffraw, Malltraeth and Llanddwyn
- John Speed map of Anglesey showing the river Alaw, Talebolion and Aberffraw in 1610
- Aberffraw parish in the County of Anglesey
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH374712 (Lat/Lon: 53.212803, -4.436782), Aberffraw which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Aberffraw Branch of the Workers Union - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Undeb Gweithwyr Môn, subsequently the Anglesey Workers' Union, was established in Llangefni in 1909 and officially registered as a trade union on 17th August 1911. It was dedicated to promote the interests of the Anglesey rural working class ................................. The Aberffraw branch, the first formed, remained in existence into the 1980s"
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Morass workers, Aberffraw, c. 1885
- Tailor's shop, Aberffraw, c. 1875
A history of the Eisteddfodau held at Aberffraw, Anglesey and Caerwys, Flintshire by Owen Williams 1847 . On Archives Hub
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Rhys Lewis, Aberffraw Drama Company 1911
- Siani Pen-y-bont, Aberffraw, c. 1875
- Tan-y-groes, Aberffraw, c. 1875 (group)