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"LLANEILIAN, a parish in the hundred of Twrcelyn, county Anglesey, 2 miles E. of Amlwch, its post town, and 6 N.E. Llanerchymedd. It is situated on the north-eastern .part of the coast, the village being about three-quarters of a mile from Lynas Point, where there is a lighthouse and telegraph station, which, previous to the introduction of electric wires, communicated by semaphore with Holyhead and Puffin Island. The parish includes the township of Rhosbeirio. Much of the copper ore extracted from the Parys Mountain is exported from this place. The village is considerable, and many of the inhabitants are engaged in the mines." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Guide to Llaneilian Church. [Llangefni] : Llaneilian Church, [1969]. 8p
- Hughes, John O. A guide to St Eilian's Church, Llaneilian, Isle of Anglesey. Llaneilian : St. Eilian's Church, 1999. 8p
North Anglesey Slate and Slab Quarry and Llanflewyn Slate and Slab Quarry Records - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales "North Anglesey Slate and Slab Co. Ltd was formed in 1870, mining slate from Point Elianus, Llaneilian ......"
Neil Summers' Amlwch data site has a memorial index for St Elian
The 1851 Census of Llaneilian in "As Enumerated" and "Surname Order" form - provided by Joyce Hinde.
Joyce and Douglas Hinde have provided a transcript of the 1801 Census of Amlwch, including parts of the parishes of Llaneilian, Llanerchymedd, Llanwenllwyfo and Rhosbol.
Neil Summers' Amlwch data site has an index of the 1891 census for Llanelian
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. Llaneilian Parish; Statistics; Area 2398 acres; Population 622 males, 673 females, total 1295
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- St Eilian's Church - on geograph.org.uk and "The medieval parish church of St Eilian's, Llaneilian,was originally a celtic 'clas' church. It consists of a late fifteenth century nave and chancel, an early sixteenth century south porch, a twelfth century west tower and a formerly detached late fourteenth century chapel - St Eilian's chapel ............." coflein
- People's Collection Wales site - wall painting at St Elian's Church (use search box)
- Bethania Baptist chapel (former), Pengorffwysfa - on geograph.org.uk and "Bethania Baptist Chapel was built in 1851 and rebuilt in 1894....."coflein
- Capel Carmel (Baptist), Chapel St, Penysarn - on geograph.org.uk and "Carmel Baptist Chapel was built in 1842, rebuilt in 1860 and rebuilt again in 1900....." coflein
- Capel Seilo (CM), Pengorffwysfa - on geograph.org.uk and "........ first built in 1826 and rebuilt in 1835......." coflein
- Bosrah Welsh CM chapel, Penysarn - on geograph.org.uk and "Bozrah Methodist Chapel is a good example of a hipped-roof mid-nineteenth century 'box' chapel......" coflein
- "The first chapel on the Caersalem [Cerrig Man] site was built in 1842 and the congregation switched to become Wesleyan Methodist in 1847.....The present chapel was built in 1854......" coflein
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- ST EILIAN'S CHURCH, LLANEILIAN (Internal/external)
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
Llaneilian - on wicipedia (Welsh)
Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site
- The transcription of the section for Llaneilian 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 Llaneilian to another place.
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
- Llaneilian land tax;- 1753-1814: assessments
- Llaneilian Parish;- 1678-1996: records
- Llaneilian Parish Council;- 1925: tithe book
- Llaneilian tithes;- 1932-36: Tithe Rent Charge account books
- Llaneilian window tax;- 1754-60: assessments
Held at University of Wales, Bangor (NRA)
- Llaneilian Parish Council;- 1838-52: vestry book
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Anglesey (under Parishes)
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Llaneilian parish in the County of Anglesey
- Map of Rhos y Mynach district in the parishes of Llaneilian and Llanwenllwyfo, Anglesey
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH467914 (Lat/Lon: 53.397502, -4.307627), Llaneilian 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.
Point Lynas Lighthouse, Llaneilian, logbooks 1865-1969 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Point Lynas lighthouse, Llaneilian, Anglesey, was built by Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1835 (a previous installation had been provided by Liverpool Pilotage Service). The lighthouse has operated ever since. In 1973, responsibility for running the lighthouse passed to Trinity House, and it is now fully automated."
ELIANUS POINT LIGHTHOUSE, LLANEILIAN - on the People's Collection Wales site
Rhos Mynach Mine - on mindat site
Llaneilian Vestry Books 1768 - 1894 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
Gown, c1850s, from Llaneilian Anglesey - on the People's Collection Wales site