Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGRISTIOLUS

LLANGRISTIOLUS, a parish in the district and county of Anglesey; on the Anglesey Central railway, 1½ mile S of Llangefni. Post town, Llangefni, Anglesey. Acres, 3,936. Real property, £4,003. Pop., 881. Houses, 212. The property is subdivided. Coal and building-stone are found. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Cerregceinwen, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, not reported.* Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Cristiolus; was built on the site of one erected in 610; and is good. The charities consist chiefly of poors' cottages. Maurice, the Margaret professor of Divinity, was a native.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llangristiolus AP/CP       Anglesey AncC
Place: Llangristiolus

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