Bodedern, Anglesey

Description
Bodedern, a village and a parish in the county of Anglesey. The village stands 3 miles ENE of Valley station on the L. & N.W.R., and 6 1/2 E by S of Holyhead; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Valley (R.S.O.) It takes its name from Edem or Edeyrn, a bard of the 7th century, who resided at it. The parish comprises 4283 acres; population, 993. Presaddfed is an old mansion, once the residence of Sir John Bulkeley. A well-preserved cromlech is near this mansion. There is a woollen manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor; gross value, £320 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is ancient, but has been rebuilt. There are Congregational, Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.