Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey

Description
Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, a village and a parish in Anglesey. The village stands near the Menai Strait, 5 miles SW of Beaumaris, 4 W of Bangor, and near the Britannia Tubular Bridge; takes the latter part of its name, signifying " raging pool," from the Swilly rocks whirlpool in the strait; and has a station, of the name of Llanfair, on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office of the name of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (R.S.O.) The parish comprises 844 acres ; population, 961. Plas Newydd, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesey, also is adjacent. Craig-y-Ddinas, a rocky eminence 260 feet high, commands a very rich panoramic view; was formerly crowned with an ancient camp, and is now surmounted by a column 100 feet high, commemorative of the military career of the Marquis of Anglesey, and bearing aloft a colossal bronze statue by Noble, set up in 1860. Building stone is quarried and shipped. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Llandysilio, in the diocese of Bangor; gross value, £176 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is chiefly modern, retains a portion of an old church, with a remarkable apse, and has a fine broach spire. The churchyard contains an obelisk to the memory of the workmen who were killed during the construction of the Menai Bridge.