Tal-y-llyn is the name of a former township on the island of

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

, north-west Wales. It was located about to the northeast of

Aberffraw Aberffraw is a village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey ( cy, Ynys Môn), in Wales, by the west bank of the Afon Ffraw (Ffraw River). The community includes Soar and Dothan. Located near the A4080 and the nearest ...

. In 1306, when a survey was carried out of the lands held by the

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, Tal-y-llyn was recorded as having three free tenants, who together had about , and nineteen unfree tenants, who held about between them. This would suggest a total population for the community of 110 individuals. However, the population declined in the fourteenth century, the period of the

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. St Mary, Tal-y-llyn, the

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that used to serve the community, remains. The oldest parts of the church date from the twelfth century. St Mary's, which is a Grade I

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– the highest grade of listing, designating buildings of "exceptional, usually national, interest" – has been in the care of the

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since 1999.

Notable people

* Elen Gwdman ( fl. 1609) a Welsh female poet, a rare example of a female poet of the early modern period.

References

{{authority control Former populated places in Wales Villages in Anglesey Aberffraw