Llanfwrog is a village in
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a Local government in Wales, principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strai ...
, in north-west Wales. It lies about to the northeast of
Holyhead.
The village lies near the coast about a mile east of Beach Gribin. A country road connects it with the
A5025 road
The A5025 is an 'A' road that runs from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll to Valley in Anglesey, Wales. A major road around the north coast of the isle, it runs up the east, north and finally north-west side of the island via several places including Benll ...
, one mile east, and
Llanfaethlu
Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwrog ...
, approximately to the north.
According to tradition, it was founded by Saint Mwrog. In the Welsh language Llanfwrog translates as the place/church of St. Mwrog. The only other place that is associated with the name of a Saint Mwrog is
Llanfwrog, Denbighshire
Llanfwrog is a village in Denbighshire, in northern Wales. It hosts a church,
Llanfwrog
Church of St Mwrog and St Mary. The sturdy medieval tower of St Mwrog's crowns the hill west of Ruthin, marking the point where town gives way to countrysi ...
. In the Middle Ages Llanfwrog parish lay in the commote
Talybolion in the
Hundred of Cemaes. The church belonged to the rectory of the parish of Llan by the eighteenth century.
[Atlas Môn (Llangefni, 1972), mapiau tt. 38, 76.]
References
Villages in Anglesey
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