Tal-y-llyn, Anglesey

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St Mary's, Tal-y-llyn

Tal-y-llyn is a former township on the island of Anglesey. It was located about 2½ miles north-east of Aberffraw.[1] In 1306, when a survey was carried out of the lands held by the Bishop of Bangor, Tal-y-llyn was recorded as having three free tenants, who together had about 60 acres, and nineteen unfree tenants, who held about 90 acres 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 Black Death.[2]

St Mary, Tal-y-llyn, the chapel of ease that used to serve the community, remains. The oldest parts of the church date from the twelfth century.[3] St Mary's, which is a Grade-I listed building, has been in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches since 1999.[4][5]

References

  1. Jones, Geraint I. L. (2006). Anglesey Churches. Carreg Gwalch. pp. 70–71. ISBN 1-84527-089-4. 
  2. Carr, Antony (2010). "The Black Death in Anglesey". Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society: 40. 
  3. Cadw listing (5275) - Chapel of St. Mary (Tal-y-llyn) and churchyard walls
  4. "Tal-y-Llyn St Mary". Friends of Friendless Churches. http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/CMSMS/index.php?page=tal-y-llyn. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
  5. (PDF) What is listing?. Cadw. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 1-85760-222-6. http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/docs/cadw/publications/What_Is_Listing_EN.pdf.