Llanbabo Anglesey Wales Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish; Civil Parish
Alternative names:
Parish church: St Pabo
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1740 (See also Llanddeusant)
- Bishop’s Transcripts:
Nonconformists include:
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LLANBABO, a parish in the district and county of Anglesey; 2 miles NW of Llanerchymedd r. station. Post town, Llanerchymedd, under Bangor. Acres, 1,743. Real property, £1,314. Pop., 138. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The land is flat and marshy. The giving is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanddausaint, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is ancient, in fair condition; occupies the site of one founded in 460 by Prince Pabo of Wales, who supported the Britons against the Picts and the Scots; and contains what purports to be his tomb.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1849
LLANBABO (LLAN-BABO), a parish, in the hundred of Tàlybolion, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 6 miles (N. W. by W.) from Llanerchymedd; containing 155 inhabitants. The name is derived from the dedication of the church to its supposed original founder, Pabo, one of the ancient native princes of Wales, who, for his valour in defending his country from the aggressions of the Scots and Picts, was styled Pabo Post Prydain, or “the support of Britain,” and after his canonization became one of the most venerated saints of the principality. This parish is of small extent; it is situated near the north bank of the river Alaw, and is separated from the chapelry of Llanerchymedd by the extensive marsh called Cors-y-Bol, which is impassable except during a dry summer. The lands, though principally marshy, are well cultivated, and the soil is productive. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llandeusant: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £205; and there is a glebe of five acres and a half, valued at £4 per annum. The church, said to have been founded by Pabo in the year 460, is a small plain edifice, remarkable only as containing an ancient monument of that saint, which was discovered about the middle of the seventeenth century, buried nearly six feet below the surface of the ground, and was afterwards placed in an upright position in the building. This monument, which is of stone, appears to have formed the lid of a sarcophagus, and has the effigy of the saint in a recumbent posture, habited in a long loose robe, fastened in front with button loops; the head is crowned, and the right hand grasps a sceptre. Along the edge of the stone, on the left side of the figure, is a commemorative inscription in Latin.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis 1849
Parish Registers
Anglesey County Record Office
- Register No.: WPE/62
- Baptism: 1740-1976
- Marriages: 1754-1964
- Burials: 1740-1986
Parish Records
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