Tal-y-llyn, Anglesey
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Tal-y-llyn is the name of a former township on the island of Anglesey
, north-west Wales. It was located about 4.25 kilometres (3 mi) to the northeast of Aberffraw
. 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 (24.3 ha), and nineteen unfree tenants, who held about 90 acres (36.4 ha) 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
. 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. St Mary's, which is a Grade I listed building – the highest grade of listing, designating buildings of "exceptional, usually national, interest" – has been in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches
since 1999.
Anglesey
Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
, north-west Wales. It was located about 4.25 kilometres (3 mi) to the northeast of Aberffraw
Aberffraw
Aberffraw is a small village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey , in Wales, by the west bank of the River Ffraw, at . The UK postcode begins LL63. Access by road is by way of the A4080 and the nearest rail station is Bodorgan. In the early Middle Ages Aberffraw was the...
. In 1306, when a survey was carried out of the lands held by the Bishop of Bangor
Bishop of Bangor
The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
, Tal-y-llyn was recorded as having three free tenants, who together had about 60 acres (24.3 ha), and nineteen unfree tenants, who held about 90 acres (36.4 ha) 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
Black Death
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Of several competing theories, the dominant explanation for the Black Death is the plague theory, which attributes the outbreak to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Thought to have...
. St Mary, Tal-y-llyn
St Mary's Church, Tal-y-llyn
St Mary's Church, Tal-y-llyn is a medieval church near Aberffraw in Anglesey, north Wales. It was originally a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Peulan's, Llanbeulan, but the township that it once served, Tal-y-llyn, no longer exists. It was declared a redundant church in the early 1990s,...
, the chapel of ease
Chapel of ease
A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently....
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 listed building – the highest grade of listing, designating buildings of "exceptional, usually national, interest" – has been in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches
Friends of Friendless Churches
Friends of Friendless Churches is a registered charity active in England and Wales. It campaigns for and rescues redundant historic churches threatened by demolition, decay, or inappropriate conversion. To that end, as of August 2010, it owns 43 former churches or chapels, 23 of which...
since 1999.