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LLANFIHANGEL-TYN-SYLWY, a parish in the district of Bangor and county of Anglesey; on the coast, 4 miles N by W of Beaumaris, and 8½ NNE of Llanfair r. station. It includes part of Beaumaris borough. Posttown, Beaumaris, Anglesey. Acres, 833. Real property, £472. Pop., 54. Houses, 8. Pop. of the part in Beaumaris borough, 6. Limestone is quarried. There are an ancient British camp, called Dinas-Sylwy, and part of a stone circle, popularly called Arthur's Round Table; and coins of Nero and Vespasian have been found. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Llangoed, in the diocese of Bangor.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfihangel Tyn Sylwy Parish Anglesey Ancient County |
| Place: | Llanfihangel Tyn Sylwy |
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