Llandysilio, Anglesey

Description
Llandysilio, a village and a parish in Anglesey. The village stands on the Menai Strait, near Menai Suspension Bridge and near Menai Bridge and Llanfair stations on the L. & N.W.R., 3 miles SW of Beaumaris. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) at Menai Bridge. The parish contains the village of Menai Bridge. Acreage, 825 ; population, 1675. Hugh Lupus landed here in 1096, and General Mytton in 1648. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, in the diocese of Bangor. The old church was dedicated to St Tysillio, and stood on a small rocky peninsula which is connected with the mainland by a causeway. The new church is a large edifice and stands on the mainland. There are Presbyterian, Congregational, and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.