Llanfachraeth

Not to be confused with Llanfachreth.

Llanfachraeth is a village and community in Anglesey, Wales. It is located near the west coast of the island, at the head of the Alaw estuary, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) east of Holyhead, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south west of Amlwch and 11.3 miles (18.2 km) north west of Llangefni. The A5025 road runs through the village.^[1] A bus service operates along this road daily, except for Sundays, running between Cemaes, Llanfaethlu, Llanfachraeth and Holyhead. The Wales Coast Path is forced inland here to cross the Afon Alaw. The village has a pub and accommodation is provided by the Holland Hotel.^[2]

Llanfachraeth
Ty'n y Maen Farmhouse at Stryd-y-Facsen
Llanfachraeth Location within Anglesey
Population	589 (2011)
OS grid reference	SH3182
Community	Llanfachraeth
Principal area	Anglesey
Preserved county	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLYHEAD
Postcode district	LL65
Dialling code	01407
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Ynys Môn
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Ynys Môn
List of places UK Wales Anglesey 53.313°N 4.531°W / 53.313; -4.531 Map of the community

At the 2001 census the community had a population of 566,^[3] increasing slightly at the 2011 census to 589.^[4]

In the extreme north of the community, on the border with Llanfaethlu, stands Gronant, a Grade II* listed sub-medieval house dating from around 1540. A second house was built around 1618. In the 19th century the two houses were joined and a bell turret, used to call servants for meals, was added. The former servants' loft contains fragments of an original wallpainting.^[5] Other notable buildings in or near the village includes the Church of St Figael one mile to the east, Capel Abarim, Capel Pont yr Arw, and Bethesda Congregational Chapel, all Grade II listed buildings, but the Church of St Machraeth itself is not listed.^[6]

The Alaw estuary forms part of the Beddmanarch–Cymyran site of special scientific interest, which also extends across the mudflats between Holy Island and mainland Anglesey. The area contains large areas of seagrass and salt marsh, and is an important wintering area for ringed plovers, greenshanks, red-breasted mergansers and goldeneyes.^[7]

The community includes the hamlet of Llanfugail or Llanfigail. See St Figael's Church, Llanfigael.

Notable people

• Thomas Jesse Jones (1873–1950) a Welsh-American sociologist and educational administrator; his family emigrated to Middleport, Ohio in 1884.
• Richard Jones OBE. (Dic Tŷ Capel). Headteacher and educator he was awarded the OBE for services to education. Born one of ten children to William and Mary Jones, Tŷ Capel Bethesda, Llanfachraeth. He was an invested bard and wrote under the pseudonym ‘Talybolion’. A prolific public speaker and preacher, after retiring from education he became a county councillor. He died in 2003 leaving a legacy in education, in politics, in poetry and culture but more importantly in his immediate and extended family. Dic Tŷ Capel, Yn driw i Grist a’r awen, Gwreiddiau a llwybrau llên, A’i ing oedd pawb mewn angen.