Llanallgo

Llanallgo
Llanallgo
 Llanallgo shown within Anglesey
OS grid referenceSH58NW00
CommunityMoelfre
Principal areaAnglesey
Ceremonial countyGwynedd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Moelfre
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentYnys Môn
Welsh AssemblyYnys Môn
List of places
UK
Wales
Anglesey

Coordinates: 53°20′29″N 4°15′20″W / 53.341267°N 4.255693°W / 53.341267; -4.255693

Llanallgo is a village on the coast of the island of Anglesey. The community is in the community of Moelfre, Ynys Môn, Wales, which is 136.4 miles (219.6 km) from Cardiff and 214.9 miles (345.9 km) from London.[1]

St Gallgo's Church, contains a memorial to hundreds lost when the Royal Charter bound from Australia to Liverpool hit the nearby Moelfre rocks. 140 are buried in the churchyard and others nearby. The monument is said to be of marble cut from near where the ship was lost on 26 October 1859.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Llanallgo". Walesdirectory.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Llanallgo, 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Retrieved 17 January 2016


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