Llanfwrog, Anglesey
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Llanfwrog is a village in Anglesey
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...

, in north-west Wales. It lies about 4 miles to the northeast of Holyhead
Holyhead
Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....

. The village lies near the coast about a mile east of Beach Gribin. A country road connects it with the A5025 road
A5025 road
The A5025 is a British 'A' road that runs from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll to Valley in Anglesey, Wales. It runs up the east, north and finally north-west side of the island via several places including Benllech and Amlwch. In all the road is around long...

, one mile east, and Llanfaethlu
Llanfaethlu
Llanfaethlu is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales....

, approximately 2.5 miles to the north.

According to tradition, it founded by St. Llanfwrog Mwrog. The only other place that is associated with the name of a saint Llanfwrog is Llanfwrog, Denbighshire
Llanfwrog, Denbighshire
Llanfwrog is a village in Denbighshire, in northern Wales....

. In the Middle Ages Llanfwrog parish lay in the commote Talybolion in the Hundred of Cemaes. The church belonged to the rectory of the parish of Llan by the eighteenth century.
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