Llangefni, United Kingdom

Its name translates directly as "Church on the River Cefni"; it grew from a small hamlet around St Cyngar's Church and developed as an organised market centre with origins dating back to the 13th century. The town's history begins in the 5th and 6th centuries around the historic church site. Established in a wooded valley alongside the River Cefni (now known as The Dingle), this early Christian settlement gave the town its original name, Llangyngar. In 1750, the first Baptist meeting place on Anglesey was founded in the town as a small cottage (Tŷ Cildwrn), paving the way for the grander Capel Cildwrn built in 1781, establishing Llangefni as a centre for religious nonconformity. On 30 September 1785, the town hosted the first Llangefni Market. It grew rapidly to become the largest livestock and cattle market on Anglesey, a key venue for the island's farmers. Between 1828 and 1833, the prominent Melin y Graig (Craig Mill) windmill was erected on a rocky crag, and in 1824, the parish church of St Cyngar was completely rebuilt in its spacious, modern layout. In 1864, the Anglesey Central Railway opened its line through Llangefni, which allowed the seamless transport of livestock, wool, and leather goods to the rest of the UK. Llangefni became the official administrative headquarters for the Anglesey County Council in 1899.

The town centre clock was built at the expense of the friends and relations of Lieutenant George Pritchard-Rayner, one of the island's major landowners, who lived at Tre Ysgawen but died in the Boer War.

The clock tower was built in 1902–03 of limestone from Traeth Bychan near Marian-Glas on the eastern coast of the island. In the 1880s the town hall had been built of the same material; it was opened on 10 March 1884.