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Rh LLAN-DOUGH. 635 LLANDRINIO. post town, and 7 N. of Chepstow. It is situated at the foot of Beacon Hill, on the V. hank of the river Wye, which here makes a hend. The tide flows up to about this point. The village is remarkably neat, consisting of cottages rising one above another, interspersed with gardens and orchards, and backed by woods. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. with the cur. of Whitebrook annexed, 112, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Dochoe. The charities produce about 1 per annum. LLAN-DOUGH, or LLANDOCH, a par. in the hund. of Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan, 2 miles S. of Cow- bridge, its post town, 7 from Cowbridge Road railway rtation, and 12 E. of Cardiff. The river Cowbridge flows through it. Limestone is obtained. The living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. with that of St. Mary's church annexed, 325. The church is dedicated to St. Dochdwy, and has monuments to the Walche flunily. Walters, who compiled the Welsh dictionary, once held this living. Here are remains of Llau-dough i Castle ; a modern seat bearing that name is the principal residence. LLANDOUGH-JUXTA-PENARTH, a par. in the hund. of Dinas Powis, co. Glamorgan, 3 miles S. of Cardiff, its post town, and 11 from Llantrissant. It is situated on the N. shore of the Bristol Channel, near the mouth of the river Taff; and the river Ely flows through it. Here are limestone quarries. The living is a reel, annexed to that of Leckwith, in the dioc. of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Dochdwy, and has the remains of an ancient cross. There are charities of about 2 per annum. A farm here was formerly the teat of the Herbert family. LLANDOVERY, a municipal borough and market town in the par. of Llandingat, hund. of Perfedd, co. Carmarthen, 21 miles S.E. of Lampeter, 24 N.E. of Carmarthen, and 192 from London. It has a station on the Llanelly and Vale of Towey railway. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Bran and Gw- dderig. The whole neighbourhood is well watered by itreams abounding with fish. The Roman highway Sam Helen, on which there was a station, passed in the vicinity. The town consists of one main street, and eight smaller ones branching from it. It contains a ipacious market-house recently erected, and the shell of acastle built about the 12th century, which, after passing through several families, was destroyed by Cromwell's orders. At the E. end of the town is a curious old house, built in 1620 by Vicar Pritchard, the bard. The town was incorporated in the reign of Richard III. ; and its present government is vested in a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 common councilmen, but with no magisterial functions. Petty sessions for the hundred are held weekly, and a county court monthly. It is a polling- place for the county elections. The workhouse for the Llandovery Poor-law Union is in this parish. There are lead mines and corn-mills, but no manufactures are 'don. The trade is chiefly local, being connected with the markets and fairs, and the supply of the sum-
 * lors. The living is a ric. annexed to that of

Llandingat. The church, called Llanfiairarybryn, stands on rather high ground, in the middle of the old Roman station. The independents, Baptists, Calvinistic and in Methodists, have chapels. There are National and British schools for boys and girls ; also the Welsh ipUegiate institution, founded in 1849, by Thomas Phil- lip*, Esq., of London, for the purpose of imparting to young men of the principality a sound classical and itical education, in addition to a thorough know- ledge of their mother tongue. The building is in the Tudor style of architecture, and complete in all its ' nts. In the neighbourhood there are remains ucient castle, and proceeding up the river, which i hero crossed by a bridge, the country presents a some- what rugged appearance. Earl Cawdor is lord of the manor. There are many good residences. Market days are Wednesday and Saturday. Fairs are held on 17th April, 6th June, 2nd August, 22nd October, and 16th ' 'i'r, for the sale of horses, cattle, and live stock. LLANDOW, or LLANDWR, a par. in the hund. of Ogmore, co. Glamorgan, 3 miles S.W. of Cowbridge its post town, and 6 S.E. of Bridgend. It is a small rustic place. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 266, in the patron, of Jesus College, Oxford. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. LLANDOWROR, a par. in the hund. of Derllys, co. Carmarthen, 2 miles S.W. of St. Clears, its post town, and 4 N. W. of Laugharne. The river Taff flows through the neighbourhood, which yields stone suitable for build- ing purposes. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 132. The church is dedicated to St. Cringat, and has a monument to a former rector, named Jones, placed here by Mrs. Bevan, who founded the Welsh circulating schools. LLANDRE, a hiiilt. in the par. of Llangwnnor, co. Carmarthen, in the vicinity of the town of Carmarthen. LLANDRILLO, a par. in the hund. of Edernion, co. Merioneth, 5 miles S.W. of Corwen, its post town, and 7 N.E. of Bala. It is situated in a vale at the foot of the Berwyn mountains, near the pass known as Milltir Gerrig, and is watered by the river Deo. The par. in- cludes several tnshps., of which Cilan and Dinam are the principal, and the glen of the Afon Dinam. Slate quarries are worked. The tithes were commuted in 1840. The rectorial tithes are vested in the ecclesias- tical commissioners. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 302, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Trillo. The charities amount to about 3 per annum. Here is a cromlech and other Druidical remains. Fairs are held on 25th February, 3rd May, 29th June, 28th August, and 14th November. LLANDRILLO -YN-RHOS, a par. partly in the hund. of Creuddyn, co. Carnarvon, and partly in that of Isdulas, co. Denbigh, 3 miles N.E. of Conway, its post town, and 8 W. of Abergele. The Colwyn station on the Chester and Holyhead line of railway is about 2 miles S.E. of the village. It is situated on the northern coast, near Little Orme's Head, and W. of Abergele Bay. The par. includes 7 tnshps., of which Colwyn and Eirias are the principal. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in the fisheries. During the summer months steamers from Liverpool, and occasionally from Carnarvon and Beaumaris, call at the landing-stage of Llandudno. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 343, in the patron, of the bishop. There is also the district church of St. Catherine, Colwyn, a porpet. cur., val. 170, in the gift of the vicar. The church, dedicated to St. Trillo, has a tower, remarkable for having double- stepped battlements. It contains some stained-glass windows, and an ancient Norman font. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The parochial charities produce about 14 per annum. Here are the remains of an ancient scat of the Conways. About half a mile distant from the village is Capel Trillo, a rude little building, asserted by tradition to be earlier than the Norman Conquest, but, according to the Rev. H. L. Jones, not older than the 16th century. LLANDRINDOD, a par. and small watering-place in the hund. of Cefnllys, co. Radnor, 6 miles N. of Builth, its post town, and 8 W. of Now Radnor. It is situated on the river Ithon, urrounded by open com- mon. This has been a watering-place since about 1696, famous for its springs possessing chalybeate, saline and sulphurous properties. There are two good hotels, the Pump-house and Rock-house, for the accommodation of visitors to the spa. In this parish is an ancient lead mine, supposed by some to have been worked by the Romans. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 48, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The charities amount to about 2 per annum. In the vicinity are numerous entrenchments and tumuli, showing that this must have been a considerable Roman station. LLANDRINIO, a par. in the hund. of Deythur, oo. Montgomery, 9 miles E. of Llanfyllin, 9 8. of Oswestry, its post town, and 13 from Shrewsbury. It is situated