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Rh LLANGEINOR. G43 LLANGERNIEW. sessions arc held in the town. It unites with Beaumaris and others in returning one member to parliament. The chief employments of the people are leather dressing, malting, and the woollen manufacture. There are corn mills on the stream. In the last century it was only a small hamlet. The living is a rect.* in the dice, of Bangor, val. with the cur. of Tregayan annexed, 446, in the patron, of tho bishop. The church is a modern structure dedicated to St. Cyngar. It contains a stone bearing the inscription, " Ciilidon jacit sccrndo." The charities amount to about 2 per annnum. About a mile from the town is Tregurnedd, once the scat of Ednyfed Fychan, tho friend and minister of Llewelyn, and ancestor of the Tudor family, but now a farmhouse. A grandson of the above nobleman was executed by Edward I. at Ehyddlan Castle, for having fortified his castle of Tregarnedd. Thursday is market day. Fairs are held on the 14th March, 17th April, 10th June, 17th August, 15th September, and 23rd October, also every Thursday for six weeks before Christmas for the sale of cattle, &c. LLANGEINOR, a par. in the hund. of Ogmore, co. Glamorgan, 5 miles N. of Bridgend, its post town, and 9 AV. of Newbridge. The par. is watered by the rivers Ogmore and Garw, and includes the vils. of Abergarw, Newmill, and Roughmill. Coal, iron, and limestone is obtained in large quantities. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 71. The church is dedicated to St. Gwinear. The parochial endowments produce about 12 per annum. LLANGEINWEN, a par. in the hund. of Menai, co. Anglesey, 1 J mile E. of Newborough, and 3 miles N.W. of Carnarvon, its post town. It is situated on the river Brain, close to the Menai Strait, across which there is a ferry. Here are limestone quarries. The tithes wore commuted in 1839. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bangor, val. with the cur. of Llangafo annexed, 664. Tho church is dedicated to St. Ceinwen, and was rebuilt about 1812. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. The charities amount to 6 per annum. LLANGEITHO, a par. in the hund. of Penarth, co. Cardigan, 4 miles W. of Tregaron, and 8 N.E. of Lam- peter, its post town. It is situated at the foot of some hills, and is watered by the river Ayron. The tnshp. of Bonteyen is in this par. The village is a small rustic place. The tithes were commuted in 1839. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 106, in the patron, of the bishop. The present church is a modern structure, built on the site of a former one about 1821, and dedicated to St. Coitho. It contains a monument to the Rev. Rowland, once rector of this parish, and founder of the sect of " Rowlandites." The parochial endow- ments, including that left by Griffiths for the aid of teachers, produce about 50 per annum. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. LLANGELER, UPPER AND LOWER, a par. in the hund. of Elvet, co. Carmarthen, 4 miles E. of New- castle-in-Emlyn, its post town. It is situated on the river Teifi, near the head of the valley under the Penboyr hills. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 136, in the patron, of the bishop. There is also a sinecure rect., val. 244, in the gift of St. David's Col- lege. The church is dedicated to St. Celert, and near it is a spring called after the name of the saint. Llys- Newydd and Dolhaidd-fach are the principal residences. LLANGELYNIN, a par. in the hund. of Isaf, co. Carnarvon, 2 miles S.W. of Conway, its post town, and 10 E. of Llandegai. It is situated at the foot of the hill called Pen-maen-fach, and includes the tnshps. of Cae- Gorlan, Cymryd, Glynn, and Pen-Raelt. The Saxons, under Edred, were defeated hero by the Britons in 880. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Bangor, val. 225, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Celynin. There are charities amounting to about 5 per annum. On the hills are several antiquities, including cairns, tumuli, &c. LLANGELYNIN, a par. in the hund. of Talybont, co. Merioneth, 5 miles N.W. of Towyn, and 12 S.W. of Dolgelly. Barmouth is its post town. It is situated on the coast of Cardigan Bay, and includes the tnshps. of Bodgadfan, Crogcnuant, Llanfeddiged, and the large vil. of Llwyngwril. It is said that Eduowain-ab- Bradwen, chief of one of the 15 tribes, had a seat hero. The country in the vicinity is bleak and uninteresting. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bangor, val. 400. The old parish church, dedicated to St. Celynin, but now deserted, stood on the coast-road to Towyn, about 2 miles S. of the present one, which has been built in the village of Llwyngwril. The charities, including an endowment to Morgan's school, produce about 20 per annum. A cave is shown in which it is said Owain Glyndwr secreted himself ; and on the hill to the W. of the village is a camp called Castell-y-gaer. LLANGENDEIRNE, a par. in the hund. of Kid- welly, co. Carmarthen, 5 miles S.E. of Carmarthen, ita post town, and 6 N.E. of Kidwelly. The par. includes 7 hmlts., of which Cilcarw and Glynn are the principal. Coal, iron ore, and limestone abound, and marble of good quality is also found. The village is very consi- derable. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Si. David's, val. with the cur. of Pontyates annexed, 88. The church is dedicated to St. Cyndeyrn. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and an endowed school called Goldfrap's. The charities produce 22 per annum, chiefly the endowment of tho school. A fair is held on the 5th August for horses, cattle, and pedlery. LLANGENNECH, a par. in the hund. of Carnwalloii co. Carmarthen, 4 miles N.E. of Llanelly, its post to^i and 8 N.E. of Swansea. The Llanelly and Vale Towey railway has a station here. It is situated on 1" river Llwchwr, or Lloughor, which here becomes sluggish mud-banked stream. Coal of good quality il found, and worked for exportation. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 82. The church is dedicated to St. Gwynog. Llangennech Park is tho principal residence. A fair is held on the 23rd October. LLANGENNITH. See LLANGENYDD, co. Glamorgan. LLANGENNY, a parochial chplry. in the hund. of Crickhoweil, co. Brecon, 2 miles E. of Crickhowell, its post town, 9 from Abergavenny, and 13 S.E. of Breck- nock. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Grwyney and Usk. Iron founding and paper-making are carried on in this parish. Tho village is small. The tithes were commuted in 1840. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. * of Llangattock, in the dioc. of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Cenew. The charities amount to about 2 per annum. A boll was found here in 1809, supposed to have formerly belonged to the oratory of the saint. There is a holy well, to which certain virtues were ascribed, and near it a stone pillar of about 13 feet in height. Cwrt-y-Gollen is the principal residence. LLANGENYDD, or LLANGENNITH, a par. in the hund. of Swansea, co. Glamorgan, 14 miles W. of Swan- sea, its post town. It is situated on the coast of Rhossili Bay. A priory was founded hero in the reign of Stephen, in connection with Evreux Abbey, which wai given by Henry VI. to All Souls' College, Oxford. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 71. The church, dedicated to St. Cenydd, formed part of the old priory. It is the largest in Gower, having a siJe tower and a blocked Romanesque arch on its eastern side, and contains some very old monuments. Just off the coast is Holmes Island, where was formerly a chapel belonging to this parish, and 2 miles beyond is 1. madoc, where is a bone-cave on the coast. LLANGERNIEW, UPPER AND LOWER, a par. in the hund. of Isaled, co. Denbigh, C miles N.E. of Llanrwst, and 8 S.E. of Conway, its post town. It' is situated in a hilly district watered by the river Elwy, and includes nine tnshps., of which Bodrach and Dwy- Afon are the chief. Copper and lead are found. Five miles to the S. is the secluded little village of Gwy- therin, at the foot of the lonely Hiraethrog hills, brated for the nunnery of St. Winifred. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 275, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St.