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Rh LLANGEVIEW. 619 LLANGOLLEN. iin, and contains monuments of the Lloyd family, parochial endowments produce about 23 per annum. Havodunos is a seat of the above family, the mansion being in the Elizabethan style of architecture. Fairs are held on 29th March, 16th May, 28th June, 29th September, and 29th November. LLANGEVIEW, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Usk, co. Monmouth, 1 mile E. of Usk, its post town, and 12 from Monmouth. The village is very small, consisting of a few scattered farmhouses. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 81. The church is dedicated to St. David. The only cha- rities are a share in Usk school. LLANGIAN, a par. in tho hund. of Gafflogian, co. Carnarvon, 6 miles S.W. of Pwllheli, its post town, and 6 N.E. of Llanfaelrhy. It is situated N.E. of Hells- mouth Bay, and W. of St. Tudwall's road. The people are mostly engaged in the fishery. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. of Llanbedrog, in the dioc. of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Cian. In the churchyard is an ancient inscribed stone surrounded by a curious sunken pavement. There are charities amount- ing to about 3 per annum. Nanhoron is the principal residence. A fair is held on 28th June. LLANGIBBY, a par. in the lower div. of the hund. of Usk, co. Monmouth, 2 miles S. of Usk, its post town, and 5 from Caerleon. It is situated in the vicinity of tho old Roman road, and is bounded on tho E. by the river Usk. The Llangibby hounds hunt round here. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 477. The church is dedicated to St. Cuby. There is a chapel for Independents. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. Here are some remains of Tregreg Castle. Llangibby House, built by Inigo Jones, is the principal residence. LLANGINNING, a par. in the hund. of Derllys, co. Carmarthen, 10 miles S.W. of Carmarthen. St. dear's is its post town. It is situated near the rivers Cynin and Taff. The village is a small agricultural place. The living is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of St. David's, val. 80. The church is dedicated to St. Cynin. LLANGIRRIG, or LLANGWRIG, a par. in tho hund. of Llanidloes, co. Montgomery, 4 miles S.W. of Llanidloes, its post town, and 10 N.W. of Rhayader. It is situated near the foot of Plinlimmon, and in the vale of the river Wye, which here begins to lose somewhat of its early impetuous character. The par. includes 6 tuslips., of which Glynbrochan and Llanyfyny arc tho ipal. Some of the people are employed in the woollen manufacture. Tho village is small, but much d by tourists. Tho living is a vie. in tho dioc. of ror, val. 175, in tho patron, of tho lord chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice dedicated to St. Curig. LLANGLYDWEM, or LLANGEDWYN, a par. in und. of Derllys, co. Carmarthen, 8 miles N.E. of <! near the (south-eastern extremity of tho county,

imnaris Bay on the S., and the Irish Sea on ''. Excellent marble as well as limestone is obtained. Tin road skirts an elevated range of hills. The living perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bangor, val. with the of Llaniestyn and Llanfihangel-Din-Sylwry an- 1, 130. The church is dedicated to St. Cawrdav. '!'(: parochial charities produce about 10 per annum. is a Calvinistin Methodist chapel. LLANGOEDMORE, or LLANGOEDMAWR, a par. in tho hund. of Troedyraur, co. Cardigan, 1 mile E. of ii.'an, its post town, and 8 miles N.W. of Newcastle- in-Enilyn. It is situated in a woody locality on the E. of the river Teifi. It was formerly a possession of i ,;mgley, Lewis, and other families, but now belongs to the Lloyds. Here are slate quarries. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 329. The church is a modern structure erected on the site of tho old one, and dedicated to St. Cynllo. Not far from the church is a cave and a holy well. In tho neighbourhood are some Druidical remains. Llangoedmore Place and Trevorgan are the principal residences. LLANGOLLEN, a par. and market town in the hund. of Chirk, co. Denbigh, North Wales, 18 miles S.E. of Denbigh, and 184 from London. It is the terminus of the Llangollen Vale branch of the Great Western railway. It is situated in the Vale of Llan- gollen, or Glyndwrdwy, which extends about 8 miles under the mountains from the Eglwyseg rocks, which form the geological boundary of tho North Wales coal- field, to the hanging woods of Wynnstay and the Waterloo Tower, erected to commemorate that event. Tho par., which is of largo extent, contains, besides tho town of Llangollen, the chplry. of Trevor, and the tnshps. of Llangollen Abbots, Fawr, Fechan, with 15 others. It is watered by the river Dee, " which brawls over its bed of rock, making perpetual loud music," and occasionally rises, as if swollen by heavy rains, even in the driest weather. ^This phenomenon is said to be occasioned by certain winds blowing over the surface of the lake Bala, which produces an extraordinary efflux of water into tho river Deo. Tho river is hero crossed by a singular bridge of four pointed arches, the two smallest being in tho middle, built, as is said, before 1345, by John Trevor, Bishop of St. Asaph, and famed in story as ono of tho three wonders of North Wales. On tho right bank stands the town of Llangollen, a pleasant little place of about 3,000 inhabitants. Tho streets are clean, and the houses in general small, but well arranged, pre- senting an air of general activity and prosperity. It is chiefly famed for its brewery, and hotels, the Hand and King's Head, both much frequented by tourists, who make this their centre before starting on the tour of North Wales. Many of tho inhabitants are employed in the flannel trade, woollen mills, collieries, and lime- stone quarries. A townhall and a large market- hall are now in process of erection. At a short distance from the town, which is embosomed in hills, are two of the greatest engineering works of tho day the viaduct of the Chester and Shrewsbury railway, which is 1,531 feet long, and tho aqueduct of the EUesmere canal, constructed by Talford in 1805, at a cost of 47,018. This gigantic work conveys the canal across the ravine of the Dee, here 2,600 feet wide, at the height of 126 feet. This is effected by an earthen em- bankment 1,500 feet long, excavated from the S. side of the valley, and connected with tho opposite sido by 18 light piers of sandstone, 121 feet high, supporting a cast-iron trough 1,007 feet long, through which the canal passes. Though inferior in grandeur to several railway bridges, this aqueduct is much admired as a work of modern art not surpassed by any similar structure of antiquity, exceeding both in height and the quantity of water conveyed any aqueduct built by the Romans. Other objects of interest in the vale are, Eliseg pillar, 8 feet high ; the ruins of Vale Crucis Abbey ; a tower near Crow Castle ; Landyssilio Hall ; Trevor Hall ; Pengwern, an ancient seat of tho Mostyn family, built in the 14th century ; Plas y Pentre ; and Plas Newydd, a small cottage ornee, at which dwelt the "maids of Llangollen," Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby, who, influenced by a romantic attachment to each -other, carne hither from Ireland in 1779, in the heyday of their youth and charms, and refusing tho proffers 01 all suitors, dwelt together till their death, which took place respectively in 1829 and 1831, at very advanced ages. Llangollen is the head of a deanery in tho archdeac. and dioc. of St. Asaph. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 436, in tho patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to a saint with the extraordinary name of Collen-ap-Gwynog-ap-Clyddwg-ap-Cowrda-ap- Caradoc-Freichfras-ap-Llyr-Merini-ap-Einion-Ysth-ap- Cunedda-Wledig, and contains a good carved oak roof in the later perpendicular style, said to have been