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Rh TREFYDD BYCHAIN. 687 TRELLECK. Font-Stephen, hund. of Troedyraur, co. Cardigan, near Lam peter. TREFYDD BYCHAIN, a tnshp. in the par. of Llanrhaidr-in-Kinmerch, co. Denbigh, 3 miles S.E. of Denbigh. TREFYDD-BYCHARN, a tnshp. in the par. of Llandegla, co. Denbigh, 5 miles N. of Llangollen. TREGANOL, a tnshp. in the par. of Llanbedr- Dyffryn-Clwyd, co. Denbigh, 2 miles N.E. of Ruthin. TREGANOL, a tnshp. in the par. of Llanwyddelan, co. Montgomery, 6 milea N.W. of Newtown. TREGARE, a par. in the lower div. of Ragland hund., co. Monmouth, 6 miles S.W. of Monmouth, its post town, and 2 from Ragland. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Dingestow, in the dioc. of Llandaff. The church ia old. The parochial charities produce about .21 per annum. TREGARN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llanddarog, co. Carmarthen, G miles S.E. of Carmarthen. TREGARON, or TREF-GARON, a. par. and market town in the hund. of Penarth, co. Cardigan, 9 miles N.E. of Lampeter, and 5 from Strata Florida. Car- marthen is its post town. It is a station on the Man- chester and Milford railway. The town is situated on the river Berwyn, about a mile above its confluence with the Teifi. It contains about 800 inhabitants, and was once a corporate town and member of Cardigan borough, but was disfranchised in 1742 for corruption. The highest summit is Tregaron Hill, 1,747 feet above sea-level ; and about two miles to the N. of the town is Maes-Myn, or " the Lake of the Field," where, says tradition, once stood Tregaron. Below the town is a spring, at which it is customary for young men and women to meet on Easter Sunday and present to each other a, small white loaf, called "Bara-can," and a draught of the water from the spring. In the surround- ing district are many antiquities. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. David, val. 156, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Caron, stands on an elevated spot close to the river Brenig, which is crossed at this place by a wooden bridge. In the churchyard are some old tombs and pillar stones. Market day is on Tuesday. Fairs are held on 15th to 17th March, and on the first Tuesday in May. TREGAVETHAN, an ext. par. place in the W. div. of Powder hund., co. Cornwall, 3 miles N.W. of Truro. TREGAYAN, a par. chplry. in the hund. of Menai, co. Anglesey, 2 miles N.W. of Llangefni, its post town. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. of Llangefni, in the dioc. of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Caian. William-ap-Howel died here in 1587, 105 years old, and had forty-two children between eight and eighty-five years of age. TREGCLE, a vil. in the par. of Llaufechell, co. Anglesey, 5 miles W. of Llanerchymedd. TREGIB, a hmlt. in the par. of Llandilofawr, co. Carmarthen, I mile S.E. of Llandilofawr. It is situated on the river Towy and the Via Julia Montana, TREGISKEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Mevagissey, co Cornwall. TREGONY, a par. and town in the W. div. of Powder hund., co. Cornwall, 3 miles from Grampound and 10 S.W. of Bodmin. It is situated on the river Fal, which was once wide and deep, but is now ob- structed by the accumulation of sand and rubbish. The original town, situated at the base of tha hill on which the present is built, occupied the site of the Roman Cento, or Voluba, and belonged to the Earl of Mortaigni at the time of the Domesday survey. The manor after wards came to the Pomeroys, Boscawens of Tregothnan and Bassets. The present town, which has been lessened in importance since the increase of Truro consists of one principal street, forming part of the roa< from St. Austell to St. Mawes. It is a petty session town and decayed borough, having been incorporatec by James I. in 1620, and returned two members t parliament from Edward I.'s time until disfranchise! by the Reform Act. In the vicinity are traces of castle, supposed to have been erected in the reign o Richard I. Many of the inhabitants are employed in le copper and tin works. The living is a rect. with he vie. of Cuby, in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 311. The liurch is dedicated to St. James. The parochial liarities produce about 72 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Independents, iVesleyans, and Bible Christians have chapels. Fairs re held on Shrove Tuesday, 3rd of May, 25th July, 1st eptember, and 6th November. TREGOYD, a hmlt. in the par. of Glasbury, hund. f Talgarth, co. Brecon, 3 miles S.W. of Hay. Tregoyd s the seat of Viscount Hereford. TREGUSS, a hinlt. in the par. of Llancarvon, co. Glamorgan, 8 miles S.W. of Llaudaff. TREGYNIN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llangathen, co. Jarmarthen, 4 miles W. of Llandilofawr. TREGYNON, a par. in the hund. of Newtown, co. lontgomery, 4 miles N. of Newtown, its post town, nd 5 from Llanfair. It is situated on the Sarn Sws way, and includes the tnshps. of Aberhale, Llanfechan, nd Pwllaw. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of >t. Asaph, val. 87. The church is dedicated to St. }ynon. The parochial charities produce about 14 per nnum, and the inhabitants have the privilege of ending four persons to Bettws almshouse. The Cal- inistic Methodists have a chapel. TREHELIG, a tnshp. in the pur. of Castle Caereinion, o. Montgomery, 3 miles S. of Welshpool, on the river tavern. TREHENGWIN, a vil. in the hmlt. of Clawdd, co. Brecon, 12 miles S.W. of Builth. TREIG WATER, a stream of co. Inverness, Scot- and, rises under Ben Nevis, and passing through Treig joch joins the Spean at Spean Bridge. TREINGHILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Llanblethian, jo. Glamorgan, 1 mile S. of Cowbridge. TRELAN, ISSA, and UCHA, tnshps. in the par. of Ysceifiog, co. Flint, 5 miles W. of Flint. TRELAVEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Mevagissey, co. Cornwall, 4 miles S. of St. Austell. TRELEACH-AR-BETTWS, a par. in the hund. of Elvet, co. Carmarthen, 7 miles N.W. of Carmarthen, its jost town, and 18 from Cardigan. It is a petty sessions 1,456 inhabitants. In the vicinity is Crug-y-Dyrn, a cairn 180 feet in height, and 210 feet in circumference. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 143, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is de- dicated to St. Teilo. The parochial charities produce about 137 per annum, which go to Davis's school. The Independents have a chapel. TRELEGOED, a tnshp. in the par. of Cefnyllys, co. Radnor, 8 miles W. of New Radnor. TRELEIGH, an ecclesiastical district in the par. of Redruth, hund. of Penwith, co. Cornwall, 1 mile from Redruth, and 8 miles S.W. of Truro. TRE LLAN, a tnshp. in the par. of Whitford, hund. of Coleshill, co. Flint, 3 miles N.W. of Holywell. TRELLAN, a tnshp. in the par. of Kerry, o. Mont- gomery, 2 miles S.E. of Newtown. TRELLAN, a tnshp. in the par. of BettvM-yn-Rhos, co. Denbigh, 3 miles S.W. of Abergele. TRELLECK, a par. in the upper div. of Ragland hund., co. Monmouth, 4J miles d. of Monmouth, its post town, and 8 from Chepstow. The village is situated near Beacon Hill, on the road from Monmouth to Chep- stow, and has a mineral spring. The par. contains the chplry. of Trelleck Grange, and is so called from a group of monoliths near the village, supposed to be the remains of some Druidical monument. In a garden close by is a tumulus 450 feet in circumference, said to be the spot where the earls of Clare had a castle, but is more probably a barrow raised over the bodies of the Britons slain here by Harold, as recorded on the pedestal of an ancient sundial near the churchyard gate. The living is a vie.* annexed to that of Penalth, in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 430. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is also the district church of Trelleck Grange, the living of which is a perpot. cur.,
 * own and considerable village, containing, in 1861,