Talk:Llanrhyddlad

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Samuel Lewis. A topographical dictionary of Wales. 1845. html Google books:

LLANRHYDDLAD (LLAN-RHÛDDLAD), a parish, in the hundred of Tàlybolion, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 8 miles (N. W. by W.) from Llanerchymedd; containing 725 inhabitants. This parish is of small extent, and situated on the shore of the Irish Sea, which washes the western side of it. The surface is boldly varied, and the higher grounds embrace an interesting prospect over the sea, and of the adjacent country, which abounds with pleasing, and in some parts picturesque, scenery. The village, called Rhydwyn, and of small size, is situated about a mile from the foot of Moel Rhyddlad, one of the highest mountains in the isle of Anglesey, and for that reason selected by Colonel Mudge as one of his principal stations in making the trigonometrical survey of North Wales. Considerable quantities of manganese, and some copper-ore, it is said, have been found upon this mountain; but no mines have been opened. Sulphur-ore has been discovered upon a farm called Cevn-dû-bâch, about a mile east of the Moel: the mine is not however worked upon an extensive scale, and the quantity of ore raised has been inconsiderable.

The living is a discharged rectory, with the livings of Llanvlewin and Llanrhwydrus annexed, rated in the king's books at £14. 11. 8.; present net income, £530, with a glebe-house; patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The tithes of Llanryhyddlad have been commuted for a rent-charge of £266. 11., and the glebe comprises fifty acres, valued at £41. 13. 4. per annum. The tithes of the ancient parish of Llandugwell are received alternately by the rectors of this place and Llanvechell. The church, dedicated to St. Rhyddlad, is a small edifice, not distinguished by any architectural features of importance. There are places of worship for dissenters; one or two day schools; and two Sunday schools, one of them belonging to the Calvinistic Methodists, and the other to the Baptists. Several charitable donations and bequests are distributed among the poor at Christmas. The principal of these is a bequest by William Lloyd, more than a century since, with which a piece of land near the church of Llanvair-Ynghornwy was purchased, which was exchanged in 1821, under the provisions of the act of the 55th and 56th of George III., for other lands with two cottages, containing in the whole ten acres, and worth £11 per annum. Another gift is a charge of £4. 4. on property in the parish of Bôdedern, arising from a bequest of Edmund Griffith; and there are numerous small rentcharges, producing about 13s. 6d. The church lands consist of several parcels, amounting in the whole to 30¾ acres, and yielding a rent of £17. 16. 6. Sir William Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons in the reign of Charles II., was born in this parish, of which his father, Dr. Hugh Williams, founder of the families of Wynnstay, Bôdelwyddan, and Penbedwr, was rector from 1633 till 1670.

Sancho 18:09, 22 December 2012 (UTC)