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"RHOSBEIRIO, an extra parochial place in the hundred of Twrcelyn, county Anglesey, 4 miles from Almwch, its post town, and 5 N.W. of Llanerchymedd. It is situated near the seashore. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Llaneilian, in the diocese of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Peirio, is of great antiquity."
RHOSBEIRIO, or RHOS-PEIRIO (RHOS-BEIRIO), a parish in the hundred of TWRCELYN, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Amlwch, containing 32 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the shore of the Irish sea, is of very limited extent, and comprises only a small portion of arable and pasture land, which is in a tolerable state of cultivation. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of LIaneilian, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Peirio, from whom the parish derives its name, is a small ancient structure, supposed to have been originally built about the year 605, and is situated in the centre of a level field, at some distance from the village : divine service is performed in it only every third Sunday. (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)
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