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"LLANDDEUSANT, (or Llandausaint), a parish in the hundred of Taly-Bolion, county Anglesey, 5 miles N.W. of Llanerchymedd, and 7 N.E. of Holyhead. Gwindy is its post town. It is watered by the river Allo. Tho village of Treffynon is in this parish The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor, value with the curacies of Llanbabo and Llanvair-ynghornwy annexed, £615, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to SS. Marcellus and Marcell, is an ancient structure." TREFFYNON, a village in the parish of Llanddeusant, county Anglesey, 5 miles W. of Llanerchymedd."
LLANDEUSANT, or LLANDEUSAINT (LLAN Y DDEUSAINT), a parish in the hundred of TAL Y BOLION, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Llanerchymedd, containing 407 inhabitants. This parish, which is of considerable extent, is situated near the river Alaw, and partakes generally of the scenery common to this part of the principality, but is not distinguished by any peculiar features : the village is small, but pleasantly situated. The living is a discharged rectory, with the perpetual curacies of Llanbabo and Llanvair - ynghornwy annexed, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £20. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Marcellus and Marcellinus, is a small but venerable edifice, in the early style of English architecture, with a good lancet-shaped window of three lights at the east end, of which the gable is externally surmounted with an antique cross. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. Two poor men of this parish are eligible, by the will of Mr. David Hughes, to apartments in the hospital, or almshouses, founded by that benefactor at Beaumaris, in the year 1609 ; and the produce of several small charitable donations and bequests in land and money is annually divided among the poor of the parish, in conformity with the will of the benefactors. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £ 163. 2.
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