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 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
Samuel Lewis, 1833

 LLANBABO (LLAN-BABO), a parish in the hundred of TAL y BOLION, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 6 miles (N. W. by W.) from Llanerchymedd, containing 174 inhabitants. This parish derives its name from the dedication of its church' to its original founder, Pabo, one of the ancient native princes of Wales, who, for his valour in defending his country from the aggressions of the Scots and Picts, was styled Pabo Post Prydain, or "the support of Britain," and after his canonization became one of the most venerated saints of the principality. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated near the north bank of the river Alaw, and is separated from the chapelry of Llanerchymedd by the extensive marsh called Morva Alaw, which is impassable except during a dry summer. The lands, though principally marshy, are well cultivated, and the soil is productive. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llandeusant, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, founded by St. Pabo in the year 460, is a small plain edifice, remarkable only as containing the ancient monument of its founder, which was discovered about the middle of the seventeenth century, buried nearly six feet below the surface of the ground, and afterwards placed in an upright position in the church. This monument, which is of stone, appears to have formed the lid of a sarcophagus, and has the effigy of the saint in a recumbent posture, habited in a long loose robe, fastened in front with button loops : the head is crowned, and the right hand grasps a sceptre : along the edge of the stone, on the left side of the figure, is a commemorative inscription in Latin. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £47. 19.

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