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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Llanddulas contained the following places:

"LLANDDULAS, a parish in the hundred of Isdulas, county Denbigh, 2½ miles W. of Abergele, and 9 E. of Conway. Rhyl is its post town. It is situated on the northern coast, and is watered by the river Dulas, which here falls into the Irish Sea. The Chester and Holyhead railway passes through the parish, and has a station here. It was at a pass in this parish that the Earl of Northumberland placed a band of men to seize Richard II. and deliver him over to Bolingbroke, who was then at Flint. Limestone is obtained, and transmitted from the quarries to the sea side by a tram-road of about 7 miles in length. From Lysfaen Hill is a view of the mountains in the neighbourhood of Conway. On the summit of the hill was a semaphore signal, it being an intermediate station in the Holyhead and Liverpool telegraphic line, but now superseded by the electric wires. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of St. Asaph, value £160, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is a small structure dedicated to St. Cynbryd. It contains a very ancient circular arch. There are four almshouses not endowed. The charities produce about £2 per annum. Gwrch Castle and Bryndulas are the principal seats."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018