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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"LLANFAIR DYFFRYN CLWYD, a parish in the hundred of Ruthin, county Denbigh, 2 miles S.E. of Ruthin, its post town. It is situated in Clwyd Vale, on the banks of that river, and includes the townships of Derwen-Llanerch, Euarch, Faynol, and Garthgynam. The Bishop of Bangor for the time being is the owner of the soil. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph, value £300, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is in the later English style of architecture, dedicated to St. Mary. It has some very old monuments. In addition to the parish church there is Jesus chapel, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £60. The parochial endowments produce nearly £90 per annum. There are remains of an entrenched camp."
"DERWEN LLANERCH, a township in the parish of Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, in the county of Denbigh, 2 miles S.E. of Ruthin."
"EUARTH, (or Eyarth), a township in the parish of Llanfair-dyffryn-Clwyd, county Denbigh, North Wales, 2 miles S.E. of Ruthin. Euarth House is the principal residence.
"FAYNOL, a township in the parish of Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, county Denbigh, 2 miles S.E. of Ruthin."
"GARTHGYNAN, a township in the parish of Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, county Denbigh, North Wales, 3 miles S.E. of Ruthin."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018