368 PENTRAETH. [SLATER's Memorial Windows and Brasses
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368 PENTRAETH. [SLATER'S memorial windows and brasses. The font is octagonal the Norman period which were used in its construction in shape, and bears the following inscription :- point to there having been a church here at a much OLLRGDDDD AD 1737 earlier date. The church was restored in 1843, when . · .' . Her Majesty sent £50 towards defraying the cost; uuder In the chancel wall 1~ a -yer:y cunous ston~ whwh was the chancel is a vault which belonged to the Tudors; it found. by .the ~e~ton. m dr~gmg, ~ grave.; rt bears the was opened during the restoration, and the remains of a. followmg mscnpb.on m Latm :- Here ~~es the body of coffin bearing the name of a Tudor was found. On St. Sad:vrn and hrs beloved Wife-peace. Th~ c.hurch the south side is the small chapel, St. Gredifael's, stands m the centre of a churchyard, whwh rs 111 the which contains a tomb said to be that of the founder form of a complete circle surroun~ed by a wall, and is also two altar tombs, representing a male and female: entered .through a lych gate beanng the dat~ ~f 17.35. the former in armour; they are of white marble, and The registers date from the year 1584. The hvr~g rs a were removed from over the Tudor vault in 1843 to rectory,. avera~e rent-charge £250, net y~arly m??me their present position. The font is very old, and is £185,.wrth resrdence and 6 acres ~f glebe, m the grtt of octagonal in shape. There is a tablet with the follow the Bishop of Bangor, ~n.d held s111ce 1892 by the Re~. ing inscription:-" The Rev. Robert Wynn, Prebend of Evan Evans of s~. _D~vrd s Coll~ge, Lampeter. Here IS Penmunyedd, in his lifetime, about ye year 1717, gave a chapel for Calvir:rshc Methorhsts . to ye poor of this parish the sum of £52 to be laid out The area compnses 2, 972 acres; the populatwn 111 at interest, and ye said interest to be distributed in 1891 was 390 breaJ among ye said poor men and women on Sunday, PosT, MoNEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & SAVINGS after service, by ye churchwardens for ye time being for BANK.-Miss Margaret Evans, postmistress. Letters ever." The registers date from the year 17 41. The arrive at 7 a.m. & are despatched at 6 p.m. Letters living is a vican1ge, average tithe rent-charge £190, through Menai bridge & should have R. S. 0. gross income £228, with residence and 7~ acres of glebe, Anglesey added in the gift of the Bishop of Bangor, and held since Rate Collector, T. Jones 1868 by the Rev. Hugh Davies Owen M.A. of Jesus PLACES OF WoRSHIP :- College, Oxford, and rural dean of Tindaethwy. There St. Sadwrn's Church Llansadwrn Rev. Evan Evans, are chapels for Baptists, Independents and Calvinists. rector. Services 10'a.m. & 6 p.rd The area comprises 3,237 acres; the population in Calvinistic Methodist, Rev. Owen Pierce 1891 was 399 A school board of 5 members was formed 11th March PosT OFFICE.-Elizabeth Jones, postmistress. Letters 1879 ; clerk, Rev. Evan Evans (through Llangefni) arrive at 7. 45 a. m.; despatched ScHOOL (mixed, built in 1879 for 50 ; average attend- at 6 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph ance, 43): Richard L. J ones, master office is at Llanfairpwllgwyngy 11. Letters should Penmynydd is a parish in the hundred of Tyn- have R.S.O. Anglesey added daethwy, county of Anglesey, about 4 miles east of Registrar, Robert Thomas, Dragon Llangefni railway station and 2 south from Pentraeth, in Assistant Overseer & Rate Collector, John Thomas, Beaumaris sub-registration district, union of Bangor, Tyncae .A:ngl~sey first petty.- sessional division, cm.mty- court PLACES OF WoRSHIP:- drstnct of Llangefm, rural deanery of Tmdaethwy, . , . archdeaconry and diocese of Bangor. The church of St. St. Gredrfael s, Rev. Hugh Davres Owen M,A. rector Gredifael is situated on high ground, from which an CHAPELS:- extensive view of the surrounding country may be Baptist obtained, and is noted for its being the last resting- Calvinistic place of some of the Tudors ; it is a small edifice in the Independent Early English style, and has a chancel, nave and double- A h b d f b ~ d 14th J 1 bell gable, and is entered by a north porch, which is se 0 ~ 1 oar 0 5 m~m. ers was orme u Y fitted with stone 8eats. The present building is supposed 1 874' clerk, W. E. Wllhams to have been erected in the 14th century by the sons of ScHOOL (mixed, built 1878 ; average attendance, 132): Owen Tudor, but some of the stones and carvings of John D. Joncs, master PENTRAETH. Thomas Isabella, milliner & dress Rowlands Richard, Beddwgan Private Residents. nHtker Thomas .John, Glanygors Thomas Martha, dress maker Williams Hugh, Ty Fry Lambert George H. Frongoch Thomas Owen, woollen manufacturer Williams John, Gors Owen Mrs . .JI,largaret, Bryn mawr Thomas Richard, Bnll's Head P. H. Williams Lewis, Mountain Philip Rev. Richard Philip, Tyddyn, Thomas \Villiam, boot maker Williams Richard, Fferam gorinog Red Wharf Bay Welbourne J ones (Mrs.), grocer, LLANBEDRGOCH Pritchard Rev. William, Clai Rhos-cefn-hir . · Roberts John Rice, Rhiwlas Williams Elizabeth Ellen Panton CommerciaL Vivian The Hon. Claude Hamilton Arms ' Capon Ann, Ship P. H. Red Wharf Bay J.P. Plas Gwyn Williams Jn. flour dealer, Pent park Ellis Hugh, boot maker Vivian Lady Mary Eliz. Plas Gwyn Williams Mary E. dress maker Hughes Edward, coal dealer, Red Williams Mary Ellen, Black Horse Wharf Bay Commercial. P. H. Rhos-cefn-hir Hughes Mary, grocer, Red Wharf Bay Elias Catherine, grocer, chemist & Williams William, grocer & flour Jones Rowland, millwright draper dealer, Rhos-cefn-hir J ones William, grocer Evans Benjamin, butcher Lazarus Owen, blacksmith Evans Evan, tailor Farmers. Owen Robert & Sons, joiners & Hughes Elizabeth, grocer Evans William, Ty Croes builders, Red Wharf Bay Jones Owen, joiner & builder Hughes William, Tyddy isaf o",ren Owen, grocer Jones William, miller Jones Edward, Rhydydelwyn Parry Owen, grocer, Red Wharf Bay Lewis Robert, grocer, joiner & builder Jones John, Gareglandeg Price William, grocer Owen Hugh, flour dealer & blacksmith J ones Robert, Tynmynydd Roberts Margaret, Myn-y-don P.H. Owen Richard, White Horse P.H. Jones William, Pentraeth mill Red Wharf Bay Parry Elizabeth, confectioner & Morris Lewis, Cefn-hir Roberts Robert, joiner temperance coffee house Owen Ann, Tanyrallt Roberts William, butcher Rogers Thomas, coal & Hour dealer & Owen Margaret, Bryn mawr Rogers Thomas, grocer & blacksmith, wheelwright Owen John, Glanrafton Hed Wharf Bay Schofield & Brookes, apartments, Owen Thomas, Tynycoed Williams Robert, grocer Bryntirion, Red Wharf Bay Pritehard .Robert, Tainycoed Williams William, coal dealer Thomas Be:1jamin, grocer, draper, Roberts John Rice, Tanygraig Williams William, grocer & flour ironmonger &c Roberts Richard, Tanygraig dealer, Red Wharf Bay .