344 NEvV~1ARKET. [SLATER'S Independents, Calvinistic and \Vesleyan :Methodists. Gwaenysgor, a small parish and village in the This place was at one time of considerable importance hundred of , county of Flint, is 1~ miles and had a market, and the petty sessions for the north-west from Newmarket and 1~ south-south-east hundred were held here. At the close of the last cen- from Prestatyn railway station, in Whitford sub-registra­ tury, John Wynne esq. of Gop, to whom the estate tion district, Holywell union, Prestatyn petty-sessional then belonged, endeavoured to introduce various manu- division, rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of St. factures, hut these attempts failed and the estate passed Asaph. The parish is situated on the road to Holyhead, from the Wynne family into other hands. The trade and is surrounded by lofty mountains. has gradually diminished, and the inhabitants are now The church of St. Mary is a small edifice affording principally engaged in agricultlmtl pursuits. In the sittings for 100 persons. The registers date from the churchyard, about 20 yards from the entrance on the year 1538. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent­ south side, stands a tall stone cross, said to have been charge £136, net yearly value £112, with residence and placed there about 1180; the shaft is square and is 6 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of St. Asaph, terminated by a canopy elaborately ornamented, on and held since 1888 by the Rev. William Jones of St. each side of which is a sculptured n~presentation of the Bees. Here are' chapels for Independents and \Yes­ Crucifixion. The neighbourhood of Newmarket abounds leyans. with interesting and remarkable antiquities, amongst The area comprises 817 acres, of which 1 is water; others may be mentioned a tumulus, considered to be the the population in 1891 was 188. ~arg~st and most per_fect in the k!~gdo~; it is 3.00 feet Letters through Rhyddlan, R.S.O. m m:cumfe~ence at Its b.a~e, and from. Iti9 summit n::ay Registrar, Thomas Bagshaw be VIewerl s1x or seven different counties together with Vaccinator, John T. Jones L.R.C.P. & s.Edin a noble sea view. . The area comprises 1,075 acres, of which 1 is water; PLACES OF 'WoRSHIP:- the population in 1891 1vas 383. St. :Mary's Church, Rev. William Jones, rector PosT 0FFICE.-J ohn Savage, postmaster. Letters CHAPELS:- arrive (from Rhuddlan) at 8.10 a. m ; despatched at Independent, Rev. Samuel Thomas · 4.50 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Wesleyan CWelsh), Rev. Moses Roberts Dyserth; telegraph office, Prestatyn. Letters should ScHOOL (Gwaenysgor): John J. Davies, master have R. S. 0. Flin tshire added Registrar, Thomas Bagshaw , a village and parish in the hundred of Vaccinator, John T. J ones l\L D Prestatyn, county of Flint, is 3 miles west from : Assistant Overseer, John Roberts railway station, 6 west from Holywell and 2~ north­ east from N ewborough, in Whitford sub-registration PLACES OF \VonsHIP :- district, union of Holywell, Prestatyn petty-sessional Parish Church, Newmarket, Rev. George H. Davies, division, rural deanery of Holywell, archdeaconry and incumbent . The village is pleasantly situated CHAPELS:­ in a valley at the northern extremity of the county, on Calvinistic Methodist the shore of the estuary of the river Dee, and near its Independent, Rev. Samuel Thomas influx into the Irish Sea. W esleyan .Methodist The church of St. Asaph is a spacions edifice con­ PAROCHIA~ ScHOOL: John J ones, master sisting of nave, chancel and north aisle; there is a handsome window of stained glass said to have Dyserth, a village and parish in the hundred of been brought from . The registers Prestatyn, county of Flint, is 2~ miles west from New- of baptisms and burials date from the year 1629; market, 5 north-north-east from St. Asaph, about 3 marriages, 1764. 'l'he 'living is a vicarage, net yearly from Rhnddlan & Rhyl stations on the Chester, Denbigh value £300, with residence and 12 acres of glebe, in the and Rhyl line of the Lowlon & North-Western rail- gift of the Bishop of St. Asaph, and held since 1885 by way, and a like distance from Prestatyn station on the the Rev. William J ones of St. Bee10. Holyhead and Chester line of the same railway, in the Gyrn Castle, the seat of Sir Edward Bates bart. is sub-registration district and union of St. Asaph, Pres- a handsome castellated building with four lofty towers; tatyn petty-sessional division, Rhyl county-court it occupies an elevated position and commands a fine district, rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of St. view of the estuaries of the Dee and Mersey. Asaph ; romantically ~ituated on a steep declivity The lighthouse, placed on the most commanding extensive VIews of the surrounding country. northerly point of Flintshire is in this parish. The church of St. Bridget is a small edifice in the . ' . . . Early English style; it contains a fine stained-glass . Ffyrmon Groyw Is. an eccl~siastlcal pansh formed window said to have been brouaht here from Basina- m 1883 from the anment pansh of Llanasa, rural werk Abbey, and some graveston~ of Knights Templar~; deanery of Hol:;:wel!•. archdeac?nry and diocese o.f ~t. in the churchyard are several yew trees, also two ~sap~. All Sanlts IS the p~r:~h church: The .lmng singular tombstones with a bow sculptured on each, and Is. a VIcarage,. yearly value £2n0 and resid.ence, m the an ancient pillar or weeping-stone, which is thought to gift of the Bishop of St.. Asaph, and held s~n~e 1883 by have been the place from which the primitive chiefs the Rev. Howell Harns B. A. of St. D~vid s College, and princes dispensed justice. The registers date from I:amp?ter. H?r~ ~re chap:ls for Baptists,. Congrega­ the year 1602. The living is a vicarage, yearly value twnahsts, Calvnustlc an