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172 DOLGELLEY. [SLATER'S Llaneltydd is a village and parish in the hundred PLACES OF WoRSHIP:- of Ardudwy, county of Merioneth, 2 miles north-west Chapel of Ease (St. Paul's), Rev. Richard James Mar- of Dolgelley railway station and 8 east from , gau, vicar in Talyllyn sub-registration district, Dolgelley union Calvinistic Methodist and county-court district, rural deanery of Ardndwy, Independent (Welsh) archdeaconry of Merioneth, . The Independent (\Velsh), Drwsynant church of S~. Ill~yd is an ancient structure, situated NATIONAL ScHOOL: Miss Hilda Dodd, mistress close to the JUnctiOn of the Barmouth and Railway Station Drwysynant William Griffiths station roads to Dolgelley. The registers date from the year master ' ' ' 1730. The living is a vicarage, net yearly income £136, ' . . . . in the gift of Miss Lloyd and Mrs. Ffoulkes, and held Taly"llyn IS a pansh and s!llall VIllage_ m the hundred since 1891 by the Rev. John \Yilliams B.A. of Durham of Estlmaner, county of Me~wne~h, ~miles south f:om university. There are chapels for Independents and Dolgelley, head of a sub-registratiOn m Dolqelley_umon, Calvinistic Methodists. rural deanery of Y stumanee, archdeaconry of Menoneth, The village situated on the north bank of the river diocese of Bangor afold county-cot~rt district of Dolge~ey. Mawddach at the junction of the roads from Barmouth For the eastern portwn of the pansh, the,nearest statiOns andMaentwrogtoDolgelleyisinamountainousandpictur- are ! and Aberllefenny on the Narro~ esque district, a short distance from the village are the Gauge railway from Mac~ynlleth ; the western part IS ruins of Cyrumer A bbey,loeally known as YV ann er, which served by the Taly llyn rall way from Towyn, the nearest is supposed to have been built about the 12th century, station being , the terminus of the line. and was an establishment belonging to the Cistercian ~he ~hurch of ~t. !Ylary, an ancient edifice in the Early order. In the neiahbourhood are several gold mines. English style, IS Situated close to Lake Talyllyn. The The area comp~ises 8,001 acres, of which 66 are registers date from the year 1683. The living is a water; the population in 1891 was 386. r~ctor:y, aver_age tithe rent-charge £103_ to £134, in the Sun-PosT 1\IoxEY ORDER OFFICE & SAVIXGS BANK. g1ft ot the Bishop of Bangor, and held smce 1890 by the -William Henry Bennett, postmaster.. Delivery, 8.5 Rev. Jo~n Williams. There are chapels f~r C~lvinistic a. m.; despatch, 5.40 p.m. The nearest telegnph ~e~hodists. and Independents. The pansh IS much office is Dolgelley, 2 miles distant VlSlted _durmg the s_ummer I?onths, for It presents many Rate Collector, William J ones attractiOns t~ tounsts, havmg very rugg:ed and stupen- Income-Tax Collector William Henry Ben nett dons mountams and passes, together with fresh-water , , "~V ' lakes abounding with fish. Llyn Mwyngil or Talylynn P J,ACEiol OF ~ OHSH IP :- L k . t t d th th t . d f tl d f St. Illtyd's Church, Rev. John Williams n.A. vicar Dale,lsll uat eT on ~ sou .l·easdshl elfol le road bromt · · t' l\I· th d · t o ge ey o owyn, IS a 1111 e an a ong, an a ou Ca l VllliS lC 1 e 0 IS h lf 'l . b dth d }' d t} t Independent (Welsh) .a. a rrn.de m f rCea I,da;n tile~ un er t ~e rr:os pre- . ,. . Cipitous si e o aer ns ; ns moun am nses to a NATIONAL ScHOOL : Richard Hugh VIIlhams, master height of 2, 914 feet, and may be ascended from the is a parish and small village in the village. There are large quantities of slate and stone hundred of Talybont andMawddwy, county of Merioneth, got in the district, the most notable of the quarries here 4 miles north-north-east from Dolgelley and 2 north- Leing the Aberllefenny quarry, from which are got the west of Pant N ewydd railway station, situated in a finest slabs in the kingdom. l<'ron-felan is the seat of mountainous district, Barmouth sub-registration district, Thomas Horn by Birley esq. Dolgelley union and county-court district, rural deanery The which starts from , of Ystumance, archdeaconry of Merioneth, diocese of on the Cambrian main line, and runs to Aberllefenny, is Bangor. The chureh of St. Machraith was rebuilt in a narrow or miniature gauge railway; it follows the 1873. The registers date from the year 1636. The living course of the river Dular through a. valley, and affords is a vicarage, gross income £319 and residence, in the fine views of river, lake and mountain scenery; coaches gift of John Vaughan esq. D.L. and held since 1888 by meet the trains at Corris and run to the foot of Cader the Rev. :Francis Parry Watkin Davies M.A. of .lVIag- Idris, thence by the margin of Lake Talylynn to the dalen College, Oxford. There are chapels for Calvinistic Tyn-y-cornel hotel. Another route to the district is by Methodists and Independents. A great attraction in the Talylynn railway, which runs from Towyn to Aber­ this neighbourhood is the Precipice Walk, which is about gynolwyn, which is about 3 miles south-west of the 3 miles long, and has been formed round the summit of lake and 5 from the mountain. Moel Cynwch, and on to Llyn Oyn wch, a narrow sheet The area comprises 15,936 acres, of which 208 are of water surrounded by low and well wooded-hills. water; the population in 1891 was 1,679. Nannau, the seat of J_ohn Vai~ghan esg. D.L. J.P. a PosT OFFICE, Talylynn.-Letters through~Corris, which handso:ne and su~stantlally bmlt manslOn of stone, is the nearest telegraph office; Abergyr~olwyn is the finely situated on hrgh ground !?ore than 7~0 feet above mane order office. Letters should have R.S.O. the l~vel of the se~ ; the pa~k I_s s~oek.ed_ wrth deer and Meri!neth added contams some fine timber; withm Its limits may be seen . the remains of the house of Rowel Sele a kinsman of Rate Collector, DaV1d Owen, Tynymaes Owain Glyndwr. ' Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, David Owen, The area comprises 17,766 acres, of which 115 are Tynymaes water; the population in 1891 was 865. PLACES OF WoRSHIP:- SuB-PosT OFFICE.-Miss Ann Williams, postmistress. s.t. ~a.ry:s Church,_ Rev. John Williams Letters through Dolgelley delivered at 9. 25 a.m.; des- Ca lvmiStlC .Methodist, Aberllefenny patched at 4.30 p.m. The nearest telegraph & money Independent, Aberllefenny order office is at Dolgelley. A School Board of 5 members was formed on 11th Rate Collector, :Mrs . .Mary William Caermarch January 1875 PLACES oF \VoRSHIP :- Clerk, David Ifar J ones, Corris ; attendance officer, St. Machraith's Church, Rev. Francis Parry Watkin- Richard Humphreys · Davies M.A ScHOOLS:- Calvinistic Methodist Aberllefenny, Evan T. Williams, master InJependent (Welsh) Tynyberth, Hugh Stephen Roberts, master NATIONAL ScHOOL: William. Rees, . master . C orris· IS· a cons1'd em ble VI'll age an d an ecc 1esias · t'wa 1 Rhyd~mae_n, a small village m the pansh of Llan- parish, formed in 1861 from part of the ancient parishes fachreth, IS 6 m1les north-east of Dolgell~y, 12 south-west of Talyllyn in and Llanwrin in Mont­ of Bala an~ 2 from. Drws-y-Nant ~tatwn on the Great gomeryshire, rural deanery of Ystumanee, archdeaconry Western railway ; situated on the nver Du. of Merioneth, diocese of Bangor. The village, delight­ Sun-PosT OFFICE, Rhydymaen.-Richard James, post- fully situated in a valley through which flows the river master. Letters through Dolgelley are delivered at Dulas, is 9 miles south of Dolgelley, 5 north of Mach- 10.30 a. m.; despatched at 3.45 p.m. The nearest ynlleth, and has a station on the Corris Narrow Gauge telegraph & money order office is Dolgelley railway. Holy Trinity church, a neat modern structure,