Llanrhos, Caernarfonshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Caernarfonshire  Caernarfonshire Parishes  Llan-rhos

History
Alternate name for Eglwys-Rhos. EGLWYS-RHOS, a parish in Conway district, Carnarvon; on the Llandudno railway, within the Ormes-Head peninsula, 2¼ miles NNE of Conway. Post town, Conway. Acres, 3, 735; of which 630 are water. Rated property, £2, 856. Pop., 832. Houses, 172. The property is divided among a few. Diganwy Castle here was an ancient seat of the Welsh princes. Lead and copper ores occur. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £167. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church stands in a beautiful situation; is ancient, cruciform, and good; and contains monuments of the Mostyns. Charities, £22. (Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, John Marius Wilson, 1870-72.) For more information see Eglyws-Rhos, Caernarvonshire at genuki.org.uk


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