Llanfair yn y Cwmwd

"LLANFAIR YN Y CWMWD, a chapelry in the parish of Llanidan, and hundred of Menai, county Anglesey, 2 files N.E. of Newborough, its post town, 4 from Carnarvon, and 6 from Bangor. It is situated on the river Brain. It is of small extent, and contains only a few farmhouses and cottages. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Llanidan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Mary." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)  Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

"LLANVAIR Y CWMMWD (LLAN-VAIR-YN-CWMMWD), a chapelry in the parish of LLANIDAN, hundred of MENAI, county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Carnarvon. The population is returned with the parish. This place, which is pleasantly situated near the right bank of the river Braint, partakes generally of the scenery by which the parish is characterized: the adjacent country is richly diversified, and the views are interesting and extensive. The living is a curacy, annexed to the Vicarage of Llanidan, in the archdeaconry of Anglesey, and diocese of Bangor. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, has been for years in a state of such dilapidation as to preclude the performance of divine service, but is at present being rebuilt, and, when completed, will afford great accommodation to the inhabitants of the chapelry, which is more than four miles distant from the parish church. "(A Topographical Dictionary of Wales Samuel Lewis, 1833)