EVENECHTYD (Y-VYNEICHDYD), a parish, in the hundred of RUTHIN, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 2 miles (S. by W.) from
Ruthin, containing 242 inhabitants. This place, of which the name is said to be derived from Mynach, " a monk," and tyd,
"land," was probably an appendage, or farm, of some religious house, of which no particular mention occurs. The village is
beautifully situated in a sequestered vale abounding with pleasing scenery. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in
the king's books at £6. 1. 5k., and in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church,
dedicated to St. Michael, is a small neat edifice, and contains a curious wooden font rudely carved from one solid block
of oak, and ornamented with panelling. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists. The
proceeds of some small charitable bequests are annually distributed among the poor of this parish. On the summit of an
eminence above the village are the remains of an encampment, called Pen y gaer and in the churchyard is a very large
stone, called Carreg Gamp, or " the stone of the games," formerly used in the rustic sports of the village. Dr. William
Lloyd, Bishop of Norwich, was for some years rector of this parish, to the church of which he presented a splendid service
of communion plate in 1710. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to 4, 89. 10.