HENLLAN (HEN-LLAN), a parish, in the hundred of ISALED, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 2 miles (N. NV.) from Denbigh,
containing 2703 inhabitants. This parish, which is fifteen miles in length, and in some parts more than seven in breadth,
though averaging about four, extends from St. Asaph, on the northeast, to the source of the river Alwen, near Llanrwst, on
the south-west, embracing a large tract of country, in some parts richly wooded, and abounding with gentlemen's seats, in
the grounds belonging to several of which are some of the most majestic oaks in the principality. The scenery is finely
diversified, and from some of the higher grounds are obtained extensive and delightful views of the surrounding country,
which is in many places characterized by features of great interest and beauty. About six thousand acres of waste land
within its limits,together with the adjacent two thousand acres forming the tract called Denbigh Green, were enclosed
under the authority of an act of parliament obtained in 1802: these lands are chiefly on the Hiraethog hills, and some
portions of them have a sound soil upon limestone, while others are heathy and peaty: in making the enclosure, fifteen
miles of new roads were formed. Here are several isolated limestone rocks, containing lead-ore. The village is partly
within the limits of the borough of Denbigh, in returning a member for which place, the inhabitants of the portion so
included are entitled to vote: in the township of Bannister Uchiv is even included a considerable portion of two streets
of the town of Denbigh. The living is a rectory, annexed to the deanery of St. Asaph, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
St. Asaph, rated in the king's books at .£20. The church, dedicated to St. Sadwrn, was taken down, and rebuilt upon an
enlarged scale, in 1806: the new edifice, which is a neat plain structure, occupies the site of the ancient church, and is
situated on a fine level; but the tower, a massive square pile, presenting each of its angles towards one of the cardinal
points, and which was always detached, stands on the summit of a rock adjoining the road, and at a considerable distance
to the east of the church. There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists in the village, and for the
latter also in the townships of Eriviatt and Lleweny, and one for Independents in the township of Uwch- Caeran. A National
school was erected, in 1829, by subscription, aided by a grant from the parent society: in this establishment, which is
supported by subscription, fifty boys and sixty girls at present receive gratuitous instruction. Three tenements,
purchased with sums left by various benefactors, now produce a rental of £36. 10. per annum, which sum, together with the
interest arising from other charitable bequests, is distributed in bread and flannel to the poor. At the bottom of Vale-
street, Denbigh, but within the township of Bannister Uchiv, formerly stooda Carmelite priory, founded, according to
some accounts, by John Salusbury, of Lleweny, before the year 1289, in which he died, but according to others, by John.
clle Sunimore, in 1399: it flourished, and formed the mausoleum of the Salusbury family, until the dissolution, when its
revenue was granted to Richard Andrews and William L'Isle. The ruins of the priory church have been converted into a malt-
house, but the window-frames, richly ornamented, still remain; and on the site of this ancient establishment, now called
the Abbey, a genteel mansion has lately been erected. Lleweny, in this parish, was the residence of Prince Davydd, brother
of Llewelyn ab Grufydd, and the last of the native princes of Wales, who was cruelly put to death at Shrewsbury by Edward
I. The old mansion of Foxhall, now in ruins, was the residence of the celebrated antiquary, Humphrey Llwyd, who died
there, and was buried at Whitchurch, near Denbigh, where a mural monument has been erected to his memory, on which is his
effigy, in a Spanish dress, kneeling at an altar. In Gwaenynog park, in this parish, is a monumental urn to the memory of
Dr. Johnson, which is noticed in the article on Denbigh. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor
amounts to £1781. 16.