LLANEDARN (LLAN-EDEYRN), a parish, in the union of CARDIFF, hundred of KIBBOR, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, on the
banks of the Romney, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Cardiff; containing 354 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises about
two thousand five hundred and fifty acres of land, partly arable and partly pasture, lies on the eastern confine of the
county, and the surface, though in general low, presents some pleasing scenery: it gradually rises to the north, into an
elevated ridge, in some parts richly wooded, and the whole is embellished with several genteel mansions, the principal of
which are, New House, Ruperra, and Cevn Mably. To the west the venerable cathedral of Llandaf, and southward Cardiff and
the Bristol Channel, are included in the prospect. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to that of St. Mellon's, in
the county et:Monmouth, rated in the king's books at £5. 8. 111.; the impropriation is vested in the Chapter of Llandat
The church, a small simple structure, is dedicated to St. Edeyrn, who, it is stated, established a Christian society here,
amounting in number to three hundred persons. The Rev. William Edwards, in 1782, bequeathed £400 for charitable purposes,
£100 of which he directed should be applied for the use of the poor of this parish: the interest of this sum, which with
the original bequest, lies in the hands of Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar, Bart., is distributed in January among such
poor as are not receiving parochial relief.