LLANELLTYD (LLAN-ELLTYD), a parish, in the union of DOLGELLEY NORTH of ARDUDWYG, county of MERIONETH, NORTH WALES, 2 miles (N. W.) from DAlgelley, on the road to Barmouth; containing 502 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the eastern bank of the river Maw, or Mawddach, near its confluence with the Wnion, extends for nearly five miles in various directions from the church, and comprises some fine tracts of meadow and amble land. An act of parliament was obtained, in 1809, for reclaiming the common and waste, under the provisions of which four thousand one hundred and sixty-four acres have been inclosed. The Eden falls into the Mawddach about three miles above the village, and the scenery throughout the parish is richly diversified; the views along the banks of the rivers are beautifully picturesque, in some places even highly romantic, and have acquired much additional beauty from the extensive and flourishing. plantations recently made. There are several ancient mansions in the neighbourhood, inhabited by opulent families; and the venerable remains of the abbey of Cymmer, nearly opposite to the church, on the other side of die river, form an interesting feature in the village. Within three miles and a half of the village, near the road to Trawsvynydd, is the celebrated waterfall of Rhaiadr Do, more generally called DOlymelynllyn, from its proximity to a house of that name, and of which a description is given in the article on DALGELLEY. The principal of the neighbouring seats are, Hengwrt and DOI-uwch-Eogryd, which latter was erected by one of the family of Nanney of Nannau; and has been recently rebuilt: a stone, on which is the inscription "Non Domus Dominum, sed Dominus Domum," has been transferred from the old building, and is now in the front wall of the present handsome edifice. Peat is found in abundance, affording an ample supply of fuel. The river Mawddach is navigable for vessels not exceeding twenty tons as far as Maesygarnedd, about a quarter of a mile from the village, but the tide flows occasionally up to the bridge of Llanelltyd; several small craft come up from Barmouth. The road from DOlgelley into nto two branches at the village, one on the left leading down the vale along the river side to Barmouth, and another on the right towards Trawsvynydd and Tan-y-Bwlch. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £1000 royal bounty; net income, x62. patron and impropriator, G. H. Vaughan, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Illtyd, is an ancient structure, and contains a much admired monument, to the memory of the late Sir Robert Howe) Vaughan, Bart., of Hengwrt and' Nannati. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists; and Mr. Vaughan has recently built a handsome school-house, in which the children of the poor are educated in the principles of the Established Church, and the master of which is paid by voluntary subscriptions. A Sunday school is also held in the same building; and several males and females (partly adults) are instructed in two Sunday schools, supported by the voluntary contributions of the Independents and Methodists. Mr. Richard David, in 1770, bequeathed a small portion of land, the rent of which he directed to be paid to his nearest relative in the first degree, legally settled in this parish. Cymmer abbey, or, as it is called by the Welsh, Y Vaner, and Yr hOn Vonachlog, was founded in 1198, by Meredydd and his brother Grufydd, sons of Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd, for monks of the Cistercian order, and dedicated to St. Mary. Llewelyn ab Iorwerth, who was a great benefactor to this establishment, augmented its endowments, and gave to the abbot Esau and his brethren an ample charter, confirming all preceding grants, and conferring additional and very extensive privileges. From this period it continued to flourish until the dissolution, at which time its revenue was £58. 15. 4. The site remained in the possession of the crown till the reign of Elizabeth, who granted it to her favourite, Robert, Earl of Leicester. The present remains of the conventual buildings consist principally of the abbey church, of which the roofless walls are yet standing: at the east end are three lofty, narrow, and sharply-pointed windows, above which are three of smaller dimensions, thickly overspread with ivy; on the south side of the east end are several niches, in which were anciently statues. The great hall and part of the other buildings have been converted into a farm-house, and the approach is formed by.a noble avenue of stately lime trees. These remains form an interesting and picturesque ruin, and, as seen from the parish church, and from many points on the opposite side of the river, have a truly venerable and romantic appearance. On a small circular eminence, near a place called Pentre, and within a short distance of the abbey, stood the ancient castle of Cymmer, erected by the sons of Uchtryd ab Edwin, and demolished, in 1113, by the sons of Cadwgan ab Bleddyn, between whom and the founders hostilities had arisen. There are no remains of this fortress, except the site, which is still called Tommen, or " the Tumulus." Hengwrt was formerly the seat of Robert Vaughan, Esq., an eminent antiquary, who published various works on British antiquities, and collected and transcribed a vast number of Welsh manuscripts, which are still carefully preserved at this ancient mansion, and which were augmented by a large collection made by Mr. Jones, of Gelli Lyvdy, according to a mutual agreement between those gentlemen, that the survivor should possess both. Mr. Vaughan was a correspondent of the learned Usher, Seiden, Sir Simon D'Ewes, and other eminent men of his time, he died in 1666, and was buried in the parish church of Dolgelley.