LLANGADWALADR, or EGLWYSAEL (LLAN-GADWALADR), a parish, in the hundred of MALLTRAETH, union of ANGLESEY and county of
ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 7 miles (S. W.) from Llangevni; containing 553 inhabitants. This place, which derives its name from
the dedication of its church to St. Cadwaladr, iseituated on the road leading from Aberfraw to Llangevni, and on that from
the former town to Carnarvon; and is bounded on the north-east by the parish of Trevdraeth, on the north-west by that of
Aberfraw, en the south-east by that of Newborough and Malltraeth sands, and on the south-west by the parish of Aberfraw
and the sea. It comprises by computation about 2132 acres, of which 100 are covered with trees, between 200 and 300 are
rabbit.. warrens, formerly a source of considerable profit, and the remainder is arable and pasture; the surface is boldly
undulated and naked of wood except on the demesne of Badorgan, the prevailing south-west wind from the sea being
unfavourable to the growth of trees; the surrounding scenery is pleasingly varied, and the distant views embrace, among
numerous interesting objects, fine prospects of the whole range of the Carnarvonshire mountains and the bay. The soil is
for the most part fertile; and the chief produce is wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes. B6dowen, the ancient seat of the
Owens of Orielton, in Pembrokeshire, was sold by Sir Hugh Owen, in 1808, to the late Mr. Hughes of Kinmel, father of Lord
Dinorben, the present possessor; and the house, which was erected about the beginning of the seventeenth century, is now
tenanted by a farmer. Bad. organ, the seat of Owen Fuller Meyrick, Esq., rebuilt in a handsome style about 60 years since,
is celebrated for a spacious and well-stocked deer-park, and a very superior garden, from which pines and other choice
fruits have frequently obtained first-rate prizes at the horticultural shows in London.. Corn, mon road and grit stone are
quarried in the parish, which is watered by the stream of Frechwen, and contains the hamlet of Hermon, and a corn-mill.
The living is a discharged rectory, with Llanveirian annexed, rated in the king's books at £16. 7.11., and in the
patronage of the Crown; present net income £200, with a glebe-house, and glebe land valued at £15 per annum. The church,
dedicated to St. Cadwaladr, was founded or built by Cadwaladr, the last of the Welsh kings of Britain, in 650, and is an
elegant structure, 52 feet long and 16 wide, containing about 60 sittings, half of which are free, and consisting of a
nave and chancel, with a north and south transept, called respectively the Biidorgan and Bodowen chapels, of more recent
erection than the rest of the edifioe, and in the purest character of the later style of English architecture. The
Bodorgan chapel, forming the north transept, was originally built by Richard Meyrick, Esq., in 1640, and rebuilt in 1801,
in a style of inferior beauty, which exhibits a striking contrast to that of Bodowen, constituting the south transept,
which was erected by Anne, widow of Colonel Hugh Owen, of Bodowen, in 1661. This last, in the beauty of its style and the
richness of its details, is one of the most elegant specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in North Wales; the windows,
two of which are large and in the perpendicular style, though partly divested of the richly stainedglass with which they
were originally embellished; are still strikingly beautiful. The window of the chancel is of elegant  design, and was
formerly enriched with brilliant stained glass, inserted at the expense23 of Meyric ab Llewelyn ab Hwlkyn, in 1535, as
appears by an inscription below the figures; though greatly mutilated, there is still enough of the original glass
remaining to bear testimony to its pristine beauty. On the lintel of the south door of the church is a rude inscription,
which has been decyphered thus:- CATAMANVS REX SAPI- ENTIRSIMVS OPINATISSIMYS OMNIVM REGVM. Catemenus was grandfather of
Cadwaladr, and is said to have been buried in Bardsey Island; but the learned author of the " Mona Antigua Restaurata," is
of opinion that his remains were finally deposited here by Cadwaladr, who, perhaps, erected the church over his grave, and
on that account invested it with the privilege of sanctuary. About three-quarters of a mile to the south of the church are
the ruins of the ancient chapel of Llanveirian, which appears to have been originally a parish church, and afterwards a
chapel, having been finally suffered to fall into decay, about the year 1775. The present rector has caused the cemetery
to be inclosed with a stone wall, and some yew trees to be planted within the area, marking the site of the ancient
edifice. There is a place of worship for Independents, in which also is held a Sunday school, attended by about 90
children, who are instructed gratuitously. A National school has been established in the adjoining parish of Trevdraeth,
into which children of this place also are admissible: a suitable building, capable of receiving 150 children, was erected
for its use in 1828; and there are at present 70 children in the school, which is supported by the gentry and clergy,
aided 'by small payments from the parents. Mrs. Clara Meyrick left, in 1826, the interest of £227. 5. 5. three per cent.
consols., to be expended in clothing for the poor at Christmas; and her grand-daughters, Mary Fuller and Clara Tapps,
bequeathed, in 1831, a sum of £100 each, in the same stock, the dividends to be applied in a similar manner; but those
charities, though placed in the names of the above parties, in fact emanated from the benevolence of Mrs. Fuller, the
mother of the latter ladies, and the daughter of the first named. Sir Hugh Owen, of BOdowen, Bart., bequeathed a rent-
charge of £2, and Owen Jones, of Marian, one of 10s., both of which are distributed in small sums among the poor generally
after Christmas. A grant of £5 by Griffith Williams, vested in the hands of the churchwardens has been lost to the poor.
In 1728, the sum of £30 was bequeathed by Mary Maurice, spinster, to be laid out in land by the owner of Pantglraa and the
produce to be distributed by him and the churchwardens, at Christmas, among six of the poorest parishioners; this, with
the interest of £10, left by Thomas Humphreys, in 1731, is dispensed on the 1st of January in every year.