LLANRHODD (LLAN-RIVIDD), a parish, in the union, partly within the borough, and partly in the hundred, of Rirrain, county
of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 1 mile (E.) from Ruthin; containing 840 inhabitants, of whom 162 are without the limits of the
borough. The village is pleasantly situated in the fertile Vale of Clwyd., and the neighbourhood abounds with pleasing and
finely varied scenery, the eastern part of the parish including some of the Clwydian hills: Bathavarn Park, in the
parish, is a fine mansion in the Grecian style; and Llanrhidd House, an ancient dwelling-place. There is a mill, where
agricultural implements are manufactured. That portion of the parish called the township of Llanrhiidd Isav is comprised
within the limits of the contributory borough of Ruthin: the rateable annual value of the whole parish has been returned
at £2456. The rectories of Llanrhildd and Ruthin were appropriated, in 1590, by Dr. Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster,
to the endowment of Christ's Hospital, in Ruthin, and are now held by the warden and pensioners of that institution: the
warden appoints a curate for each of the parishes, but is occasionally required to perform duty at each of the churches
himself: the wardenahip is ih the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The composition for the tithes of the
parish is included in that returned for Ruthin. The church, dedicated to St. Meagan, is a small ancient edifice, in the
later English style, forming a picturesque object in the vale, and is 66 feet long and 24 broad; the pews will hold about
170 persons, and in the gallery are 50 free seats, besides 40 others in the body of the edifice, which contains an ancient
monument to the memory of John Thelwall, Esq., and his wife Jane, whose effigies are represented in a kneeling posture,
with ten of their sons and four daughters. In a niche near this monument is a well-executed bust of Ambrose, their ninth
son, steward to Lord Verulam, Lord High Chancellor of England, and afterwards Yeoman of the robes to James I. and Charles,
Prince of Wales: he died on August 5th, 1653, aged eighty-two years. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic
Methodists, who have a Sunday school in their meeting-house; and another is connected with the Established Church; the
poor children of the parish are also admissible to the National school, and those within the borough to the grammar
school, of Ruthin. Almshouses for 12 men and women of this and adjoining places, have lately been erected, in a tasteful
and elegant style, at the sole expense of Joseph Ablett, Esq., of Llanbedr Hall, near Ruthin. Mrs. Dorothy Myddelton
bequeathed £20; Mr. Parry, in 1714, £20, and Mr. Jones £20; which sums, with other benefactions, amounting to about
£105, have been invested in the funds of the Llandegla and Mold. turnpike trusts, and the interest, together with a
rent-charge of £8, left by Mr. Edward Griffith, is annually distributed among the poor. A ohalybeate spring, ,dedicated to
St. Peter, was formerly in high repute for the supposed miraculous medicinal efficacy of its waters, but is at present
neglected: it is strongly impregnated with some mineral, and, if due care were taken to prevent its admixture with other
waters, it might still be found highly beneficial.