LLANSANTFRAID-GLYN-CERIOG (LLAN-SANT-FFRAID-GLYN-CEIRIOG), a parish, in the union of CORWEN, hundred of CHIRK, county of
DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 21 miles (S. S. W.) from Llangollen; containing 573 inhabitants. This parish, as the name implies,
is situated on the river Ceiriog: the village occupies a low and very retired situation, entirely encompassed by lofty
hills. It contains slate of excellent quality and in abundance, in procuring which some extensive quarries are new being
worked with profit to the proprietors. The manufacture of flannel is carried on to a considerable extent; and on the
stream of the Ceiriog are two fulling-mills, to which large bleaching-grounds are attached. The rateable annual value of
the parish has been returned at £1176. Fairs are held en February 14th, May 1st, August 1st, and November 1st. The living
is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £000 royal bounty: the annual income now exceeds £200, having been augmented by the
combined munificence of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, and the patron, Viscount Dungannon, who has given a
convenient and valuable glebe, and contributed handsomely to the erection of a parsonage-house: the tithes have been
commuted for a rent-charge of £150. The church, dedicated to St. Bridget, has been reoently restored in the Gothic, style
by the Viscount, at an expense exceeding £800, and for beauty of architecture is now second to few parish churches in the
principality. There are two places of worship for Baptists. A handsome and commodious National school has been built, with
a house, for the master; 87 scholars attend the day, and 146 the Sunday, school, both supported by annual subscriptions.
Three small charities, amounting together to £5. 14., are distributed annually among the poor: the largest part of this
sum is produced from the rent of six acres of inclosed land, called Tir-y-+Tylodion; but there are no documents connected
with the charities of the place to indicate the benefactors. A chalybeate spring in the parish, formerly in great repute
for its medicinal efficacy, is now nearly lest by drainage.