LLANVAELOG (LLAN-FAELOG), a parish, in the hundred of LLYVON, union of ANGLESEY and county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 7
miles (W.) from Liengevni; containing 786 inhabitants. This place is pleasantly situated on the shore of Carnarvon bay;
and by it is bounded on the west and north-west; by the parish of Llchylched on the north; by that of Llangwyvan on the
south; and by that of Llanbeulan on the east: it comprises by computation 1346 acres, chiefly arable land, inclosed with
earthen banks or stone fences, and the soil of which is a sandy light loam producing barley and oats, with a small
quantity Of wheat and hay. The sea views are fine and extensive; and the neighbouring waters, the shores of which in some
parts are rocky, abound with soles and turbot, which are taken in considerable quantities during the summer season. The
parish contains a large fresh-water lake, called Maelog, supplied by a brook in the vicinity. The living is a perpetual
curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanbeulan: the church, dedicated to St. Maelog, is a very ancient structure, supposed
to have been built in the early part of the seventh century, and contains accommodation for 150 persons, most of the
sittings being free. There are places of worship for Wesleyan, Independents, and Calvinistic Methodists: about 50 children
are instructed in a day school, on the National system; and there are se. veral Sunday schools in connexion with the
dissenters, and conducted gratuitously, in which are 250 males and females. Some charitable donations and bequests have
been made to the poor by a few benefactors; but they have been mostly applied to parochial purposes, and the interest,
amounting to about 35s., is therefore paid from the rates. Not far from the church, on an elevated spot of ground, is'a
large cromlech, consisting of five upright stones, supporting a large stone nearly in a horizontal position, about twelve
feet long, beneath which is a small cell or cavity.