NANTGLYN (NANT-GLYN), a parish, in the union of RUTHIN, hundred of ISALED, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (S. W.)
from Denbigh; containing 391 inhabitants. This parish, which is pleasantly situated on a branch of the river Clwyd,
nearly in the centre of the county, extends almost seven miles in length, and four miles and a half in breadth, and
comprises a large tract of land, of which comparatively but a small portion is inclosed and cultivated: the return of the
rateable annual value is £1080. The surrounding scenery is agreeably diversified, though not distinguished by any striking
peculiarity of feature; and the views, though confined towards the south and west by lofty hills, are not destitute of
interest. Fairs are held on May 6th and October 27th. The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at
£4. 13. 4.; present net income, £222, with a glebe-house; patron, Bishop of St. Asaph: the tithes have been commuted for
a rent-charge of £180. The church, dedicated to St. James, is not marked by any architectural details of importance. There
is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists; and a parochial school, in which children of both sexes are
gratuitously instructed, is supported by subscription. Some small benefactions, arising from land and money, are
distributed at Christmas among the poor; the principal of these are the rents of two large tenements, containing five
dwellings, with gardens and about an acre of ground, purchased some years since with parish money, and yielding altogether
£13. 7. 6. per annum; there is likewise a sum of £4. 3. 6., the produce of the interest of various accumulations and
small rent-charges. Mr. David Samuel, who sailed with Captain Cook, as surgeon in the ship "Discovery," and was an eye-
witness of his death, of which he wrote aninteresting narrative, printed in the Biographia Britannica, was a native of
this place; and the late Mrs. Jordan, the celebrated actress, was born at Plfis, a township, in the parish.