SNEAD, or ISNOWDD (SNEYD), a parish, in the union of CLUN, chiefly in the lower division, of the hundred of MONTGOMERY, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 2 miles (N.) from Bishop's Castle; containing 70 inhabitants. This parish, of which a few. fields are in the county of Salop, is about two miles in length and half a mile in breadth, and is watered by the river Camlet, which forms its northern boundary: the rateable annual value is returned at £572. The surface is undulated, rising in some parts into bold eminences, and the soil is in general fertile. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £450 from the tithes, £400 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty; net income, £87; patron, Philip Morriss Esq. The church, an ancient edifice, in the early style of English architecture, formerly dependent on the priory of Chirbury, is beautifully situated in a retired spot, and nearly concealed from view by the numerous trees of lofty growth by which the churchyard is entirely surrounded; the west end is almost covered with ivy, and the venerable building has a strikingly picturesque appearance on entering the churchyard.