ABEREIRCH (ABER-ERCH), a parish partly in the hundred of DINLLAEN, and partly in the hundred of EIVIONEDD, county of
CARNARVON, NORTH WALES, 1 mile (B. N. E.) from Pwllheli, on the road to Criccieth, containing 1365 inhabitants. This small
parish is pleasantly situated on the sea-shore, near the mouth of the river Eirch, from which it has received its name,
and contains some agreeable scenery, interspersed with several well-built genteel houses, the principal of which is
Hendrev, the property and residence of the Rev. T. Roberts. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy
of PenrhSs annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £6, endowed with £600 royal
bounty, and £ 600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Cawrdav,
is an ancient and spacious building, in the later style of English architecture, and consists of a nave, north aisle, and
chancel; the two eastern windows, which are enriched with elegant tracery, have been ornamented with stained glass. There
are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A tenement in the parish was bequeathed
for the use of the poor, by the late Rev. Mr. Conway, the incumbent, and is now let for £ 6 per annum, which, with £4 per
annum, arising from other charitable donations and bequests, is annually distributed on St. Thomas' day. The average
annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £460. 13.