CLOCAENOG, a parish, in the hundred of RUTHIN, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (S. W.) from Ruthin, comprising the
Lower and Upper divisions, and containing 461 inhabitants, of which number, 128 are in the Lower, and 333 in the Upper,
division. This parish is situated in a mountainous district, and the village is almost surrounded by unproductive and
widely extended heaths: in the vicinity are some excellent quarries of stone, among which is that peculiar kind used for
hones. The living is a rectory, in the jurisdiction of the consistory court of the Bishop of Bangor, rated in the king's
books at £12, and in the patronage of the Bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Trine, is a small neat edifice, with a fine
east window. A parochial school has been erected by Lord Bagot, and is principally supported by his lordship and the
rector of the parish: about sixty children receive gratuitous instruction in it. There are several benefactions in land
for charitable purposes, the rental of which, amounting to 452. 12. per annum, is distributed among the poor. In the
township of Maestyddin is a large tumulus, on the summit of which was an upright stone, upon which was inscribed, in Saxon
characters, Aemilini Tovisac: the stone has been removed from its original situation, and is now in Pool Park. The poor
are supported by an average annual expenditure of £435. 13.