GARTHGARMON, a chapelry (parochial), in the hundred of ISDULAS, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (S. by E.) from
Llanrwst. The population is returned with the parish of Llanrwst. This chapelry, which comprises a considerable extent of
rugged and barren hills, contains lead-ore, but the works for procuring it have been discontinued of late years. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. Asaph, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £800
parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asaph. The chapel, dedicated to St. Germanus, is of very
ancient foundation: the present edifice was built in 1789, near the site of a former chapel, which had fallen into decay,
and the burial-ground at the same time was considerably enlarged. Thomas Wynne, Esq., of Llwynon, in 167'7, gave to the
minister a house called Llannerch Coch, with land, garden, and out-buildings, requiring him to teach ten poor children in
the chapel; but there is no evidence on record that his injunctions were ever complied with. In addition to this, the
minister receives a stipend of £20' per annum from the incumbent of Llanrwst, pursuant to act of parliament; although, as
regards the performance of ecclesiastical rites, the chapel is entirely independent of the mother church of Llanrwst.