LLANENDDWYN (LLAN-ENDDWYN), a parish, in the union of DOLGELLEY, hundred of ARDUDWY, county of MERIONETH, NORTH WALES, 5
miles (N. N. W.) from Barmouth, on the road to Harlech; containing 940 inhabitants. The village is pleasantly situated;
and the inhabitants are partly engaged in the manufacture of webs, partly An the working of mines of manganese, which
metal is found in the parish, and partly in agriculture. Au act of parliament was obtained, in 1810, for the in-closure of
the waste lands, under the provisions of which two thousand three hundred and seven acme were allotted; and a
considerable portion of this tract has been brought into a good state of cultivation. Within the last 10 years a great
number of cote sages have been erected in the parish. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Llanddwywesi
annexed, rated in the king's books at £10. 18. 114 present net income, £87, with a glebe-house; per tron, Bishop of
Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Enddwyn, is an ancient structure. There are places of worship for Independents and
Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A school was erected in 1810 upon about half ,an acre of ground given by the late Sir
Thomas Mostyn, Bart., in consequence of a bequest of £200 by Ellen Humphreys, in 3805, for leaching the poor children of
this parish, and those of Llanddwywau; the master and mistress reside in the achool-housd, which was built by sub.
,scription, and have a salary of £23, made up in a similar way, in aid of the original endowment of £8 from Humphreys'
bequest: from -50 to 60 children of both sexes attend. There.are also three Sunday schools, appertaining to the
dissenters, and conducted by voluntary teachers, in which are about 440 persons. Several small benefactions have been
ranted at different periods for the poor; among which are £2. la. 4., arising from a bequest .of Mrs. Jane Wynne;; .a
rent-charge of XI. 10. from an unkuewe donor; f.2 from the above Ellen Humphreys' he. quest; .£1. & from a bequest of
Elizabeth Price; and £1 from a gift of £20 by Mrs. Catherine Pugh; with a small sum to be distributed in bread, by David
Griffith. Near the high road is a great stone, called Coeten Arthur, or " Arthur's Quoit." The waters of a spring called
St. Enddwyn's well are thought to be efficacious in the cure ef rheumatic affections. The distinguished Archdeacon Pits
was for some years rector of the parish; and Colonel Jones, one of the "judges" who passed sentence of death on Charles
1., was buried in the churchyard.