LLANGWM (LLAN-GWM), a parish, in the union of CORWEN, hundred of ISALED, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 6 miles (W.) from Corwen; containing 1017 inhabitants. It is stated that the inhabitants of North Wales, revolting against the government of Meredydd ab Owain ab Hywel Dda, Prince of South Wales, and nominally of all Wales, about the close of the tenth century, invited Eidwal, son of Meirig, to the throne, to dispossess whom Meredydd immediately called together his troops, and the rival princes met at Llangwm, where, after a sharp conflict, Meredydd was totally defeated, and Tewdwr Mawr, his nephew, slain. The parish, which is of great extent, is situated in a moorland district, near the extremity of the county, bordering on Merionethshire, and is intersected by the ma from London through Shrewsbury to Holyhead and Dublin: it is bounded on the north by the parishes of Cerrig-y-Druidion and Llanvibangel- GlynyMyvyr. on the east by those of Bettws- GwervilGoch and Corwen, and on the south and west by that of Llanvawr, in the county of Merioneth; and comprises about 10,000 acres, of which 3500 are arable, 2000 meadow and pasture, 500 woodland, and nearly all the rest common: The scenery is highly diversified and picturesque, the parish consisting of lofty hills and fruitful vales sprinkled with fir, oak, and other trees, and watered by several pleasing streams, the principal of which is the Geirw, which abounds with fine trout, and runs in one part of its course through a precipitous and romantic dingle called Glyn Diphwys, where it is crossed by a bridge at which is a celebrated water-fall, greatly contributing to the impressive effect of the scenery. The soil, though not naturally rich, admits of great improvement, and where well cultivated produces excellent crops of oats and barley, potatoes and turnips, and sometimes small quantities of wheat; but good husbandry has been much neglected, and the land left, to a great extent, to its own resources, in consequence of which, this district, in tillage, as well as in planting and draining, is behind many others in the principality. Both males and females are chiefly employed in the summer in agriculture, and in the winter in the spinning of woollen yarn, and the knitting of stockings, large quantities of which are sent to the neighbouring towns, and are purchased for the London and Liverpool markets: others of the males are occupied in attendance upon their herds and flocks, great numbers of which are purchased by the English drovers, and fattened for the London market. The rateable annual value of the parish has been returned at £3035. The village is small, but is noted for the large black cattle fair held in it, which takes place on April 18th, when a vast number is generally sold. The living comprises a sinecure rectory and a discharged vicarage, both in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asap)]; the former is rated in the king's books at £11. 4. 7., and the latter at £6, and endowed with £200 royal bounty: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £398. 8., of which £250 are payable to the rector, who has also a glebe of 222 acres, and £148. 8. to the vicar, who has likewise a glebe of 12 acres, with a house. The church, dedicated to St. Hierom, is a small neat edifice, 72 feet long and 18 broad, with a gallery at the west end, and contains about 250 sittings, of which 60 are free. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A Sunday school lately established in the church, is conducted by the vicar, and is gradually on the increase; and there are four others appertaining to the dissenters and conducted gratuitously, in which are about 390 males and females. Various bequests have been made for the benefit of the poor, several of which have been lost; and in the report of the parliamentary commissioners for inquiring into charities only three are mentioned as now existing, which are those of Ellis Wynne, John Wynne, and David Williams, amounting together to £149, and producing £6. 5. 3. per annum, which sum is distributed in money and bread to the most necessitous parishioners, chiefly at Christmas. Ilya Dinmael, an ancient mansion in the parish, is stated to have been the residence of Dinmael, a petty prince: courts for the lordship of Dinmael are held twice a year.