LLANLLACHID (LLAN-LLECHID), a parish, comprising the Upper and Lower divisions, of the union of BANGOR-AND-BEAUMARIS, hundred of LLECHWEDD-UCHAV, county of CARNARVON, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (S. E.) from Bangor, on the great road from London to Holyhead; containing 4957 inhabitants. This parish derives its name from the dedication of its church to Llechid, an eminent female saint, who flourished in the beginning of the sixth century: it extends nearly thirteen miles in length, and three miles in breadth, and comprises a tract of about eighteen thousand scree, of which comparatively but a small portion is inclosed and cultivated. The surface is boldly undulated, and the houses of the inhabitants, scattered widely over the parish, have, from the diversity of their situations, a pleasing effect in its scenery, some of which is of a finely mountainous character, the parish comprising within its limits the lofty mountains of Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Davydd; the former with an elevation of three thousand four hundred and sixty-nine, and the latter of three thousand four hundred and twenty-seven feet above the level of the sea. On the summit of each of these mountains, which form prominent features in the surrounding scenery, are large heaps of loose stones, supposed to be the remains of ancient fortifications, raised respectively by the princes from whom they take their name. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, a giant named Rhita was buried on the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn, which may not improbably have been the place of sepulture of some valiant chieftain, whose name has not been recorded. Near the base of this mountain is Fynnon Llugwy, a fine lake covering a surface of many acres, the source of the river Llugwy, which, after traversing part of this parish, falls into the Conway, near B: ettws. The village of Llanllechid is pleasantly situated in a .fine open plain, in the north-western part of the parish; but the greater portion of the inhabitants reside in the hamlet of Pant-y-Vridlas, and the villages of Bethesda and Achub, and find profitable employment in the adjacent slate quarries of Penrhyn. Several attempts have been made to procure slates in the parish, and some quarries have been opened for the purpose near the church; but the undertaking has not been carried on to any profitable extent, and the quarries are wrought only on a very limited scale, affording but little employment in comparison with the works at Penrhyn. The road from London to Holyhead runs for twelve miles through the parish, and that from Liverpool to the same place for about three miles, affording excellent facilities of communication with the neighbouring districts. A fair is held on October 29th, at Llanllechid village; at Trilybont, a small village; others take place on May 7th, and August 11th; and of late years, three have been held at Bethesda on the 3rd Saturday in the months of April, July, and October, respectively. The rateable annual value returned for the parish amounts to £3758. 1. 9. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at £15. 13.4.; patron, Bishop of Bangor: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £465; and there is a glebe of 16a. Jr. 12p., with a glebe-house. The church is a long, low, ancient edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a small chapel or oratory on the south side. There are places of worship for Baptista, Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A parochial school was founded in 1719, by the Rev. Dr. John Jones, Dean of Bangor, who endowed it with £100, for teaching twelve poor children to read the Welsh language. National school was established in 1828, for which a house was built by subscription, at a cost of £156, aided by a grant of £30 from the parent society in London; and this school, in which 100 children of both sexes receive instruction, is supported partly by subscription, partly by weekly payments of a penny from each child, and partly by the endowment given to the parochial school by Dean Jones. Nearly 1900 males and females are taught gratuitously in nine Sunday schools, one in the church, and the others in the meeting-houses. Dr. Griffith Williams, Bishop of Ossory, in 1672, left an estate in the parish, called PIM Hwva, containing 10 acres, with a farm-house and four cottages, directing its produce to be distributed at the discretion of the rector: the farm yields a rental of £13, annually given in money and coal to the poor, according to the will of the testator; £5 being paid to the National school. William Griffith bequeathed a rent-charge of £2. 16., in the 16th of Charles I.; Robert and Catherine George, a sum of £50; Dr. Lloyd, Dean of Bangor, £20; and Jane Thomas and Pierce Williams, £5 each: the whole of which sums with £32 saved from vacancies in the schools, was expended in erecting six cottages at Gate House, paying a rent of £6. 2. 6., which, with 58. annually from a gift of Margaret Owen, is expended in bread and money among the poor. Two charities were lost; one of £60, by Mrs. Gwen Fletcher, and one of £5, by Maurice Pritchard. Dr. Williams, Bishop of Ossory, was a native of this place; and Dr. John Williams, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, and Archbishop of Yoik, in the reign of Charles I., resided at COchwillan, in the pariah.