LLANVACHRETH (LLAN-FACHRETH), a parish, in the hundred of TALYBOLION, union of ANGLESEY and county of ANGLESEY, NORTH
WALES, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Bodedern; containing 493 inhabitants. This parish is situated in a fertile district,
near the eastern shore of Holyhead bay, and is bounded on the south by the little river Alaw; it contains a considerable
portion of inclosed and well-cultivated land, and formerly derived advantages from its proximity to the old Holyhead road,
which, since the construction of the new line, have been materially lessened. The living is a discharged rectory, with the
perpetual curacies of Llanenghenedl and Llanvigael annexed, rated in the king's books at £14. 2. 1.; present net income,
£557, with a glebe-house; patron, Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Machraeth, is an ancient structure, in
the early style of English architecture, of which it exhibits some good details; and is ornamented with an east window of
elegant design: the interior was considerably improved in 1835, under the superintendence of R. T. Griffith, Esq., and the
Rev. J. Jones, rector, by subscription of the different landed proprietors. There are places of worship for Baptists,
Independents, and Calvinistic Methodists, the first and last of whom have Sunday schools, in which about ninety males and
females are instructed gratuitously. A rent-charge of £1, payable out of the estate called Tronway; another of 2s. 6., the
gift of Richard David; and the interest of a bequest of £20. by Grace Jones, in 1763; are distributed among the poor on
St. Barnabas's-day; and two other benefactions, one of £5, by Edward Owen, and another of £2. 2., by Rowland Williams,
have been lost.