LLANVAELRHYS (LLAN-FAELRHYS), a parish, in the union of PWLLHELI, hundred of COMMITMAEN, Lleyn division of the county of
CARNARVON, NORTH WALES, 12 miles (S. W.) from Pwllheli; containing 235 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the
shore of St. George's Chan-rid, at the southern extremity of the great promontory of Lleyn, is bounded on the north by the
parish of Bryncroes, on the north-east by that of Rhiw, on the west by Aberdaron, and on the south and southeast by
Porthniull bay. It comprises by measurement 2000 acres, of which about one-fourth part is arable, and three-fourths are
pasture; the soil, generally of good quality, rests on clay; and the surface, which is intersected by the small river
Daron, is tolerably level, being varied only by a few hills, and not distinguished by any peculiarity of feature: of the
rateable annual value the return made amounts to £774. 1. 4. The views embrace an extensive prospect of the adjacent
country, which is finely diversified, and of the channel. There are two manganese quarries. Mullionydd is the only gentle-
man 's mansion. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Aberdaron: the church, dedicated to St.
Maelihys, is a very small edifice, of plain and simple style, in a dilapidated condition; and there are places of worship
for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists. A circulating charity school, for the gratuitous instruction of poor
children, was once held in the village every fourth year, in turn with the parishes of Aberdaron, Bryncroes, and Rhiw, for
the support of which a tenement was bequeathed in Bryncroes; but this system of education has been superseded, and the
fund, amounting to £9 per annum, is divided among the four places in support of a school in each, on the recommendation of
the commissioners. There are some small donations and bequests in land for the repairs of the church, amounting to 17a.
lr. 6p., and paying a rent of £9. 11. 6., which is expended for that purpose.