LLYSVAEN (LLYS-FAEN), a parish, forming a detached portion of the hundred of Creuddyn, the union of ABERCONWAY, and
county of CARNARVON, locally within the shire of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, on the road from Abergele to Aberconway, 4
miles (W.) from Abergele; and containing 679 inhabitants. This parish, which is of small extent and extremely mountainous,
is bounded on the north by the Irish Sea, and is crossed by the great turnpike-road from Chester to Holyhead, close to the
shore, which has a fine sandy beach: a considerable quantity of limestone is quarried from the rocks here, and shipped
for Liverpool: the village consists of five houses only. The rateable anneal value of the parish is returned at £1585. la
6. The hying is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's hooks at £12. 0. 5.; present net income, £260, with aglebe-
house; patron, Bishop of St. Asaph. The church, dedicated to St. Cynvran, is a spacious edifice, consisting of a nave,
chancel, and south aisle. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, who have also a Sunday school, in which
100 males and females are gratuitously instraeted; another Sunday school, attended by 80, has an endowment of 5a,
annually, arising from a gift of £5 by Sarah Butler, in 1751, and is finther supported by the rector. Several sums left by
different persons, and amounting to £40, were lent to the trustees of the turnpike-road between Conway and St. Asaph, and
pay an interest of 5 per cent; and an annuity of £2 was purchased, with a bequest . of £50 by William Butler, Esq.; the
produce of both charities, amounting to £4, is distributed among the poor at Christmas. Some years ago an elegant gold
ring, enamelled, and of good workmanship, weighing about an ounce, and bearing the name Amman, was found upon a mountain
near the church: according to Mr. Pegge, it belonged to a military commander of that name is King Egbert's army, which
invaded North Wales in 818. Another gold ring, heavier, and of rough workmanship, was picked up near the same place; and
in 1826, a great number of silver coins, principally struck in the reigns of Stephen, Henry I., John, Edward I., and
Edward III., and in an excellent state of preservation, was discovered. Upon the apex of this mountain a signal-staff
telegraph was erected in 1627, which communicates with Voel-y-Naot, near Llanasaph, on the east, and Orme's Head on the
west, forming part of the line of intereourse between Holyhead and Chester.