TALYLLTN (TAL-Y-LLIN), a parish, in the union of DOLGELLEY, hundred of Estimaner, county of MERIONETH, NORTH
WALES, 8 miles (S. by W.) from Dolgelley; containing 1069 inhabitants. This plate derives its name from the situation of
its church, at the head of a beautiful lake coded Mwyngil. The parish, which extends eight miles in length and four in
breadth, includes a large por. Lion of the lofty mountain Ceder Idris, and is intersected by the tumpikeroad from
Thilgelley to Towynit comprises about thirty-six thousand acres, Of which only about six thousand are under cultivation,
the remainder consisting chiefly of barren rugged hills, affording only pasturage to sheep and goats. The soil in the
lower grounds, though shallow, is enriched by several small rivers, which descend from the hills in various parts of the
parish. The scenery is strikingly romantic, and derives much beauty from the lakes, of which there are two within the
limits of the parish; one, called LlSm Cae, at the foot of Ceder Idris, about a quarter of a mile long and nearly of
equal breadth; and the other termed Mwyngil, which is the principal, more than a mile in length, and something less than
half a mile broad. The latter abounds with excellent trout and eels: the vale in which it is situated is so contracted as
to leave, for a considerable part of its length, only a very narrow road on each side of the water, from the clear surface
of which are reflected its precipitous aeclivities. Towards the extremity of the vale, the lake contracts gradually into
the form of a river, rushing with rapidity through a stone arch into a very narrow pass, having on one side the church,
and on the other the small cluster of houses which form the village, embosomed in trees, and assuming a romantically
beautiful appearance. At the distance of a mile or two beyond the church, the hills almost meet, and present a sterile and
rug teed aspect; they are broken into numberless crags, o which some are vertical and sharply pointed, but the greater
number project horizontally, and impend with threatening gloom over the vale beneath. One of these precipices, from its
resemblance in form to a harp, has been called Peii-y-Delyn  and another, from a tradition that it was formerly the
practice to throw thieves from its summit, has been denominated Llamy-Lladron, or "the thieves' leap." There were
formerly. some ancient seats in the parish, of which the principal were Aberileveni and Maes-y-Pandy; but they have been
abandoned by their proprietors, and are now occupied by tenants. Slate is found in the parish, and some quarries are
worked. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary grant; net income, £84;
patron, Bishop of Lichfield, whose tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £250. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, and beautifully situated within a few yards of the lake, is an ancient building in the early English style of
architecture. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A day school affords
instruction to about 20 children at the expense of their parents; and there are eight Sunday schools, one of which,
supported by subscription, contains about 50 males and females, who attend the Established Church; and in the other seven
about 400 are gratuitously taught by the Calvinistic Methodists. The Rev. John Owen gave £20; Catherine Hugh, £40;
Elizabeth Edwards, £5; and Hugh Pugh, in 1812, £10; the interest of which sums is distributed among the , t ,r at
Christmas. A mineral spring, called the tishop's Well, was formerly much resorted to for its efficacy in the cure of
rheumatism. At a place designated Elwyn Del Ithel was found, in 1684, while digging for turf, a coffin made of deal, seven
feet in length, and carved and gilt at both ends; two skeletons were deposited in it, the feet of the one lying by the
head of the other; they were of uncommon size, and the bones moist and tough. Within a few yards of the coffin were two
other skeletons of the same size, lying on the clay, and near them a grave in which was a skeleton of the ordinary size
along the grave and coffin were laid hazel rods, with the bark remaining, and perfectly pliable. The high state of
preservation in which these relics were found is attributed to the bituminous quality of the turbary in which they were
deposited.