TREVDRAETH (TREF-DRAETH), a parish, in the hundred of Malltraeth, union of ANGLESEY and county of ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, 6
miles (S. W.) from Llangevni; containing 950 inhabitants. This place, whereof the name signifies "the town on the sands,"
is situated near the great Holyhead road, between the Malldraeth marsh, by which it is bounded on the south-east, and St.
George's Channel, which is on the south-west; and is bounded by the parishes of New-borough, Llangafo, Llangrystyoly%
Cerregceinwen, Aberfraw, and Llangadwaledr. It comprises a tract of inclosed and cultivated land, extending more than
three miles in length, and two miles and a half in breadth, and about one thousand acres of land, which, since the
inclosare of the marsh in 1818, has been recovered from the sea. About 1100 acres are estimated as arable, and 900 as
pasture; interspersed with a great number of prominent rocks, which give the whole surface a singular appearance  but the
soil is generally fertile, the agricultural produce being chiefly barley and oats. There is very little woodland; but the
distant hills of Carnavvonshire constitute pleasing objects, as seen from the parish. Two collieries have been opened,
which are now worked with success, employing about NO persons; and though the coal hitherto raised is inferior in quality
to that found in Flintihire and Denhighehire, it has been highly advantageous to the inhabitants of this part of the
island, who would otherwise be compelled to derive their supply of fuel from those counties. The strata through which the
pits are sunk consist, first of sand to the depth of rive feet; secondly of freestone, to a further depth of sixty-six
feet; thirdly, of black shale, for a depth of six feet; fourthly of good coal to the further depth of three feet and a
half; fifthly of indurated clench, for two feet; and lastly of freestone, to an unknown depth. The dip of these strata is
reported to be only one yard in ten, towards the east by south. There are likewise several quarries of limestone, and of
stone for building. Since the inelosure of the marsh, and the opening of the collieries, the parish has increased in
population, and many new buildings have been erected; and its situation on the road from Holyhead to Moel-y-Don ferry
affords facility of conveyance for the produce of the collieries, and of intercourse with the neighbanning districts.
Fairs are held on May 1st and November let. The living is a rectory, with Llangwyvan annexed, rated in the king's books at
.£14.8. III.; present net income, £465; patron, Bishop of Bangor  the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of
£.380; and there is a house, with a glebe of Of acres, together valued at £30 per annum. The church, dedicated to St.
Beuno, and supposed to have been originally built in the year 616, is a small plain edifice, situated at the extreme
border of the parish, and has an east window of modern date and of good design; it is about 60 feet long and 15 broad, and
will contain nearly 300 persons, of whom 70 cast be accommodated in five sittings. The parish register, which is quite
legible from the year 1550, is the eldest in North Wales, with the enception of that of Gwaenyscor. The rectory-house,
called Siamber Wen, and situated about two miles from the church, on the margin of Llyn Goren, was erected in 1819, and is
a spacious and handsome building, surrounded with pleasant greased', and commanding a view over the most beautiful and
picturesque portion of the parish. There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wen. leyan Methodists. A National
school was founded in 1828, by subscription, aided by a grant of £35 from the parent institution, and a suitable building
has been erected, in which 70 boys and girls receive instruction; the school, which is supported by subseription, aided by
small payments from the parents, is open to children of this parish and that of Lienwirraladr, and is under the joint
superintendence of the rectors of both places. There is another day school, appertaining to Wesleyan% and affording in
struetion to about 25 children at the expense of their parents; and three Sunday schools are gratuitously conducted by
dissenters, and contain about 210 males and females. John Pugh Gwilini, in 1633, and Robert Roberts, bequeathed to the
poor £46. 13. 4., which sum, with other monies, was expended some years since in erecting eight cottages, on ground
purchased by the parish, for the occupation of in. digent families rent-free. Owen Williams bequeathed land at Newboroagh
for apprenticing children, containing la. 2r. l422‘, to which an allotment was assigned of 2a. 3r. 4p., on the 'Reinsure
of Mall-dread) common; and the whole is now let at X.3. 15. per annum, appropriated according to the will of the donor.
Richard Williams, in 1777, left a rent. charge of 10s. for the use of the poor; and Ellen Griffith, at some period
unknown, one of ..C2 for a similar purpose; there are some other small dons. tione, and a few have been lost.