Aberdaron, Carnarvonshire

Description
Aberdaron, a village and a parish in Carnarvonshire. The village stands on the sea coast in a vale overhang by lofty cliffs, at the head of a small bay of its own name, near the extremity of the peninsula of Lleyn, 7 miles N of Bardsey Island, and 16 SW of Pwllheli. It is a primitive little fishing village. It has a post office under Pwllheli; money order and telegraph office, Nevio. The parish comprises 7236 acres of land and 142 of foreshore and water; population of the civil parish, 1170 ; of the ecclesiastical, 1353. Bodwrdda, a large, well-constructed mansion, dating from the time of Charles I., now a farmhouse, stands about a mile from the village. There is a large circular ancient camp at Castell Odo, U mile NE. At Braich-y-PwIl, the extremity of the promontory, is the site of an ancient chapel, Eglwys Fair; in a cave below the cliff, and only accessible at low water, is Ffynnon Fair, Our Lady's Well. The scenery here, and at other parts of the coast, is wild and grand; at Parwyd, opposite Bardsey Island, the cliffs make a sheer descent of 600 feet to the sea. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor, and includes the vicarage of Llanvaelrhys; net value, e£143 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The old church is an ancient structure of different styles, with a beautiful Norman door and a good Perpendicular east window; it has been restored through the liberality of Lord Penrhyn and Col. Wynne Finch, and services are now regularly held in it. the church is dedicated to St Hywyn, a British saint of the 5th century. The new church is a recent tasteless structure. Richard Robert Jones, called Dick of Aberdaron, a carpenter's son with an extraordinary genius for the acquisition of languages, was born here in 1788. He was patronized by Mr William Roscoe of Liverpool, and was buried in St Asaph.