Eglwys Rhos, Carnarvonshire

Description
Eglwys-Rhos or Llanrhos, a village and a parish in Carnarvonshire, within the Ormes-Head peninsula, 1 1/2 mile SE of Llandudno, with a post and telegraph office, with the name of Llanrhos, under Llandudno; money order office, Llandudno. Acreage, 3243, with 1075 of adjacent tidal water and foreshore; population, 2527. Deganwy Castle, near here, but slight traces of which remain, was built by Hugh Lupus soon after the Conquest, and was dismantled by Llewelyn in 1262. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Asaph; gross value, £175. The church stands in a beautiful situation, is ancient, cruciform, and good, and contains monuments of the Mostyns.