Llanwnda, Carnarvonshire

Description
Llanwnda, a parish in Carnarvonshire, on the Roman road from Carnarvon, 3 miles S of Carnarvon, with a station on the Carnarvonshire branch of the L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Carnarvon. It includes the village of Ehostryfan. Acreage, 7332 of land and 102 of water, with 692 of adjacent tidal water and foreshore; population, 2162. Slate is quarried. Ancient British camps are at Hen Gastell and Dinas Gorvai. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Llanfaglan, in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £215 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Gwyndav, and is Early English, cruciform, and good. There is a chapel of ease at Ehostryfan, and Calvinistic Methodist and Congregational chapels.