Gwytherin, Denbighshire

Description
Gwytherin, a village and a parish in Denbighshire. The village stands on the river Elwy, under the Hiraethrog Hills, 5 1/2 miles E by S of Llanrwst, and was the place of St Winifred's retreat and death. It has a post office under Llanrwst (R.S.O.); money order office, Llanrwst; telegraph office, Llan-fair Talhaiam. The parish comprises 5966 acres; population, 276. Much of the surface is moor and mountain. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Asaph; net value, £122 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. The church was originally built in connection with the retreat-place or nunnery of St Winifred, and it contains two rude wooden chests, enclosing a portion of St Winifred's coffin. Four upright stones in the churchyard, one of them with a slight inscription, mark the alleged site of St Winifred's grave.