Llanfair Talhaiarn, Denbighshire

Description
Llanfair Talhaiarn, a village and a parish in Denbighshire, The village stands on the river Elwy, opposite the wooded park of Garthewin, amid beautiful scenery, 6 miles SSW of Abergele station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L. & N.W.R., and 8 1/2 WNW of Denbigh, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Abergele (R.S.O.) The parish includes the townships of Barog, Botreal, Bryscoed, Brodrachwyn, Bont, Cornwall, Drebach, Melai, Pysllygoed, Talhaiarn, Trebarog, Cilie, Cynnant, and Garthewin. Acreage, 11,239 ; population, 1044. Garthewin is a chief residence. A moated seat of Hedd Molwynog, a prince of one of the ancient Welsh tribes, was within the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Asaph; net value, £243 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. The church is good, and contains monuments of the Wynne family. There are Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.