Greenfield
GREENFIELD, a hamlet, in the parish and
union, and partly within the limits of the borough,
of Holywell, in the Holywell division of the hundred of Coleshill, county of Flint, North
Wales, 1¼ mile (N. E.) from Holywell; containing
2112 inhabitants.—See Holywell.
Gresford
GRESFORD, a parish, in the union of Wrexham, partly in the hundred of Bromfield, county
of Denbigh, and partly in that of Mold, county
of Flint, North Wales, 3 miles (N. E.) from
Wrexham; containing 3928 inhabitants, of whom
574 are in the township of Gresford. This place is
supposed to have derived its name, anciently Croesfordd, or "the road to the cross," from its situation
near an ancient cross (within half a mile to the south
of the present church) of which the shaft is still remaining. The parish is very extensive, comprising
upwards of 12,000 acres; and the village is delightfully situated on the western side of the road from
Wrexham to Chester, near the head of a beautiful
valley, which opens into the Vale Royal of Cheshire,
a tract of country remarkable for the richness of its
soil, the beauty of its scenery, and the pleasingly
diversified views which it presents. The little Vale
of Gresford is one of the most lovely valleys in the
principality, abounding with interesting objects, enlivened by the meanderings of the river Alyn through
its meadows, and finely varied with richly wooded
eminences, on one of which stands conspicuously the
beautiful church, remarkable for the elegance of its
architecture and for its picturesque appearance. The
plantations and pleasure-grounds attached to the elegant villas and rural mansions which are scattered
throughout this small but romantic dell, combine, with
the natural beauties of its scenery, to render it in
every respect one of the most attractive spots in this
part of the country. Deeply sheltered in the vale is
Gresford Lodge, a stately mansion, designed by Sir
Jeffrey Wyatville, and one of the most tasteful and
highly-finished edifices erected by that distinguished
architect. In the parish are also Erddig, situated in
a detached portion of it, the grounds of which are
disposed with great taste, and beautifully adorned
with wood; Gwersyllt Park; Trêvalyn Hall, the
ancient mansion of the Trevors; Trêvalyn House;
and several other mansions. It is bounded on the
east by the Dee, and intersected by the Alyn, a tributary of that river; and on the banks of these
streams, and of the Pulford brook, are extensive but
not very rich tracts of meadow, which are frequently
flooded: the soil is tolerably good. Coal is found
within the parish, and mines are worked to a considerable extent in Gwersyllt township, where are
also some mills for drawing wire, which afford employment to a small number of persons. The Chester and Shrewsbury railway runs along the Vale of
Gresford, parallel with the river Alyn, and has stations at Rossett and Gresford. Fairs for cattle are
held on the second Monday in April, the last Monday in August, Easter-Monday, June 24th, August
21st, and October 22nd.
The living is a vicarage, rated in the king's books
at £21. 2. 3½., and endowed with five-sixteenths of
the great tithes; present net income, £714; patron,
the Bishop of St. Asaph. The impropriate tithes of
the township of Gresford have been commuted for
£102. 2., and the incumbent's tithes in the township
for £76. 8.: the impropriate and vicarial glebes in
the township comprise 184a. 3r. and 17a. 1r., respectively; and there is a glebe-house. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, is a spacious and elegant
structure, in the later style of English architecture,
with a lofty square embattled tower, of fine proportions. This tower is richly ornamented on the
summit with figures of the twelve apostles, alternated
with crocketed pinnacles; and in the south-west
angle with an elaborately enriched ogee canopy, surmounting a niche of beautiful design, in which is a
statue of Henry VII. The interior of the church
consists of a nave, chancel, and north and south
aisles; the roofs of all these are of oak, panelled, and
profusely ornamented with fruit and flowers exquisitely carved. The rood-loft screen, of very superior
workmanship, is still remaining entire, and in the
chancel are twelve ancient stalls of oak richly carved.
In the north aisle is a beautiful niche, surmounted
by an enriched canopy, and in the south aisle a
piscina of elegant design; in several of the windows
of the church are some fine remains of stained glass.
Under an arch in the north aisle is an ancient stone
coffin, on the lid of which is a shield charged with
armorial bearings, round which is inscribed Hic jacet
Gronow ap Iorworth ap Dafydd, &c., with the date
1321; and under a flat arch in the south aisle is an
altar-tomb, with a recumbent effigy clothed in chain
mail, supposed to represent Madoc ab Llewelyn ab
Grufydd. There are several monuments to the
Trevor family of Trêvalyn, one of which, erected in
1638, during his lifetime, is to the memory of Sir
Richard Trevor and his wife Catherine, who are
represented in a kneeling posture; the inscription
records that he served thirty years in the wars in
Ireland, was governor of Newry and the counties of
Down and Armagh, and vice-admiral of North Wales,
and that he lived to see his great-grandchildren. In
the chancel are, a monument by Westmacott, to the
memory of J. Parry, Esq., formerly M. P. for the
county of Carnarvon; and a white marble tablet to
William Egerton, Esq., with a bust of this gentleman,
finely executed by Chantrey. Within the last few
years, a monumental brass, executed by Messrs.
Waller, has been placed in the church; an instance
of the revival of the ancient art of engraving monumental brasses. The bells of the church are particularly melodious. A chapel at Rossett has been
lately rebuilt and endowed by John Townshend,
Esq., of Trêvalyn, and made a district church, with
a portion of the parish ecclesiastically assigned to its
minister for pastoral purposes. There was formerly
a chapel of ease at Allington, but no vestiges of it
are now discernible, except the cemetery. The
dissenters have several places of worship.
Dame Margaret Strode, widow of Sir George
Strode, of the Inner Temple, London, by will, in
1715, gave £500 in trust to the Bishop of St. Asaph
and others, for the purchase of lands, the produce of
which was to be appropriated to clothing and instructing three boys and three girls of the parish,
and, if the funds would suffice, to apprenticing them
to masters and mistresses of the Church of England.
Of this sum, £450 were vested in the purchase of
some land in the parish. Dame Dorothy Jeffreys,
of Acton, in the parish of Wrexham, in 1728, gave
£50 in trust for the instruction of poor children of
this parish; and in 1758, the sum of £114 which
had accumulated from the former legacy, and £86
from the latter, making together £200, were placed
out in mortgage on a farm purchased by the parish,
which realizes five per cent. interest. The annual
income available from these endowments is £26, for
which sum a few children are gratuitously taught in
a large Church school for boys and girls, otherwise
supported by school-pence and subscriptions. In the
Rossett district is the Lavister infants' school, established in 1846, by Mrs. Barker, of Boughton, near
Chester, at the expense of her family; and at Merford is a third school, conducted, like the others, on
Church principles, and in which sixteen children are
taught at the expense of Mrs. Griffiths, of Trêvalyn
Hall. There are several Sunday schools in the parish, of which by far the most considerable is held in
the Gresford school-house, and the others are supported by the dissenters. Mrs. Shakerley, of Lower
Gwersyllt, in 1757, bequeathed £200 for the purchase of lands, directing the rental to be applied in
clothing, and apprenticing to husbandry and housewifery, six children of the parish; no application
having been made for apprenticing for several years,
this sum has accumulated, and the proceeds now
amount to £45 per annum. Mrs. Jane Shakerley,
in 1777, bequeathed £100, to be applied in the same
manner as the last-named bequest. Mrs. Anne Shakerley, in 1748, and the dowager Lady Williams,
each bequeathed £100, directing the interest to be
laid out in clothing the aged poor of the parish, to
which purpose is also applied the interest arising
from the other benefactions, when no premiums are
paid for apprenticing children, according to the intention of the respective benefactors. Near the
church, and adjacent to the school-house, are two unendowed almshouses. John Davis, of London, in
1595, bequeathed a rent-charge of £13. 6. 8. on his
estate at Allington to the poor of the parish, among
whom are also distributed the proceeds of other
charitable bequests.
Wat's Dyke may be distinctly traced along the
eastern bank of the river Alyn, in a direction towards
Caergwrle. Sir Richard Trevor, whose monument
is in the church, was born in the parish, and resided
at the ancient mansion in the hamlet of Allington, or,
as it is sometimes called, Trêvalyn: in this old Hall
is his portrait, with some emblematic allusions to his
former life as a warrior, and his subsequent application to devotion and retirement. At Merford is an
ancient British camp, called "the Roft," on an eminence commanding prospects of great extent and
variety, chiefly over the Vale Royal of Cheshire;
and in the hamlet of Erddig is another strong intrenchment, called "the Roman Fort."
Gresholm
GRESHOLM, an island, situated off the hundred of Rhôs, county of Pembroke, South Wales,
six leagues (N. W.) from Milford Haven. This is one
of the largest and most central of a line of isles and
rocks which extends in a western direction, at some
distance from Skomar Isle on the coast of Pembrokeshire, and terminates at the "Smalls," on which is a
lighthouse. Gresholm is lofty, steep, and nearly
circular, and is generally the first land seen on approaching Milford from the west. Between this
island and the "Smalls," but nearer the latter, is a
ledge of rocks, about a mile long, visible at low
water, and named the "Hats and Barrels;" and
about a league from Gresholm, nearly in the same
direction, are others, called "Skettle," or "Kettle
bottom." All these rocks are extremely dangerous
to navigation, as the sounding is upwards of thirty
fathoms immediately to the north and south. At the
distance of a league from Gresholm, north-by-west,
lies a sunken rock, named the "Pope;" and three
leagues to the north-east is the "Augre bank," or
"Taradr," connected with the "Mascus," a piece of
foul ground which is occasionally dry at low water.
This range of rocks presents such opposition to the
flood tide, that it is generally high water on the coast
from two to four hours before it manifests itself
amongst them, and the ebb tide is of course equally
late.
Grondre
GRONDRE, a hamlet, in the parish of Killymaenllwyd, union of Narberth, hundred of Dungleddy, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 3
miles (N. by E.) from Narberth; containing 12 inhabitants. It forms an inconsiderable and detached
portion of the parish, all the rest being situated in the
hundred of Derllŷs, county of Carmarthen.
Grwyne-Vawr (Grwynau-Fawr)
GRWYNE-VAWR (GRWYNAU-FAWR),
a township, in the parish and hundred of Tàlgarth,
union of Crickhowel, county of Brecknock,
South Wales, 6¾ miles (N. E.) from Crickhowel;
containing 24 inhabitants. This township takes its
name from the Grwyne-Vawr stream, which rises in
the fastnesses of the Black Mountains, passes along
the vale here, in the same wild district, and falls into
the river Usk near the border of Monmouthshire.
It forms the south-eastern extremity of the parish,
and is bounded on the east by a detached portion of
the county of Hereford.
Grwyne-Vechan (Grwynau-Fechan)
GRWYNE-VECHAN (GRWYNAU-FECHAN), a township, in the parish and hundred of Tàlgarth, union of Crickhowel, county of Brecknock, South Wales, 4¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Crickhowel; containing 93 inhabitants. This place occupies a valley among the Black Mountains along which
flows the Grwyne-Vechan stream, which gives name
to the township, previously to joining the GrwyneVawr, two miles distant. The tithes of this township and that of Grwyne-Vawr have been commuted
for £105, of which £70 are payable to the Dean and
Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and £35
to the Vicar of Tàlgarth. The area of the two
townships is 4739 acres, of which 3000 are common
or waste land.
Guilsfield
GUILSFIELD, or, in Welsh, CEGIDFA, a
parish, in the Lower division of the hundred of Pool,
county of Montgomery, North Wales, 2¾ miles
(N.) from Welshpool; containing 2577 inhabitants.
This parish, the Welsh name of which signifies "a
place abounding with hemlock," is bounded on the
east by the river Severn. The turnpike-road leading from Welshpool to Oswestry intersects it in two
branches, one passing through the village, and the
other, which is the more frequented, in a direction
parallel with the river Severn, and between it and
the Montgomeryshire canal. The parish contains
about 16,000 acres of land, the greater part of which
consists of old inclosures: about 2000 acres were
inclosed by an act passed in 1787. Near the village
are several genteel residences, among which the
splendid mansion of Garth claims particular notice;
it is a modern structure in the decorated style of
English architecture, built by the late Rev. Richard
Mytton. There is a flannel manufactory at PoolQuay, a hamlet in the parish. The river Severn is
navigable up to this hamlet, and the Montgomeryshire canal passes through the eastern part of the
parish: a branch from the latter, formed at an expense of £2000, extends from near TredderwenVawr to within half a mile of the village of Guilsfield, a distance of about three miles. The pettysessions for the hundred were held here until the
year 1830, when they were removed to Welshpool.
The hamlets of Gungrog-Vechan and Trelydan, and
part of those of Garth, Hendrehên, Llan with
Trawscoed, Llanerchrochwell, Tirymynach, and
Varchwel, are within the liberties of that borough.
The living is a vicarage, rated in the king's books
at £11, endowed with a fourth part of the tithes
(the remainder belonging to Christ-Church College,
Oxford), and in the patronage of the Bishop of
St. Asaph; net income, £360, with a glebe-house.
The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in the decorated style of English architecture, and consists of
a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and
a lofty square embattled tower surmounted by a
shingled spire. The aisles are each separated from
the nave by a row of four arches, supported by massive pillars; over the south aisle is a gallery, and at
the west end of the church another. The roof is
divided into compartments, handsomely adorned with
carved work; the font is of considerable antiquity,
and in the windows is some ancient stained glass.
Among the monuments is a handsome one of veined
marble to the memory of the Rev. James Egerton
and his family. The churchyard is ornamented with
twelve exceedingly fine yew-trees, which, according
to a document in the possession of John Jones, Esq.,
of Crosswood, were planted in the reign of William
and Mary, and are all of the same age. The parishregister commences in the year 1573. There are
places of worship for Calvinistic Methodists and Independents.
A National school for boys and girls, in which
about fifty or sixty are at present instructed, is supported partly by subscription, partly by school-pence,
and partly by a rent-charge of £10 on a farm in the
township of Llanerchrochwell, bequeathed by Stephen Thomas: a sum of £7. 6. 8., principally arising
from a bequest of a rent-charge of £5 by Benjamin
Thomas, is expended in annually clothing some of
the most deserving children. The school-house was
built by subscription of the principal landed proprietors, and by a grant from the National Society, on
ground at the north-east side of the churchyard.
Another endowment, of £4. 16. per annum, is paid
towards the support of a private dame's-school; and
a British school has been established in the parish,
within the last few years. Besides a Church Sunday
school, there are five Sunday schools belonging to
the Calvinistic Methodists, held in their five places
of worship here.
Divers bequests have been made for the benefit
of the poor, the produce of which is chiefly distributed in bread and clothing. Among these are,
a sum of £110 by John Davies, in 1731; £200 by
Charles Christopher, in 1757; £90 by Elizabeth
Lloyd, in 1778; and £12 by—Wynne, of Trelydan: which, with accumulations of interest, the
whole amounting to £446, were invested in a mortgage on the tolls of the second district of the Montgomeryshire turnpike-roads, now yielding £22. 6. 8.
a year. Other charities are, that of Hester Farmer, who granted a farm, now let at £21. 12. per
annum, which the poor of this parish are entitled to
receive every fourth year; a bequest of £32, by
Thomas Rogers, in 1729; and another of £20, by
Ann Parry, in 1776: besides which, there are grants
of several rent-charges, namely, £2. 10. by Robert
Griffiths, in 1634; one of 14s. by Richard ap William ap Ievan, in 1608; £3 by Thomas Rogers, in
1650; £1 by Robert Thomas David Gôch, in 1663;
£2 by Margaret Griffiths, in 1708; £2 by Elizabeth
Lloyd, in 1716; one of £3 by Thomas Gollings, in
the same year; and £5 by William Jones, in 1735.
Some other small bequests and rent-charges, which
may have amounted to about £9 per annum, have
been lost through negligence, or the failure of parties
entrusted with the payment.
On a high hill, called the Garva (Gaer-Vawr), not
far from the village, are vestiges of a Roman encampment; and beyond it a Roman road may be
traced for nearly a mile, on the road to Pont-yscowryd.
Several ornaments of gold, supposed to be relics of
the Romans, have been found near this camp; one is
in the shape of a wild boar, about two inches long
and one high, and probably decorated a helmet.
Gumfreston
GUMFRESTON, a parish, in the hundred of
Narberth, union and county of Pembroke, South
Wales, 1½ mile (W. by N.) from Tenby; containing
128 inhabitants. This place, from its pleasant situation, and the highly medicinal properties of some
springs here that are strongly impregnated with iron,
is likely to be more resorted to at no distant period.
Three of these springs, slightly differing in the properties of their waters, but similar in their ferruginous
impregnation, rise in the churchyard, and fall into
a stream which flows through the parish; the water
is said to have been found highly efficacious in relieving various disorders. Coal of hard quality is
found, and worked for the supply of the immediate
neighbourhood. The living is a discharged rectory,
rated in the king's books at £9. 12. 3½.; patron,
the representative of the late Thomas Meyrick, Esq.:
the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of
£154; and there is a glebe of twenty-six acres, valued
at £25. 4. per annum. The church is a handsome
structure, romantically situated in a wooded dell,
where it is concealed from distant view, excepting
only its square tower, which forms a pleasing object;
the parsonage-house is agreeably situated, and has
been of late years much enlarged and improved. A
schoolroom was erected adjoining the churchyard, in
1836, at an expense of £26, by the Rev. G. N.
Smith, rector of the parish: no day school is held,
but a Sunday school is supported by the clergyman
and his friends. There are only three farmhouses
and twelve cottages in the parish.
Gungrog-Vechan (Gyngrog-Fechan)
GUNGROG-VECHAN (GYNGROG-FECHAN), a hamlet, in the parish of Guilsfield,
within the limits of the borough of Welshpool,
county of Montgomery, North Wales, 1 mile
(N. E.) from Welshpool: the population is returned
with the parish. This hamlet occupies an eminence
on the left bank of the river Severn, and is intersected by the Ellesmere and Montgomeryshire canal.
It is nearly surrounded by the parish of Welshpool,
and is therefore placed within the parliamentary
limits of that borough, under the Reform Act: it has
always been included within the municipal limits of
the borough. The impropriate tithes for this hamlet and those of Trelydan and Garth, payable to the
Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, have
been commuted for a rent-charge of £211. 10., and
the vicarial tithes for one of £72.
Gwaenyscor, or Gwannysgor (Gwaen-Esgâr)
GWAENYSCOR, or GWANNYSGOR
(GWAEN-ESGÂR), a parish, in the union of Holywell, Media division of the hundred of Prestatyn, county of Flint, North Wales, 8 miles
(N. W.) from Holywell, on the road to Holyhead;
containing 355 inhabitants. This parish, which is
embosomed in hills, and surrounded by lofty mountains, contains about 792 acres. It abounds with
lead-ore; and very extensive mines were for many
years worked with considerable advantage to the
proprietors, but they have been discontinued. The
village is pleasantly situated at the base of a ridge of
hills, on the summits of which are numerous verdant
tumuli, supposed to be the sepulchres of persons of
distinction at some remote period. The living is a
discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £9.
8. 1½., and endowed with £200 royal bounty; present
net income, £178, with a glebe-house; patron, the
Bishop of St. Asaph. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is a small edifice of modern erection, romantically situated amid lofty mountains; and is distinguished for possessing the oldest and most perfect register in the principality, and perhaps even in the
kingdom. It commences in the year 1538, at which
time orders for keeping parish registers were first
issued; the entries are regular and entire, and the
whole is in excellent preservation. There are places
of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists, with a Sunday school held in each of them.
Gwastedyn (Gwastadedd-Fawr)
GWASTEDYN (GWASTADEDD-FAWR),
a hamlet, in the parish of Nantmel, union and
hundred of Rhaiadr, county of Radnor, South
Wales, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Rhaiadr; containing
456 inhabitants. This hamlet is situated at the
western extremity of the parish, and a great part of
it is occupied by a very lofty hill, on which one of
the largest, if not one of the most perfect, carneddau
in the county is found. It consists of a large pile of
stones, supposed to contain between thirty and forty
cartloads, thrown into nearly a square form, with a
hollow in the centre; but this ancient sepulchral
monument has sustained so much injury from the
destructive effect of ages, that few traces of order
are now observable. Dyfryn wood terminates the
declivity of this hill on the west; and the valley on
the east is populous and well cultivated. The road
from Builth to Rhaiadr passes along the left bank
of the river Wye, which bounds the township, parish,
and county on the south-west.
Gwempa
GWEMPA, a hamlet, in the parish of Llangendeirn, hundred of Kidwelly, union and county
of Carmarthen, South Wales, 5 miles (S. S. E.)
from Carmarthen; containing 261 inhabitants. This
hamlet occupies the southern portion of the parish,
and is situated on the left bank of the GwendraethVechan river, which is here crossed by a bridge, on
the road from Carmarthen: the valley along which
the river flows contains some well-cultivated farms.
Gwenddwr (Gwen-Ddwr)
GWENDDWR (GWEN-DDWR), a parish,
in the poor-law union of Builth, hundred of Tàlgarth, county of Brecknock, South Wales, 7
miles (S. by E.) from Builth; containing 522 inhabitants, of whom 256 are in the North division, 201
in the South division, and 65 in the hamlet of
Trawscoed. This parish, the name of which signifies "the fair water," is bounded on the east and
north-east by the river Wye, which separates it from
the county of Radnor, but is not navigable in this
part of its course. It is also traversed on that side
by the turnpike-road from Hay to Builth, which runs
parallel and close to the river. The parish comprises
8262 acres, whereof 3224 are common or waste land.
The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £800
royal bounty, and £700 parliamentary grant; net
income, £123; patron, J. Bailey, Esq. The tithes,
which anciently belonged to the priory of D'or, were
purchased from the crown, during the reign of Elizabeth, by Sir David Williams, under whose will a
portion was vested in trustees for certain charitable
purposes, which has been commuted for a rent-charge
of £101; the other portion has been commuted for
£148. 10. The church, dedicated to St. Dubricius,
has a substantial steeple, but possesses no other claim
to architectural notice. Some writers are of opinion
that the celebrated seminary presided over by St.
Dubricius was situated on the western bank of the
Wye, in this parish. There is a place of worship
for dissenters, with a Sunday school held in it.
Gwern-Howell (Gwerni-Hywel)
GWERN-HOWELL (GWERNI-HYWEL),
an extra-parochial district, in the hundred of Isaled,
county of Denbigh, North Wales, 2 miles (W. S.
W.) from Pentre-Voelas; containing 108 inhabitants.
This place is said by some to belong to the parish of
Corwen, though detached, and thirteen miles distant from the church of that parish. It was assessed
with the parish of Cerrig-y-Druidion for the old property tax. There is a place of worship for Calvinistic
Methodists, with a Sunday school held in the same
building.
Gwern-Y-Bwlch
GWERN-Y-BWLCH, a hamlet, in the parish
of Cemmes, union and hundred of Machynlleth,
county of Montgomery, North Wales, 7½ miles
(E. by N.) from Machynlleth; containing 515 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the river
Avon Yale, which falls into the Dovey, and on the
road from Newtown to Machynlleth. Through a
break between the mountains a distant view of Cader
Idris is obtained; and this bwlch, or gap, gives name
to the hamlet, which contains a great portion of
common, affording sheep-walks to the contiguous
farms.
Gwersyllt
GWERSYLLT, a township, in the parish of
Gresford, union of Wrexham, hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 2½
miles (N. N. W.) from Wrexham, on the road to Mold;
containing 969 inhabitants. This hamlet, which is
sometimes regarded as divided into Lower and Upper
Gwersyllt, is pleasantly situated on elevated ground,
commanding in some parts a fine view of the Vale
Royal of Cheshire. Coal-mines are in active operation; also two mills for drawing wire. There is a place
of worship for Baptists. Wat's Dyke, an ancient
boundary between England and Wales, is distinctly
visible in this hamlet, first pursuing a northern course
from the point of the Alyn, near Kumick's Mill, and
then following the eastern bank of that river, until it
leaves the parish in a direction towards Caergwrle. At
the mansion of Upper Gwersyllt resided Colonel John
Robinson, who distinguished himself in the civil war
of the seventeenth century; the grounds command a
fine view of the Hope mountains and of Caergwrle
Castle, and the walks by the side of the river Alyn
are romantically beautiful. Lower Gwersyllt, soon
after the Restoration, became the property of the
ancient and respectable family of Shakerley, who
made several benefactions to the poor of the parish,
and who abandoned the place on account of a calamitous fire which occurred in April, 1738. This
ancient seat, however, is still occupied. The tithes
have been commuted for £180. 2. 6. payable to the
Dean and Chapter of Winchester, and £81. 17. 6.
payable to the vicar of Gresford.
Gwider (Gwydre)
GWIDER (GWYDRE), a hamlet, in the parish
of Llanthoysaint, union of Llandovery, Lower
division of the hundred of Perveth, county of Carmarthen, South Wales; containing 187 inhabitants. The parish church of Llanthoysaint is situated
in this hamlet.