Llangadwaladr, Anglesey

Description
Llangadwaladr or Eglwysael, a village and a parish in Anglesey, three-quarters of a mile SW of Bodorgan station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L. & N.W.R., and 2 miles ENE of Aberffraw. The parish includes the villages of Hermon and Bodorgan, the latter having a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) Acreage, 3141 of land and 1278 of water, including 1169 of foreshore; population of the civil parish, 396; of the ecclesiastical, 372. Bodowen was formerly a seat of the Owens. Bodorgan, the seat of the Meyrick family, was at one time famous for remarkably fine gardens. Llyn Coron, a considerable lake affording good fishing, is in this parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £153 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is dedicated to St Cadwaladr; occupies the site of one built about 650; is itself Early Perpendicular; comprises nave and chancel, with N and S chapels; has a very beautiful three-light stained-glass window; has also, in the N chapel, a good memorial window to the Meyricks; and includes, on the N wall in the nave, opposite the S doorway, an inscribed stone of the 7th century to St Cadwaladr's grandfather, who is styled " Catamanus Rex sapientissimus opinatissiinus omnium regum." There is a Congregational chapel.