Llangerniew, Denbighshire

Description
Llangerniew, a village and a parish in Denbighshire. The village stands on the river Elwy, 6 miles E of Tal-y-Cafn station on the Bettws-y-Coed and Festiniog branch of the L. & N.W.R., 7 NE of Llanrwst, and 10 SW of Abergele station on the L. & N.W.R, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Abergele (R.S.O.) The parish is cut into two divisions-namely, lower and upper-and contains the townships of Bodgonwch, Bodrach,-Dwy Afon, Hafodunos, Marchalad, Branar, Nanerth, Pant-y-Manus, Pentre Worn, and Ranhir. Acreage, 7793; population of the civil parish, 946; of the ecclesiastical, 439. Hafodunos House, a Tudor mansion, is a chief residence. The land is hilly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Asaph; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. The church is dedicated to St Digain, is very good, and contains monuments of the Lloyds. In the churchyard are two pairs of large upright stones of prehistoric times. There are Baptist and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.