Bôdedern (Bôd-Edeyrn) - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
BÔDEDERN (BÔD-EDEYRN), a parish, in the hundred of Llyvon, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 18 miles (W. by N.) from Bangor; containing 1085 inhabitants. This place derived its name from Edeyrn, a bard who flourished about the middle of the seventh century, and who, having embraced a religious life, presided over the church here. The parish is bounded on the north by the parishes of Llanvigael and Llantrisaint, on the south by Llanvihangel-yn-Howyn, on the east by Llandrygarn, and on the west by the parish of Llanenghenedl. It comprises by admeasurement 3986 acres, of which nearly 100 are woodland; the scenery is altogether uninteresting, and the soil cold and clayey, but capable of producing excellent oats when well limed. The principal seats in the parish are, Presaddved, a fine ancient mansion, of which the estate was held in fee, by the service of attending at the coronation of the Princes of Wales, and supporting the right side of the canopy during that solemnity; and Tre' Iorwerth, a good family mansion, beautifully situated in the midst of luxuriant and extensive plantations. Near the former seat is Llyn Llwennyn, whence issues a small rivulet, on the banks of which are two cromlechs of large size, one of them still erect. The village is one of the most extensive in the county, and is pleasantly situated on the northern Holyhead road. The spinning of woollen yarn is carried on, for which there are two mills, set in motion by water; attached to these are dye-houses and a fulling-mill, the latter employing about six hands. Here is a branch establishment under the post-office at Bangor; and fairs, principally for cattle, are held on March 13th, April 16th, May 5th, June 9th, August 16th, September 14th, and December 1st and 22nd: on Whit-Tuesday is a fair for hiring servants. The petty-sessions for the hundred are held once a month, and district meetings take place quarterly, at the village.
The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant; net income, £104, together with a parsonage-house, lately built by a donation of £400 from Queen Anne's Bounty, and a like sum from Jesus' College, Oxford; patrons and impropriators, the Principal and Fellows of Jesus' College, whose tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £476. 8. per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Edeyrn, is a small ancient structure, displaying some good architectural details; it measures 19 yards by 8, and contains 150 sittings: among the monuments are some of a superior character to members of the Presaddved and Tre' Iorwerth families. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A National school was erected in 1822, by the voluntary contributions of the gentry in the neighbourhood, and is principally supported by subscription: about seventy children receive instruction in it, of whom thirty are taught free. Five Sunday schools, also, are gratuitously conducted, one of them held in the National schoolroom, and the other four belonging to dissenters, the Calvinistic Methodists having two, the Wesleyans one, and the Baptists one. Dr. Gwynn gave the poor a portion of tithes, producing £2. 10. per annum; Mr. Edmund Griffith and Mrs. Jane Wynne gave certain portions of land, now producing £10. 8. per annum; John Griffith Lewis a rentcharge of 10s.; and Mrs. Roberts a portion of the interest of £100; the produce of which benefactions, and of some other donations and bequests, is annually distributed, according to the directions of the several benefactors. |
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