LLANARMON, a parish and a sub-district in Ruthin district, Denbigh. The parish lies on the river Alen, 5 miles ESE of Ruthin r. station; has a post office under Mold, Flintshire, and fairs on 30 July and 19 Oct.; and contains the townships of Llan, Alltgymbyd, Benhadlen, Bodidris, Bodidris-Truam, Bodigre'r-Abbot, Bodigre'rYarll, Creiogiog-Is-Glan, Creiogiog-Uwch-Glan, Chwyleiriog, Cyfnant, Erryrys, Gelligynnan, and Gwaenyffymon. Acres, 11,241. Real property, £7,941. Pop., 2,019. Houses, 423. The property is much subdivided. The surface is rugged and mountainous; includes much of the ' ' wild hills of Yale; ''and is dominated by Cyrn-y-brain, rising to the altitude of 1,857 feet. Tommen-y-Vardra fort, and Bwlch-Agricla pass are in the neighbourhood. Lead mines are at Erryrys. PlasBodidris is an old seat of the Vaughans of Corsygedol. A castle of Owen Gwynedd was at Yale. There are many tumuli, in which urns containing the ashes of burnt bones have been found. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £350.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church contains an effigies of a knight, an effigies of Abbot Grufydd ap Llewelyn of Valle Crucis, monuments of the Lloyds, and a curious brass chandelier, supposed to have been brought from Valle Crucis abbey. The p. curacy of Erryrys is a separate benefice. There are an endowed school with £33 a year, and other charities £21.—The sub-district contains also two other parishes. Acres, 18,385. Pop., 3,196. Houses, 678.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))