Williams Rev. Robert, M.A., incumbent, and boarding school proprietor, Parsonage House. Lawnt
HISLAND,
a small township, with 571a. 1r. 36p. of land, two miles and a quarter S.E. from Oswestry; had in 1841, 14 houses and 66 inhabitants. Mrs. Lloyd is owner of the whole township. The tithes have been commuted for £165. 18s. 8d., of which £113. 6s. 8d. is paid to Mrs. Lloyd, £41. 1s. 10d. to Lady Tyrwhitt, and £11. 10s. 11d. to the Vicar of Oswestry. The residents in this township are Henry Legh, farmer, Buckley; Edward Parry, farmer; Thos. Briscoe, blacksmith; and Mary Williams, schoolmistress.
LLANFORDA, OR LLANVORDA,
a pleasantly situated village, one mile and a half W. by S. from Oswestry, at the census of 1841 had 61 houses and 304 inhabitants. The township contains 1,278 acres of lands, mostly elevated, from which are seen some fine views over the fertile plains of Shropshire, and into the mountainous district of Wales. Sir Watkin William Wynne, Bart., is the landowner, lord of the manor, and impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £87. 19s. 6d.; the vicarial tithes are commuted for £23. 11s. Llanvorda Hall is a handsome mansion, delight fully situated on a gentle acclivity, commanding picturesque views over a luxuriant country of great beauty. The park is spacious, and studded with thriving plantations. There are several genteel residences in this township, which our limits will not allow us to notice in detail. A MSS. of John Davies, Esq., of 1635, says, “Rynerus, bishop of St. Asaph, suppreesed the old church of the Mercians, called Llanvorda.” Elizabeth Williams gave, by will, an annual payment of 30s., issuing out of a croft in Croes Willyn, to buy clothes for poor people of this township. The amount is paid out of a plot of land, about two-thirds of an acre, called The Poor’s Croft, and expended in suitable clothes for the poor.
Andrews Chas. Scarlett, Esq., Bryn Haford
Aubrey Mrs. Llanforda House
Bennion Edwd. David, Esq., Summer-hill House
Croxon Captain John, Llanforda Issa
Davies Hugh, slater and farmer