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HILARY (ST.), a parish, in the poor-law unionof Bridgend and Cowbridge, hundred of Cowbridge, county of Glamorgan, South Wales,1½ mile (S. E.) from Cowbridge; containing 164 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the north bythat of Llanblethian, on the south by Llancarvan andSt. Mary Church, on the east by Llantrithyd, andon the west by Llandough a...

HIMMINIOG (AMMINIOG), a hamlet, inthe parish of Llanrhŷstid, Lower division of thehundred of Ilar, county of Cardigan, SouthWales, 9 miles (S. S. W.) from Aberystwith; containing 886 inhabitants. This hamlet is situatedon the sea-shore, on the road from Aberystwith toAberaëron, and forms the lower division of the parish. The river Gwyrai flows near...

HÎRNANT, a parish, in the union, and Upperdivision of the hundred, of Llanvyllin, county ofMontgomery, North Wales, 7½ miles (W. N. W.)from Llanvyllin; containing 301 inhabitants. Itcomprises about 4000 acres, of which 2150 are common or waste land. The village is situated in asmall valley, inclosed by lofty hills, and watered byan inconsiderable s...

HIRNIN, with Egwad, a hamlet, in that partof the parish of Llanegwad which is in the Higherdivision of the hundred of Cathinog, in the unionof Llandilo-Vawr, county of Carmarthen,South Wales, 7½ miles (E. N. E.) from Carmarthen;containing 839 inhabitants, of whom 500 are in Hirnin. It occupies the left bank of the Cothy, nearits junction with the r...

HODGESTON, a parish, in the hundred ofCastlemartin, union and county of Pembroke,South Wales, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Pembroke, onthe road to Tenby; containing 75 inhabitants. Thisparish is by some writers supposed to have been thesite of an ancient religious establishment, of the existence of which, however, there are not the slightest traces, nor...

HOELWERMOOD (HOEL-CHWERMWD),a hamlet, in the parish and poor-law union of Merthyr-Tydvil, hundred of Caerphilly, county ofGlamorgan, South Wales; containing 21,929inhabitants. In this hamlet is situated the principalpart of the extensive and populous market-town ofMerthyr-Tydvil; it contains the Dowlais and otheriron-works, and abounds with coal an...

HOLT, a parish, in the union of Wrexham,hundred of Bromfield, county of Denbigh, NorthWales; comprising the borough of Holt, and theparochial chapelry of Is-y-Coed, in which latter arethe townships of Cacca-Dutton, Dutton-y-Brân,Dutton-Difieth, Ridley, and Sutton, each of which isseparately assessed for the maintenance of its poor;and containing 16...

HOLYHEAD, a sea-port, a borough, markettown, and parish, partly in the hundred of Tàlybolion, but chiefly in that of Llyvon, union andcounty of Anglesey, North Wales, 24 miles (W.by N.) from Beaumaris, and 263 (N. W. by W.) fromLondon; containing 3869 inhabitants. This place,which is of remote antiquity, derives its Welsh nameof Caer-Gybi, implying...