Which is a place of great antiquity. It belonged of old time to the
ancient family of the Cuppers of the North, {58a} so called even in the
time of King Henry II.; and by the marriage of a daughter of that family
with a Mr. Jones, of Llanbothian, in Montgomeryshire, it became the
heritage of the late possessor of that name, and is now inhabited by
Major Harrison, {58b} who resides in the Hall, a large brick building,
bearing a strong affinity to Trevor Hall in antiquity of erection. It is
situated in a pleasant valley, watered by the river Dee, over which it
enjoys a fine prospect.
The Church of Llantysilio is dedicated to a Welch saint, from whom the
township takes its name. He was Prince of Powis, and was called St.
Tysilio. It is a neat little edifice, with a very pleasant church-yard,
and contains nothing very ancient in the monumental way; but there are
around it many very venerable yew trees, with their, wide spreading
sombre foliage. I had the curiosity to measure one, and found it above
twenty feet in girth. The inside of the Church is, like its neighbour at
Llangollen, indebted for some of its decorations to the Abbey Crucis,
which seems after its dissolution to have been considered as lawful
plunder; and this circumstance in some measure accounts for its so speedy
dilapidation.