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Secondly, We present James Jones of Cilie to be mayor in the Lower Division. Thirdly, We present John Davies of Gwaunyrefel, in the parish of Llanllwchaiarn, to be Beadle in the Upper Division. Fourthly, We present to be built a new footbridge on the river of Llanarth village at or before the 12th of March next under penalty of twenty shillings. Fifthly, We present a footbridge on the river of Sinod which is out of repair and the same must be repaired by the inhabitants of Llanarth before the 12th of March next, under the penalty of twenty shilliugs. Sixthly, Also we present the footbridge called Pontbren Grwca, to be repaired at or before the 12th March next by the joint parishes of Llandysiliogogo and Llanllwchaiarn under the penalty of ten shillings. Signatures of 12 jurors. In this diary there is given a Survey of the Parish of Llanarth," for November, 1781. This survey gives a list of all the farms and holdings in the parish with their rateable values. Highest come Noyadd and Esgeronen which are rated at £ 12 and the lowest is rated at io/ I here acknowledge my indebtedness to our Vicar for his kindness in granting me permission to examine the old Church documents and to Mrs. Jones, Larks Hill, for allowing me to see and make extracts from the old diaries.