The White Lion Inn stands on the crossroads of the hamlet of Llanelian. Little has changed since Edward Lhwyd in 1699 wrote “there are by ye church but four or five houses”, there are still houses there but now multiplied to a few more. The White Lion Inn displays on the swinging inn sign above the door the rampant white lion of the Hollands of Teyrdan. Humphrey Holland, squire of the estate was entombed in the church grounds according to the worn epitaph on the tomb that proclaims he departed this life in 1612. Llanelian is well known for the cursing well of St. Elian. In years gone by, for a small fee, a curse could be registered with a person’s name etched on a stone, which was then dropped into the well. The activity of cursing seemed to have disappeared in 1829 when the vicar of St. Elian directed the well to be filled in. In a well documented history book the dating of the first church on the site was 540AD and ancient annuls suggest that the Elders of the church in the year 722A
