Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANSAINTFFRAID-GLYN-CEIRIOG

LLANSAINTFFRAID-GLYN-CEIRIOG, a parish in the district of Corwen and county of Denbigh; on the river Ceiriog, under the Berwyn mountains, 2 miles S by W of Llangollen r. station. It consists of the townships of Glyn-Fachan, Nantyr-Isaf, and Nantyr-Uchaf; and it has a post office under Llangollen, and fairs on 4 May, and 6 Oct. Acres, 2,61 2. Real property, £2,543; of which £113 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,614; in 1861, 738. Houses, 149. The property is divided among a few. The land is hilly; and slate is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £200.* Patron, Viscount Dungannon. The church is tolerable. Charities, £6.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llansanffraid Glynceiriog AP/CP       Denbighshire AncC
Place: Llansanffraid Glynceiriog

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