Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HIRNANT

HIRNANT, a parish in Llanfyllin district, Montgomery; on a picturesque stream of its own name, 6½ miles WNW of Llanfyllin r. station. It contains the hamlets of Cwmmwr, Fedw, and Llan; and its post town is Llanfyllin, under Oswestry. Acres, 4, 000. Real property, £1, 376. Pop., 295. Houses, 56. The property is much subdivided. Much of the surface is upland. There are some ancient earthworks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £135. * Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is tolerable. Charities £5.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hirnant AP/CP       Llanfyllin RegD/PLU       Montgomeryshire AncC
Place: Hirnant

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