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CASCOB, a township and a parish in Presteigne district, Radnor. The township lies in Radnor forest, near the river Lug, partly within the borough boundaries of New Radnor, 5½ miles W by N of Presteigne, and 5¾ SW by S of Knighton r. station. Pop., 117. Houses, 22. The parish includes also part of the township of Litton and Cascob; and its Post Town is Presteigne, Radnorshire. Acres, 2,548. Real property, with the rest of Litton and Cascob, £1,941. Pop., 153. Houses, 28. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £190.* Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is not good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Cascob CP/AP Presteigne PLU/RegD Radnorshire AncC |
Place: | Cascob |
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