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RHOSCOLYN, a parish in the district and county of Anglesey; comprising the S E part of Holyhead Island, 3 miles S S W of Valley r. station, and 4½ S S E of Holyhead. Post-town, Holyhead. Acres, 2, 560; of which 385 are water. Real property, £1, 813. Pop., 462. Houses, 102. The property is subdivided. Bodior is a chief residence. Marble, verd-antique, and asbestos are found. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Llanfair-yn-Enbwll and Llanfihangel-yn-Howyn, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £260.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is later English and good. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £8.
(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: | Rhoscolyn CP/AP Anglesey AncC |
Place: | Rhoscolyn |
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