Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENMAEN

PENMAEN, a parish in Swansea district, Glamorgan; in the Gower peninsula, on Oxwich bay, 9 miles W S W of Swansea r. station. It contains the hamlet of Paviland; and its post town is Swansea. Acres, 1, 538; of which 55 are water. Real property, £805. Pop., 123. Houses, 25. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £210.* Patron, not reported. The church is good.


(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: Pen Maen AP/CP       Swansea RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Pen Maen

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