A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NANNAU (Isafon and Uwchafon), two townships in Llanfachreth parish, Merioneth; 3¼ miles N of Dolgelly. Real property, £3,022, and £2, 311; of theformer of which £272 are in mines, and £17 in fisheries. Pop., 412, and 544. Nannau Hall is the seat of John Vaughan, Esq.; came to him from the late Sir Robert Vaughan, Bart.; stands on a bare steep hill, at an elevation of 702 feet above sea-level; is approached, within the lodge, through a natural dingle of forest trees; was built by Sir R. Vaughan; and succeeded a previous oldmansion of Hywel Sele, the relation and foe of Owen Glendower. The park around it is very extensive; ranges several miles along the Bala-road, and to the foot of Moel-Orthrwm; and contained, till 1813, an ancientoak 27½ feet in girth, associated with the death of Hywel Sele, and figuring in Lord Lytton's romance of " Arthur."
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Merionethshire AncC |
| Place: | Nannau |
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