A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
LLYSFAEN, a parish in Conway district, Carnarvon; on the coast, and on the Chester and Holyhead railway, contiguous to Denbighshire, near Llandulas r. station, and 3 miles W of Abergele. It contains the townships of Isallt, Isyffordd, Pant, Penmain, and Rhwngyddnyfordd; and it has a post office under Abergele, Denbighshire. Acres, 1,900; of which 106 are water. Real property, £3,727; of which £1,509 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,771; in 1861,908. Houses, 206. Llysfaen Hill is about 700 feet high; commands a magnificent view; and was crowned by a semaphore telegraph sta tion, on the line from Holyhead to Liverpool. Limestone is very largely worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £250.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £4.
(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: | Llys Faen CP/AP Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Llys Faen |
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