Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANRIAN

LLANRIAN, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on the coast, 6½ miles NE of St. David's, and 14 NW of Haverfordwest r. station. It contains the large village of Trevine, which has a post office under Haverfordwest. Acres, 3,683. Real property, £4,165; of which £69 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,1,178; in 1861,1,017. Houses, 249. The property is much subdivided. A grange or palace of the Bishops of St. David,s was at Trevine; and a vault of it still exists. A cromlech comprising a cap-stone 16 feet long, on supporters, 5½ feet high, is on the farm of Longhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £105. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Rheanus, and 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: Llanrhian AP/CP       Haverfordwest RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place: Llanrhian

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