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A vision of Britain through time
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LLANRUG, or LLANFIHANGEL-IN-RUG, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Carnarvon. The parish lies on the river Seiont, and on the Llanberis railway, 3½ miles E of Carnarvon r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Llanrug, under Carnarvon. The parish contains also the village of Cwm-y-Glo. Acres, 4,516. Real property, £4,330; of which £360 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,1,894; in 1861,2,139. Houses, 468. Glangwnna, PlâsTirion and Pantavon are chief residences. Slate quarries, akin to those of Llanberis, are at Cefn-Dû and Glyn-Rhonwy; and traces of copper ore are found. There are an ancient camp and many vestiges of ancient British habitations. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £166. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church stands on a hill, and is old and cruciform. An inscribed stone is on the grounds of the parsonage. Edwards, the surgeon to Anson in his voyages, was a native.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 29,204. Pop., 10,404. Houses, 2,201.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanrug CP/AP Llanrug SubD Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place names: | LLANFIHANGEL IN RUG | LLANRUG | LLANRUG OR LLANFIHANGEL IN RUG |
| Place: | Llanrug |
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