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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.
LLANLLYFNI, a village and a parish in the district and county of Carnarvon. The village stands on the river Llyfni, adjacent to the Carnarvonshire railway, under Llywd-Mawr, 7 miles S of Carnarvon.—The parish comprises 7,521 acres. Post town, Carnarvon. Real property, £4,201; of which £186 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,2,010; in 1861,2,362. Houses, 523. The property is divided among a few. The surface includes south-western heights of Snowdonia. The Llyfni river issues from Nantlle lake, and runs 5 miles west-northwestward to Carnarvon bay. Slate is quarried, and copper and manganese ores are found. An old house, in Neath glen, is supposed to occupy the site of a residence of Edward I. in 1284. Traces exist of ancient British habitations. An ancient camp, called Craig-y-Dinas, is on the Llyfni. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £240. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is ancient, cruciform, and substantial. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanllyfni AP/CP Carnarvon RegD/PLU Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanllyfni |
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