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.
RHIW, a village and a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon. The village stands on high rugged ground, adjacent to the head of Hells-Mouth bay, 10½ miles S W of Pwllheli r. station. The parish comprises 1, 493 acres of land, and 160 of foreshore; and its post town is Llan-engan, under Pwllheli. Real property, £807. Pop., 370. Houses, 87 The property is divided among a few. Myndd-Rhiw has an altitude of 1,013 feet The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Llandudwen, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £97.* Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is early English.
(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: | Rhiw CP/AP Pwllheli RegD/PLU Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Rhiw |
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