Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MANERDIVY, or MAENORDEWI

MANERDIVY, or MAENORDEWI, a parish in the district of Cardigan and county of Pembroke; on the river Teifi, at the boundary with Cardiganshire, adjacent to the Carmarthen and Cardigan railway, 4¼ miles SE by E of Cardigan. Post town, Cardigan. Acres, 3,506. Real property, £2,629. Pop. in 1851,956; in 1861,896. Houses, 207. Pentre, Fynonan, and Clynview are chief residences; and the first was the birthplace of Dr. Saunders, author of "Short Illustrations of the Bible. ''The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £222.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. David.


(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: Maenordeifi CP/AP       Cardiganshire AncC       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place names: MAENORDEWI     |     MANERDIVY     |     MANERDIVY OR MAENORDEWI
Place: Maenordeifi

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