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.
MALLTRAETH, a hundred in the middle of the S of Anglesey; containing Aberffraw parish and seven. there parishes. Acres, 28,156. Pop. in 1851,6,317; in 1861,4,711. Houses, 1,070. The river Cefni flows along the E boundary, and terminates in a wide and long expanse of marsh and foreshore, called Malltraeth sands. The marsh has a desolate appearance; but has, too some extent, been drained and embanked; and is crossed by a viaduct of the Chester and Holyhead railway.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Anglesey AncC |
| Place: | Malltraeth |
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