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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LLANYCIL, or LLANYKIL, a parish in Bala district, Merioneth; on Bala lake, around Bala town and r. station, 12 miles SW by W of Corwen. It contains the townships of Cyffty, Ismynydd, Maestron, Streflyn, Uchmynydd, and Bala,-the last of which has a post office under Corwen. Acres, 12,868. Rated property, £8,769. Pop., 2,383. Houses, 531. The property is subdivided. The surface is hilly and mountainous; culminates on Arrenig-fawr, at an altitude of 2,809 feet; and includes much picturesque scenery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £350.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church stands about a mile from Bala, and is good. There is also a new church at Bala. A portion of Fron-Goch chapelry, with a pop. of 128, is within the parish. Two dissenting chapels, two dissenting theological colleges, and a free grammar school are at Bala; and the last has £160 a year from endowment. Charities, £29. The Bala district workhouse also is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 3 inmates.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanycil AP/CP Bala RegD/PLU Merionethshire AncC |
| Place names: | LLANYCIL | LLANYCIL OR LLANYKIL | LLANYKIL |
| Place: | Llanycil |
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