Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANHARY

LLANHARY, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; 3¼ miles SW of Llantrissant r. station, and 4 N of Cowbridge. Post town, Cowbridge. Acres, 1,554. Real property, £2,962; of which £1,600 are in mines. Pop., 275. Houses, 63. The property is much subdivided. Coal is worked; and a stratum of ironstone, 5 feet thick, and accompanied with remains of Roman workings, was recently discovered. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £120.* Patron, Mrs. B. Jenkins. The church is dedicated to St. Aran, and was reported in 1859 as bad. Charities, £10.


(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: Llanhari AP/CP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Llanhari

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