Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGEINWEN

LLANGEINWEN, a parish in the district of Carnarvon and county of Anglesey; on the river Brain and on the coast, near the Menai ferry, 3 miles WN W of Carnarvon, and 4¾ SW of Gaerwen-Junction r. station. Post town, Carnarvon. Acres, 5,388; of which 900 are water. Real property, £4,261. Pop., 913. Houses, 221. The property is much subdivided. Limestone is quarried. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Llangaffo, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £664. Patron, the Rev. W. Williams. The church is dedicated to St. Ceinwen, and was enlarged in 1842. There a re chapels for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists.


(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: Llangeinwen AP/CP       Anglesey AncC       Caernarvonshire AncC
Place: Llangeinwen

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