Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGAN, or LLANGANNA

LLANGAN, or LLANGANNA, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the rivers Canna and Ewenny, 3¼ miles ESE of Bridgend r. station. It contains the village of Treves; and its Post town is Bridgend. Acres, 1,175. Real property, £1,510. Pop., 232. Houses, 50. The property is much subdivided, Limestone is quarried, and lead ore is found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £244. Patron, the Dowager Countess of Dunraven. The church was rebuilt in 1861. There are two old crosses, the one very ancient, the other on four steps. Charities, £6.


(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: Llan Gan CP/AP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: LLANGAN     |     LLANGANNA     |     LLANGAN OR LLANGANNA
Place: Llan Gan

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