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LLANFIHANGEL-GENEUR-GLYNN, or LLANFIHANGEL-CASTELL-GWALTER, a parish chiefly in Aberystwith district and partly in Machynlleth district, Cardigan; on the coast between the rivers Dyfi and Leri, opposite the Sarn-Gwallog, and on the Sarn-Helen way and the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast railway, round Llanfihangel r. station, 6 miles NNE of Aberystwith. It contains a considerable village of its own name, and includes the townships of Henllys, Cynnill-mawr, Cenlanymaes-mawr, Cyfoethybrenin, Tyrymynach, and Scyborycoed. Post town, Aberystwith. Acres, 32,825; of which 2,680 are water. Real property, £11,673. Pop. in 1851,3,926; in 1861,3,979. Houses, 862. The property is not much divided. Gogerthan is a chief residence. A castle was built in the parish by Walter Longsword, the founder of Kirkland abbey; and was demolished in 1135. Lead ore has been mined in the hills. A cromlech called Gwely-Taliesin, or Taliesin's bed, is on Pen-Sarn-Ddu; and there are many other Druidical eremains. Some of the inhabitants are employed in flannel-weaving. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £221.* Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is later English, cruciform, and good. The p. curacy of Eglwys-fach is a separate benefice. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and a slightly endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish chiefly" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfihangel Genaur Glyn AP/Ch Aberystwith RegD/PLU Cardiganshire AncC |
| Place names: | LLANFIHANGEL CASTELL GWALTER | LLANFIHANGEL GENEUR GLYNN | LLANFIHANGEL GENEUR GLYNN OR LLANFIHANGEL CASTELL GWALTER |
| Place: | Llanfihangel Geneur Glynn |
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