A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LLANFAIR, a parish in Festiniog district, Merioneth; on the coast, and on the Barmouth and Carnarvon railway, 1 mile S of Harlech. Post town, Harlech, under Carnarvon. Acres, 5,196. Real property, £1,943. Pop., 426. Houses, 83. The property is much subdivided. The seaward views are very fine; and that toward Harlech is one of the most beautiful in Wales. 'T he living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, ££200.* Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. Charities, £5. Archbishop Baldwin and Giraldus slept here in 1188. Edmund Prys, w ho translated the Psalms into Welsh, was a native; and E. Wynne, the author of ''BarddCwsg, ''was rector.
(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: | Llanfair CP/AP Festiniog RegD/PLU Merionethshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanfair |
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