Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EFENECHTYD

EFENECHTYD, a parish in Ruthin district, Denbigh; on the river Clwyd, and on the Ruthin and Corwen railway, 1½ mile S by W of Ruthin. Post town, Ruthin, Denbighshire. Acres, 1, 217. Real property, £1, 210. Pop., 211. Houses, 53. Traces of an ancient camp occur at Pen-y-gaer. Pool Park, the beautiful demesne of Lord Bagot, is adjacent. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is a quaint structure; and has a good rood-loft and a wooden font. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. Bishop Lloyd was rector.


(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: Efenechtid CP/AP       Ruthin RegD/PLU       Denbighshire AncC
Place: Efenechtid

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