Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MISKIN

MISKIN, a hundred in the E of Glamorgan; bounded on the E by Caerphilly hundred,-on the S by DinasPowis and Cowbridge; and containing Aberdare parish, and six other parishes. Acres, 81,323. Pop. in 1851, 30,543; in 1861,57,347. Houses, 10,643.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Glamorgan AncC
Place: Miskin

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