A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LAMPETER-VELFREY, a parish in Narberth district, Pembroke; 3 miles E of Narberth, and 3½ SW of Whitland r. station. It has a post-office under Narberth. Acres, 5,667. Real property, £5,535; of which £20 are in quarries. Pop., 951. Houses, 193. The property is subdivided. The grange of an hospital, which belonged to Whitland abbey, is at Blaengwyddno farm. Many fossils of the Silurian strata have been found in a quarry at Robeston. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £409.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerably good, and contains monuments of the Philippses of Lampeter House.
(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: | Llanbedr Felffre AP/CP Narberth RegD/PLU Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanbedr Felffre |
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