Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLYNCLYS

LLYNCLYS, a township in Llanyblodwell parish, Salop; on the Cambrian railway, 3½ miles SSW of Oswestry. It has a station on the railway, and a postoffice under Oswestry. Pop., 275. A lake is here; and is fabled to have a palace at its bottom.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shropshire AncC
Place: Llynclys

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