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.
LLANLLWCHAIARN, a parish in Newtown district, Montgomery; on a Roman way, the river Severn, the Montgomery canal, and the Oswestry and Newtown railway, 1½ mile NE of Newtown r. station. It contains the townships of Aberbechan, Kilcowen, Gwestydd, and Hendidley; the two latter of which are within Newtown borough. Post town, Newtown. Acres, 4,426. Rated property, £7,372. Pop. in 1851,2,775; in 1861,2,394. Houses, 576. The decrease of pop. was caused partly by the migration of canal boatmen, owing to the opening of the railway. The property is much subdivided. Newydd Fraith is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £355.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church was rebuilt in 1816.
(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: | Llanllwchaearn AP/CP Newtown and Llanidloes RegD/PLU Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanllwchaearn |
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