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.
LLANFAIR-MATHAFARN-EITHAF, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Anglesey; on Red Wharf bay, 5 miles E of Llanerchymedd r. station, and 7 WNW of Beaumaris. Post town, Beaumaris, Anglesey. Acres, 1,949; of which 35 are water. Real property, £1,577; of which £25 are in quarries. Pop., 757. Houses, 182. The property is much subdivided. Colourcd marbles and millstones are quarried. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanddyfnan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good. The churchyard contains a mutilated ancient cross, and a modern carnedd or artificial cavern, used as a buryingplace. Goronwy Owen, the Welsh bard and linguist of the last century, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf CP/Ch/AP Anglesey AncC |
| Place: | Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf |
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