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.
LLANFAELOG, a village and a parish in the district and county of Anglesey. The village stands near the coast and near Ty-Croes r. station, 3½ miles NNW of Aberffraw. The parish contains also the hamlet of Pengornisiog; and its Post town is Gwindy, under Llangefni, I Anglesey. Acres, 2,732; of which 430 are water. Real property, £1,889. Pop., 763. Houses, 172. The property is subdivided. There are two cromlechs. Many of the inhabitants are employed in fishing. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanbenlan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Maelog; is a modern structure; and occupies the site of one built in the 7th century. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfaelog CP/AP/Ch Anglesey PLU/RegD Anglesey AncC |
| Place: | Llanfaelog |
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