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.
LLANFABON, a parish in Merthyr-Tydvil district, Glamorgan; on the rivers Taff and Rumney, near the Taff Vale railway, the Merthvr-Tydvil canal, and the bound ary with Monmouth 5½ miles NNW of Caerphilly. It contains the hamlets of Garth and Glynrumney; and its Post town is Pontypridd. Acres, 5,369. Real property, £11,915; of which £30 are in quarries, and £8,184 in the canal. Pop. in 1851,1,925; in 1861,2,360. Houses, 439. The surface is hilly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff.Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Mabon; was rebuilt in 1863; is in the early geometric pointed style; and consists of nave, chancel, and vestry.
(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: | Llanfabon CP/AP Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Llanfabon |
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