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.
GLYN-TRAIAN, a parochial division and a chapelry in Llangollen parish, Denbigh. The division lies on Offa's dyke, near the river Dee, and near Chirk r. station, 3½ miles SE of Llangollen. Pop., 975. Houses, 202. The chapelry bears also the name of Pontfadog; was constituted in 1848; and is more extensive than the div. Post town, Chirk, under Ruabon. Rated property, £3, 000. Pop., 1, 499. Houses, 332. The property is much sub-divided. Coal, ironstone, and lime abound. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Llangollen. The church is very good; and there is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parochial division and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llangollen CP/AP Denbighshire AncC |
| Place: | Glyntraean |
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