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.
ERBISTOCK, a parish in the district of Wrexham, and counties of Denbigh and Flint; on the river Dee, 4¼ miles ESE of Ruabon r. station, and 5 NW of Ellesmere. Post town, Overton, under Wrexham. Acres of the Denbigh portion, 1, 559. Real property, £1, 700. Pop., 227. Houses, 50. Acres of the Flint portion, 43. Real property, £1, 053. Pop., 110. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Bangor priory. Erbistock Hall is the seat of W. Brancker, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £254.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is tolerable.
(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: | Erbistock CP/AP Wrexham RegD/PLU Denbighshire AncC Flintshire AncC |
| Place: | Erbistock |
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