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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.
BODEDERN, a village and a parish in the district and county of Anglesey. The village stands 3 miles ENE of Valley r. station, and 6 ½ E by S of Holyhead; and has a post office under Bangor. It takes its name from Edern or Edeyrn, a bard of the 7th century, who resided at it; and it is a seat of petty sessions, and has fairs on 13 March, 16 April, 5 May, 9 June, Whit-Tuesday, 16 Aug., 14 Sept., and 1 and 22 Oct.—The parish comprises 4,235 acres. Real property, £4,183. Pop., 1,084. Houses, 240. The property is divided among a few. Presaddfed is an old mansion, once the residence of Sir John Bulkeley. A well-preserved cromlech is near this mansion. The spinning of yarn is carried on in two mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £104.* Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is ancient, and very good; and contains tombs of the families of Presaddfed and Trejorweth. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Calvinistic Methodists, and Wesleyans. Charities, £19.
(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: | Bodedern AP/CP Anglesey PLU/RegD Anglesey AncC |
| Place: | Bodedern |
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