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A vision of Britain through time
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PENNAL, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Machynlleth and county of Merioneth. The village stands on the Sarn-Helen way, under Arran-y-Gessel hill, near the river Dyfi, 3 miles W of Machyn-lleth r. station; is supposed to occupy the site of a Romanstation; presents a pretty appearance; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a head post-office, designated Pennal, Merionethshire. The parish comprises 7, 461 acres. Real property, £3, 356. Pop., 588. Houses, 135. Talgarth is the seat ofF. Thruston, Esq. A tower is in the grounds of Talgarth; and Roman coins have been foundboth there and at Cefn-Caer. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £75. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is ancient, and has Roman bricks in its masonry. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.—The sub-district contains also twoother parishes. Acres, 44, 184. Pop., 4, 167. Houses, 921.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pennal AP/CP Merionethshire AncC |
| Place: | Pennal |
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