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NEWBOROUGH-ST. PETER, or Llanbedr-New-borough, a decayed ancient town, and a parish, in the district of Carnarvon and county of Anglesey. The town stands near Malldraeth bay, 3½ miles S E of Bodorgan r.station, and 4 W N W of Carnarvon; had anciently a residence of the princes of North Wales; bore then the name of Rhos-Vair; was made "a new borough" by Edward I.; sent a member to parliament from th at timetill the time of Henry VIII.; was denuded of its franchise, in favour of Beaumaris, by Edward VI.; is nowmerely a village; carries on a curious manufacture of Mats, nets, and ropes from sea-reed-grass, for the Carnarvon market; has a post-office, of the name of Newborough, under Bangor; and gives the title of baronto the family of Wynn. The parish comprises 4, 305acres of land, and 3, 105 of water. Real property, £2,001. Pop. in 1851, 1,032; in 1861, 918. Houses, 241. The decrease of pop. arose from the removal of agricultural labourers to mining parishes. The property is divided chiefly among three. Much of the land is desolate seaboard. Llanddwyn island lies at the extremity of Newborough warren; and has been almost overwhelmed with sand, blown from the opposite coast of Arvonia. An ancient abbey stood on that island; and had a cruciform church, 70 feet long, of later English date; but very little of it now remains. Aninscribed stone, 6 feet high, is at Frondeg. Manyrare maritime plants grow on the sandy shores. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £214. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is decorated English, in tolerable condition; consists of nave and choir, forming a single aisle upwards of 100 feet in length; and has a good E window, and a good early English font. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Calvinistic Methodists, and Wesleyans. Morgan, the last player on the crwth, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a decayed ancient town, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Newborough CP/AP Anglesey AncC Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place names: | LLANBEDR NEW BOROUGH | NEWBOROUGH | NEWBOROUGH ST PETER | NEWBOROUGH ST PETER OR LLANBEDR NEW BOROUGH |
| Place: | Newborough |
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