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Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd  Denbighshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd like this:

LLANFAIR-DYFFRYN-CLWYD, a parish in Ruthin district, Denbigh; on the upper part of the river Clwyd, adjacent to the Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen railway, 2 miles SE of Ruthin. It has a post office under Ruthin; and it contains the townships of Derwen, Llanerch, Euarth, Faynol, and Garthgynan. Acres, 5,028. ...


Real property, £7,426. Pop., 1,263. Houses, 272. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Bangor. Au ancient camp, called Y Caeran, occupies about 7 acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is later English, has some stained glass windows, and contains some old monuments. The chapelry of Jesus Chapel is a separate charge, a p. curacy of the value of £60, in the patronage of R. Parry, Esq. Charities, £87.

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd through time

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd is now part of Denbighshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Denbighshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd in Denbighshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1365

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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