Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANELIAN

LLANELIAN, a parish in the district of Conway and county of Denbigh; on the coast, and on the Chester and Holyhead railway, near Colwyn r. station, and 5½ miles E by S of Conway. It contains the townships of Llan, Llaithfaun, and Twnan; it has fairs on the Monday after Easter week, 26 July, 5 Oct., and 8 Dec.; and its Post town is Colwyn, under Conway. Acres, 3,382. Real property, £2,970. Pop., 548. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Valne, £249. * Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church was recently in need of repair. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £8..


(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: Llaneilian Yn Rhos AP/CP       Denbighshire AncC
Place: Llaneilian Yn Rhos

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