A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BODLLEWYDDAN, a chapelry in St. Asaph parish, Flint; on the verge of the county, 3 miles W of St. Asaph r. station. Post Town, St. Asaph, under Rhyl. Pop., 653. The manor belonged at one time to the family of Humphries; and was purchased from them in the time of Charles II., by Speaker Sir William Williams. The present mansion on it, the seat of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., is a beautiful castellated edifice, amid tasteful grounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £200. Patron, Sir H. Williams, Bart. The church was built in 1856-60, by the Dowager Lady Willoughby de Broke as a memorial of her husband; stands on a conspicuous site; is a richly ornate cruciform structure, in the decorated English style; comprises a nave of 66 feet, a chancel of 42 ½ feet, an octagonal vestry, and a tower and spire 202 feet high; and is said to have cost £60,000.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | St Asaph CP/AP Flintshire AncC |
| Place: | Bodelwyddan |
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