Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENRITH, or Penrhydd

PENRITH, or Penrhydd, a parish in the district of Newcastle-Emlyn and county of Pembroke; under Vrenin-vawr mountain, 7 miles S W of Newcastle-Emlyn r. station. It includes the chapelry of Castellan; and its post town is Cardigan. Acres, 3,081. Real property, £1, 245. Pop., 370. Houses, 93. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £100. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Penrhydd CP/AP       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place names: PENRHYDD     |     PENRITH     |     PENRITH OR PENRHYDD
Place: Penrhydd

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