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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… St. Tibieu, is pleasantly situated on the river Loughor, and on the great road from Llandilo to Swansea. It is bounded on the north by Llandilo, on the south by Bettws and Llanedy, on the west by LlanvihangelAberbythic; and is nearly six miles in length, and about four in breadth. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… by the Welsh LLANDWV, a parish, in the union of Bridgend and Cowbridge, hundred of Ogmore, county of Glamorgan, South … the county, at a short distance from the Bristol Channel, and is bounded on the north by St. Bride's Major, and Colwinstone, on the south by Lantwit Major, on the east …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… county, comprises about 2550 acres of land, partly arable and partly pasture. The surface, though in general low, … north into an elevated ridge, in some parts richly wooded, and is embellished with several genteel mansions, the principal of which are, New House, Ruperra, and Cevn-Mably. Towards the west the venerable cathedral of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of mines of manganese, which is found in the parish, and partly in agriculture. An act of parliament was obtained … under the provisions of which 2307 acres were allotted; and a considerable portion of this tract has been brought … structure. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A Church school was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… LLANGENNITH (LLAN-GENYDD), a parish in the union and hundred of Swansea, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 16 … to the abbey of St. Taurinus, at Evreux, in Normandy; and, as an alien priory, was seized in the time of Henry V., by whose son and successor it was granted, in 1441, to the Warden and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… This parish, which is about five miles in length and three in breadth, is beautifully situated on the south-eastern side of Bala lake, and on the turnpike-road leading from Dinas-Mowddwy to Bala and Corwen. The surface is in some parts rocky and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… situated in the south-western part of the county, and nearly in the centre of the promontory that separates … It is bounded on the north by the parishes of Llanelhairn and Clynnog, on the south by the parish of Llanarmon, on the east by those of Llanvihangel-y-Pennant and Llanystyndwy, and on the west by that of Carngiwch; and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of Brecknock, South Wales, 2 miles (S. S. W.) from Hay; and containing 547 inhabitants, of whom 488 are in the body of the parish, and the rest in the township of Glynvch. It derives its name … situated on the turnpike-road leading from Hay to Tlgarth, and comprises a considerable tract of land, of which the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… which river forms the eastern boundary of the parish, and is navigable from its mouth below the town of Conway up … within its limits, at the distance of about one mile and a half from the shipping-place, in which upwards of 100 persons are employed; lead-ore has been obtained here, and some small veins of it are now being worked. Numerous …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… a parish, in the hundred of Tlybolion, union and county of Anglesey, North Wales, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) … fertile district, near the eastern shore of Holyhead bay, and is bounded on the south by the little river Alaw; it contains a considerable portion of inclosed and wellcultivated land, and derives some advantages from its …