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Llanrwst, market town and township (ry. sta. Llanrwst and Trefriw), Denbighshire, and par., partly also in Carnarvonshire - par., 13,458 ac., pop. 4693; township, 15,837 ac., pop. 4260; town, on river Conway, 11 miles S. of Llandudno Junction, pop. 3688; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Tanning, malting, and the mfr. of woollen goods are the chief industries. A steep bridge which here stretches across the river Conway is said to have been erected in 1630.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Denbighshire AncC |
Place: | Llanrwst |
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