Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANFAIR-DYFFRYN-CLWYD

LLANFAIR-DYFFRYN-CLWYD, a parish in Ruthin district, Denbigh; on the upper part of the river Clwyd, adjacent to the Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen railway, 2 miles SE of Ruthin. It has a post office under Ruthin; and it contains the townships of Derwen, Llanerch, Euarth, Faynol, and Garthgynan. Acres, 5,028. Real property, £7,426. Pop., 1,263. Houses, 272. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Bangor. Au ancient camp, called Y Caeran, occupies about 7 acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is later English, has some stained glass windows, and contains some old monuments. The chapelry of Jesus Chapel is a separate charge, a p. curacy of the value of £60, in the patronage of R. Parry, Esq. Charities, £87.


(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: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd CP/AP       Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Rural CP       Ruthin RegD/PLU       Denbighshire AncC
Place: Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd

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