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.
DOLBENMAEN, a parish in the district of Festiniog and county of Carnarvon; on the Dwy-fawr river, under Llwyd-mawr, 2 miles SW of Brynkir r. station, and 4½ NW of Tremadoc. It has a post office, of the name of Garn-Dolbenmaen, under Carnarvon. Acres, 2, 145. Real property, £1, 032. Pop., 387. Houses, 89. The property is divided among a few. Copper and manganese ores are found. A tomen is near the church, and a castle is said to have stood adjacent. The living is a p. curacy annexed to the rectory of Penmorva, in the diocese of Bangor. The church was built in 1426, and repaired in 1847. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(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: | Dolbenmaen AP/CP Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Dolbenmaen |
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