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RHOSLLANNERCHRUGOG, a village and a chapelry in Ruabon parish, Denbigh. The village stands 2 miles N W of Ruabon r. station; is of considerable size; and has a post-office under Ruabon. The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Rated property, £20, 637. Pop. in 1861, 6, 620. Houses, 1, 508. The property is much subdivided. Many of the inhabitants are employed in coal and iron mines. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Rhiwabon CP/AP Denbighshire AncC |
Place: | Rhosllannerchrugog |
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