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.
MARCHWIEL, a township and a parish in Wrexham district, Denbigh. The township lies on the river Clywedog, near the river Dee, Wat's dyke, and the Chester and Shrewsbury railway, 2 miles SE of Wrexham. The parish contains also the township of Sontley; and its Post town is Wrexham. Acres, 3,316. Real property, £5,033. Pop., 536. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided. Marchwiel Hall was a seat of the Broughtons; belongs now to S. P. Hope, Esq.; and was recently restored. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £708.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church was restored in 1788, and contains a monument to Miss Yorke of Erddig The charities amounted formerly to £32 a year; they now include also the proceeds of a bequest of £5,000 by Captain D. Ellis in 1858; and they were regulated by an order of the charity commissioners in 1864.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Marchwiail CP/AP/Tn Wrexham RegD/PLU Denbighshire AncC |
| Place: | Marchwiail |
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