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A vision of Britain through time
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LLANVIHANGEL-NANTMELLAN, a township and a parish in Presteigne district, Radnor. The township lies 3¼ miles SW of New Radnor, and 9 W of Kington r. station; and is partly within Llandegley parish. Real property, £2,138. Pop., 258. Houses, 43. Pop. of the part within Llandegley, 43. Houses, 5. The parish includes the township of Trewern and Gwythla, and part of the township of Upper Harpton. Post town, New Radnor, Radnorshire. Acres, inclusive of all L. township, but exclusive of the part of Upper Harpton, 8,150. Real property of that acreage, £3,122. Pop. of the parish in 1851,396; in 1861,348. Houses, 62. A waterfall here, called Water-break-its-Neck, makes a leap of 70 feet. There is an ancient British camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £142. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in the Norman style; stands on a hill-slope; and is surrounded by old yew trees. Charities, £7.
(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: | Llanfihangel Nant Melan CP/Tn/AP Presteigne PLU/RegD Radnorshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanfihangel Nant Melan |
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