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LLANRHYDDLAD, a parish, with a fishing village, in the district and county of Anglesey; on Holyhead bay, 5½ miles by water NE of Holyhead, and 7½ N of Valley r. station. Post town, Holyhead. Acres, 2,679; of which 94 are water. Real property, £2,301. Pop., 790. Houses, 181. Moel Rhyddlad is a prominent hill. Copper and manganese ores are found. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Llanfflewyn and Llanrhwydrys, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £530. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Rhyddlad. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £29. Speaker Williams was a native, and his father was rector.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a fishing village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Llanrhuddlad AP/CP Anglesey AncC |
Place: | Llanrhuddlad |
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