Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGUICK, or LLANCIWG

LLANGUICK, or LLANCIWG, a parish in Neath district, Glamorgan; on the river Tawe, the Swansea canal, and the railway up the Tawe valley, 5½ miles NW by N of Neath. It contains the hamlets of Alltgreig, Blaenegel, Caergwrwain, and Mawr; and its Post town is Neath. Acres, 12,550. Real property, £13,991; of which £4,487 are in mines, £2,000 in ironworks, and £66 in railways. Pop. in 1851,4,229; in 1861,7,983. Houses, 1,530. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the opening of new collieries, and from the extension of the iron trade. The property is snbdivided. Coal, culm, anthracite, and ironstone are worked. The living is a p. curacy, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £103. Patron, F. E. Lloyd, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Ciwg, and is of fair character. A portion of the chapelry of Cwmamman, with a pop. of 1,645 in 1861, is within the parish.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llan Giwg AP/CP       Neath RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: LLANCIWG     |     LLANGUICK     |     LLANGUICK OR LLANCIWG
Place: Llan Giwg

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