Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANFIHANGEL-GLYN-MYFYR

LLANFIHANGEL-GLYN-MYFYR, a parish in the district of Corwen and counties of Merioneth and Denbigh; on the river Allwen, 6½ miles NW of Corwen r. station. Post town, Corwen. The Merioneth portion consists of Cefnpost township; and the Denbigh portion comprises the townships of Gysulog, Llysan, and MaesyrOdyn. Acres of the M. portion, 3,538; of the D. portion, 664. Rated property of the whole, £1,920. Pop. of the M. portion, 70; of the D. portion, 394. Houses, 1 6 and 67. The property is much subdivided. Most of the surface is hill and pasture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £215.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is tolerable. The name Glyn-Myfyr, or Glyn-y-Myvyr, signifies ' ' the vale of meditation, and gave name to Jones's ' ' Myvyrian-Archæology."


(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: Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr CP/AP       Denbighshire AncC       Merionethshire AncC
Place: Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr

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