Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANFAIR-YN-Y-CWMMWD

LLANFAIR-YN-Y-CWMMWD, a parish in the district of Carnarvon and county of Anglesey; on the river Brain, 2 miles NE by N of Newborough, and 3¼ SW of Gaerwen-Junction r. station. Post town, Newborough, under Bangor. Acres, 166. Real property, not separa tely returned. Pop., 57. Houses, 8. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanidan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good.


(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: Anglesey AncC       Caernarvonshire AncC
Place: Llanfair Cwmmwd

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