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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LLANFAIR-CAEREINION, a small town and a parish in Llanfyllin district, Montgomery. The town stands on the river Einion, 8¼ miles WSW of Welshpool r. station, and 11 NW of Montgomery; takes the latter part of its name from the ancient British camp of Castell-Caereinion, about 3 miles to the E; is neatly built and picturesquely situated; forms a good centre for anglers in the Banw, the Einion, and the Vyrnwy; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; and has a post office,‡ under Welshpool, two good inns, a town hall, a church, five dissenting chapels, and charities £6. The church is early English, contains the effigies of a knight, and was about to be restored in the early part of 1867. A weekly market is held on Saturday; and fairs are held on Shrove-Tuesday, the Saturday before Palm-Sunday, 18 May, 26 July, 3 Oct., 1 Nov., and the Friday before Christmas 'The parish contains the townships of Brynelen, Brynglas, Dolgead, Gelligasson, Gwaenynog, Heniarth, Kylyruclh Llanlodian-Isaf, Llanlodian-Uchaf, Penarth, Pentyrch, Rhewhirieth, and Rhosaflo. Acres, 16,157. Rated property, £10,052. Pop. in 1851, 2,727; in 1861,2,584. Houses, 543. The property is subdivided. The surface is undulating, and rises toward the S into small hills. A Roman way traversed the parish; and numerous Roman coins and other relics were found in 1740. There are two woollen factories. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £358. * Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfair Caereinion AP/CP Llanfyllin RegD/PLU Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanfair Caereinion |
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