Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDEWY

LLANDEWY, a parish in Swansea district, Glamorgan; in the Gower peninsula, near Rhossile bay, 5 miles NW by N of Penrice, and 10 SW of Loughar r. station. Post town, Swansea. Acres, 1,853. Real property, £1,058. Pop., 1 49. Houses, 29. A castle was anciently here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £71. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's.


(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: Llanddewi CP/AP       Swansea RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Llanddewi

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