Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LECKWITH, or LLECHWYDD

LECKWITH, or LLECHWYDD, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the river Ely, 2 miles SW of Cardiff r. station. Post town, Cardiff. Acres, 1, 302. Real property, £1, 221. Pop., 1 33. Houses, 30. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectories of Llandough and Cogan, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £182. * Patron, the Marquis of Bute. The church is ancient but 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: Lecwith CP/AP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: LECKWITH     |     LECKWITH OR LLECHWYDD     |     LLECHWYDD
Place: Lecwith

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