Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ILSTON, or LLANILLTYD

ILSTON, or LLANILLTYD, a parish in Swansea district, Glamorgan; on the river Penarths-Pill, 6½ miles SW of Swansea r. station. Post town, Swansea. Acres, 2, 879. Real property, £1, 422. Pop., 295. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. Coins of Nero were found in 1825. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £200. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. 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: Ilston CP/AP       Swansea RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: ILSTON     |     ILSTON OR LLANILLTYD     |     LLANILLTYD
Place: Ilston

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