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GWYDDELWERN, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Corwen district, Merioneth. The village stands on a branch of the river Alwen, adjacent to the Denbigh and Corwen railway, near the boundary with Denbigh, 3 miles N by W of Corwen; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Corwen, and fairs on 15 April, 5 Aug., and 18 Oct. The parish includes the townships of Bonron, Maesgwyn, Drebach, Maesgamedd, Bonwyson, Cynwyd-fawr, Cenwyd-fechan, Brosaethydd, Bodhaelog, Meyarth, Nwchmynydd, and Bodgynfel. Acres, 9, 127. Rated property, £5, 332. Pop., 1, 541. Houses, 351. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £138. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church was reported in 1859 to be very bad. An endowed school has £10, and other charities £18. -The subdistrict contains also two other parishes in Merioneth, three in Deubigh, and another partly in M., partly in D. Acres, 69, 921. Pop., 5, 479. Houses, 1, 175.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Gwyddelwern AP/CP Corwen RegD/PLU Merionethshire AncC |
| Place: | Gwyddelwern |
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