A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
VAINOR, a parish, with a village and three hamlets, in the district of Merthyr-Tydviland county of Brecon; on the river Taff, 4 miles N by E of Merthyr-Tydvil r. station. Post town, Merthyr-Tydvil. Acres, 6,597. Real property, £4,548. Pop. in 1851, 2,667; in 1861, 2,984. Houses, 649. The surface includes some very fine scenery. There are coal mines and ironworks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £265.* Patron, not reported. The church is old; and a tumulus adjoins it.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and three hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Y Faenor CP/AP Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Y Faenor |
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