A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
TREMADOC, a small town, and a sub-district, in the district of Festiniog and county of Carnarvon. The town is in Ynyscynhaiarn parish; stands on the W side and a little above Traeth-Mawr, 1½ mile NNW of Porth-Madoc r. station, and 4½ ENE of Criccieth; was founded by Mr. Maddocks of Tanyrallt, at the reclaiming of Traeth-Mawr; is built in regular alignment, in the form of a square; and has a post-office under Carnarvon, a banking office, a hotel, a market house, a neat church with a spire, a weekly market on Friday, and six annual fairs. -The sub-district contains six parishes. Acres, 55,407, Pop., 6,848. Houses, 1,374.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Ynyscynhaearn CP/AP Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Tremadoc |
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