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PENTRAETH, a village and a parish in the district and county of Anglesey. The village stands on a rivulet running 1 mile thence to Red Wharf bay, 4½ miles N by W of Llanfair r. station, and 5 W by N of Beaumaris; is a pretty place; and has a post-office under Menai Bridge, Anglesey, an inn, and fairs on 5 May, 24 June, and 20 Sept. The parish extends to the coast; and comprises 2, 983 acres of land and 1,030 of water. Real property, £3, 881. Pop., 962. Houses, 231. The property is subdivided. Plas-Gwyn was long the seat of the Pantons; passed to Lord Vivian; and is now the residence of W. Williams, Esq. The rocks include gritstone, lime-stone, and marble; and the limestone is quarried for shipment at Porth-Llongddu. Rare shells are found on the shore; and Druidical stones are near Plas-Gwyn. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Llanbedr-Goch, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is tolerable, and contains monuments of the Pantons. There are chapels for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists, a slightly endowed school, and charities £10.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pentraeth CP/AP/Ch Anglesey PLU/RegD Anglesey AncC |
| Place: | Pentraeth |
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