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.
LALESTON, a village and a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan. The village stands near the South Wales railway, 2 miles W of Bridgend; and has a post-office under Bridgend.—The parish consists of the sections or hamlets of Higher L. and Lower L., and comprises 1,631 acres. Real property of H.-L., £640; of L.-L., £1,210. Pop., 536. Houses, 120. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given, by Richard de Granville, to Lalys, chief architect to Henry I., and builder of Neath Abbey. Laleston House is a chief residence. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in collieries and ironworks. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newcastle, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is good, and has an ancient tower, built by Lalys.
(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: | Laleston CP/AP Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Laleston |
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