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LLANHIDDEL, or LLANHILLETH, a parish, with a village, in Pontypool district, Monmouth; on the river Ebbw, and on the Western Valleys railway, near Aberbeeg Junction r. station, and 4½ miles WNW of Pontypool. Post town, Pontypool. Acres, 2,013. Real property, £4,212; of which £1,807 are in mines, £11 in quarries, and £10 in railways. Pop. in 1851,899; in 1861,1,020. Houses, 203. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the presence of workmen employed in the Viaduct works. The property is divided among a few. Coal is worked. There are an ancient British camp and tumuli. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £109.* Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is dedicated to St. Iltyd, and is good; and some old yew-trees are near it.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Llanhiledd AP/CP Pont Y Pool RegD/PLU Monmouthshire AncC |
Place names: | LLANHIDDEL | LLANHIDDEL OR LLANHILLETH | LLANHILLETH |
Place: | Llanhiledd |
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