Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANFIHANGEL-ESCEIFIOG, or LLANFIHANGELPENTRE-BERW

LLANFIHANGEL-ESCEIFIOG, or LLANFIHANGELPENTRE-BERW, a parish in the district of Bangor and county of Anglesey; on the river Cefni, 2 miles SE of Llangefni r. station. It contains the village of Gaeriben; and its Post town is Llangefni, Anglesey. Acres, 2,889. Real property, £3,176. Pop. in 1851,1,161; in 1861, 1,026. Houses, 251. Coal mines are here; and they comnmunicate by a railway, 7 miles long, with Red Wharf bay. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Llanffinan, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £120. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is ancient. Charities, £9.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog AP/CP       Anglesey AncC
Place names: LLANFIHANGEL ESCEIFIOG     |     LLANFIHANGEL ESCEIFIOG OR LLANFIHANGELPENTRE BERW     |     LLANFIHANGELPENTRE BERW
Place: Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog

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