Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEGELLY

BEGELLY, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict in Narberth district, Pembroke. The township lies near the Pembroke and Tenby railway, 5 miles S by E of Narberth; and has a post office under Narberth, and a r. station. Acres, 2,447. Rated property, £2,430.-Pop, 776. Houses, 160. The parish includes also the chapelry of Williamston. Acres, 3,878. Real property, £4,082: of which £820 are in mines. Pop., 1,311. Houses, 288. The property is divided among a few. Begelly House is the seat of J. Child, Esq. Coal and culm are mined. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Williamston, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £216.* Patron, Lord Milford. The church is early English and good; and there is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. The subdistrict comprises five parishes. Acres, 13,033. Pop., 4,313. Houses, 907.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township, a parish, and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Begeli AP/CP       Begelly SubD       Narberth RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place: Begeli

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