A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
ABERDOVEY, or Aberdyfi, a seaport village and a chapelry in Towyn parish, Merioneth. The village stands on the Dovey estuary, adjacent to the Llwyngwrill railway, 10 miles N of Aberystwith; has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Shrewsbury, a good hotel, and a few respectable lodging-houses; and is a watering-place and a seat of petty sessions. The Dovey here is about a mile wide, and is crossed by a ferry to the Borth sands, leading toward Aberystwith. The chapelry includes the village, and was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1,186. Houses, 267. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £90. Patrons, Trustees.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seaport village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tywyn AP/CP Merionethshire AncC |
| Place names: | ABERDOVEY | ABERDOVEY OR ABERDYFI | ABERDYFI |
| Place: | Aberdovey |
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