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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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ROSSETT, a village and a chapelry in Gresford parish, Denbigh. The village stands on the river Alyn, adjacent to the Chester and Oswestry railway, 5 miles N N E of Wrexham; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Wrexham. The chapelry was constituted in 1840. Pop. in 1861, 1, 371. Houses, 275. Rossett House is the seat of J. Boydell, Esq.; Trevalyn House, of Mrs. Townsend; and Trevalyn Old Hall, of B. Griffiths, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £149. Patron, Mrs. Townsend.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Gresford CP/AP Denbighshire AncC |
| Place: | Rossett |
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