Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLYSWORNEY

LLYSWORNEY, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; 2½ miles E by S of Cowbridge r. station. Posttown, Cowbridge. Acres, 897. Real property, £1,489. Pop., 189. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. Little Nash is a chief residence. The living is a rectory annexed to the vicarage of Lantwit-Major, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church recently required some repair. Page 133 missing!! and its Post town is Pickering, under York. Acres, 6,610. Real property, £1,422. Pop., 396. Houses, 83. Much of the land is moor. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Middleton in the diocese of York. There are a church, a Wesleyan chapel, and a Primitive Methodist chapel.—The sub-district includes also Levisham parish. Acres, 9,572. Pop., 544. Houses, 113


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llyswyrny AP/CP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Llyswyrny

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