Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CWM, or Combe

CWM, or Combe, a parish in St. Asaph district, Flint, 2¼ miles E by S of Rhuddlan r. station, and 2¾ NE by N of St. Asaph. It comprises the townships of Cwm-Isglan and Cwm-Uchglan; and has a post office under Rhyl. Acres, 3, 702. Real property, £3, 907. Pop., 495. Houses, 103. The property is divided among a few. Many points command fine views; and a number of the inhabitants are employed in iron-works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church was reported in 1859 to need repair. Charities, £17.


(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: Cwm AP/CP       Flintshire AncC
Place names: COMBE     |     CWM     |     CWM OR COMBE
Place: Cwm

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