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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Chirk, par. and vil. with ry. sta., SE. Denbighshire, on river Ceiriog, 9 miles SW. of Wrexham and 192 miles NW. of London, 4773 ac. (90 water), pop. 2171; P.O., t.o. Market-day, Saturday. The Ellesmere Canal is carried across the river here by an aqueduct; there is also a railway viaduct. In the neighbourhood of the vil. are coal mines. Chirk Castle is 1½ mile W. of sta.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chirk AP/CP Denbighshire AncC |
| Place: | Chirk |
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