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LLANMEREWIG, a parish in the district and county. of Montgomery; on the Oswestry and Newtown railway, adjacent to the river Severn and the Montgomery canal, 3½ miles NE by E of Newtown. Post town, Newtown. Acres, 978. Real property, £1,340. Pop., 148. Houses, 28. The property is divided among four. A Roman camp is at Giants Bank; and traces of a Roman road exist. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £133. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good.
(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: | Llanmerewig AP/CP Montgomeryshire AncC |
Place: | Llanmerewig |
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