Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANMEREWIG

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))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanmerewig AP/CP       Montgomeryshire AncC
Place: Llanmerewig

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