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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LLANGIAN, a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; at the S extremity of the Lleyn peninsula, between St. Tudwall's road and Hell's mouth bay, 6¼ miles SW of Pwllheli, and 23 SW of Nantlle r. station. Post town, Llanengan, under Pwllheli. Acresz, 4,835; of which 330 are water. Real property, £3,464. Pop. in 1851, 1,l61; in 1861,1,088. Houses, 251. The property is not much divided. Nanhoron is a chief residence. The inhabitants are largely employed in fishing. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanbedrog, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Cian, and is good. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(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: | Llangian CP/AP Pwllheli RegD/PLU Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Llangian |
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