Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENLLYN

PENLLYN, a hundred in the N E of Merioneth; containing Llandderfel parish, and four other parishes. Acres, 58, 292. Pop. in 1851, 6, 736; in 1861, 6, 352. Houses, 1, 373.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Merionethshire AncC
Place: Penllyn

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