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LLANDINAM, a village and a parish in Newtown district, Montgomery. The village stands on the river Severn, adjacent to the Oswestry, Welshpool, and Llanidloes railway, 5¾ miles NE by N of Llanidloes; is romantically situated on the brink of a cliff overhanging the river, and at the foot of the Llandinam mountains; and has a station on the railway and a head post office, designated Llandinam, Montgomeryshire. The parish contains also the townships of Carned, Dethynydd, Eskirnaen, Gwernerin, Hengynwydd, Maesmawr, Rhydfaes, and Trewythan. Acres, 18,064. Real property, £8,885. Pop., 1,574. Houses, 289. The property is much subdivided. The Llandinam mountains form a range, rising to the height of 1,895 feet. An ancient camp, about 600 feet long, is on Cefn-Carnedd; and there are three other ancient camps. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Banhaglog, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £500. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church was built out of one of the ancient camps, has a curious wooden belfry, and was reported in 1859 as bad. Charities, £18.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llandinam CP/AP Newtown and Llanidloes RegD/PLU Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Llandinam |
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