A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ABERHAFESP, a parish in Newtown district, Montgomery; at the confluence of the Hafesp with the Severn, near the Central Wales railway, 2½ miles WNW of New-town. Post Town, Newtown. Acres, 4,568. Real property, £3,335. Pop., 486. Houses, 94. The property is held by two proprietors. Aberhafesp Hall and the parsonage command fine views of the Severn. Fishing and quarrying are carried on. Traces exist of a Roman road; and there is a medicinal spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £356.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is early English, and in very good condition. There are chapels for Independents and Baptists.
(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: | Aberhafesb CP/AP Newtown and Llanidloes RegD/PLU Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Aberhafesb |
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