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DOLFORWYN, or Dolevowin, a township in Bettws parish, Montgomery; on the river Severn, 3 miles NE of Newtown. Pop., 234. Here are remains of a castle, built, about 1065, by Bleddyn ab Cynfyn, and given to the Mortimers. The place is associated with the legend of Hafren or Sabrina, alluded to in "Milton's Comus. "
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Betws Cedewain Parish Dolforwyn Township Montgomeryshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | DOLEVOWIN | DOLFORWYN | DOLFORWYN OR DOLEVOWIN |
| Place: | Dolforwyn |
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