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DINAS-POWIS, a village and a hundred in Glamorgan. The village stands 4½ miles SW of Cardiff; and has a post office under Cardiff, and remains of a castle built by Jestyn ab Gwrgan. The hundred lies around the village; and contains twenty-seven parishes. Acres, 40, 601. Pop., 7, 661. Houses, 1, 434.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Dinas Powys |
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