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RESOLVEN, a chapelry in Lantwit-juxta-Neath parish, Glamorgan; on the river Neath, and on the Neath Valley railway, 7 miles N E of Neath. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Neath. Acres, 4, 560. Real property, £2, 726; of which £1, 500 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 630; in 1861, 762. Houses, 146. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £70. Patron, the Marquis of Bute. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanilltud Nedd Parish Resolfen Parish Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Resolfen |
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