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MERTHYR-DOVAN, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the coast of the Bristol channel, 5 miles S by W of St. Fagans r. station, and 6½ SW of Cardiff. Post town, Cardiff. Acres, 1,396; of which 55 are water. Real property, £997. Pop., 143. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £109. Patron, R. F. Jenner, Esq. The church is good.
(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: | Merthyr Dovan Parish Cardiff Poor Law Union/Registration District Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Merthyr Dovan |
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