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Llandudwen is a former civil parish in the Welsh county of [[Place:Gwynedd, Wales|Gwynedd (or, before 1974, the historic county of Caernarvonshire). It was abolished in 1934, and divided between the parishes of Buan and Tudweiliog.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llandudwen from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANDUDWEN, a parish in Pwllheli [registration] district, Carnarvon; in the Lleyn peninsula, 7 miles W by N of Pwllheli, and 19 SW of Nantlle [railway] station. Post town: Pwllheli. Acres: 1,331. Real property: £1,123. Population: 9?4. Houses: 14. The property is divided among three. Madrin is a chief residence. The living is a [perpetual] curacy annexed to the rectory of Rhiw, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Tudwen."
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