Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Dolgelley. You may be able to find further references to Dolgelley in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
DOLGELLY	a town, a parish, and a district	Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Dolgelley.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Brithdir Isaf and Brithdir Uchaf	two hamlets	Bartholomew
BRITHDIR-ISAF and BRITHDIR-UCHAF	two townships	Imperial
Bryncoedifor	ecclesiastical district	Bartholomew
BRYNCOEDIFOR	a chapelry	Imperial
Cefn-yr-Owen	hamlet	Bartholomew
CEFN-YR-OWEN	a township	Imperial
Dolgledr	hamlet	Bartholomew
DOLGLEDR	a township	Imperial
DYFFRYDAN	a township	Imperial
Garthgynfawr	hamlet	Bartholomew
Henfelin	school	Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Dolgelley within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
William Camden	Rest of Wales	1
Charles Wesley	May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland	1
Charles Wesley	Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales	1
John Wesley	1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy	1
John Wesley	1754-6: Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions	1
Arthur Young	1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Penmaen Pool	0	2
Nannau	0	2
Dolgledr	0	2
Brithdir	0	2
Llaneltud	0	2
Ystradgwyn	0	1
Bont Ddu	0	1
Bryncoedifor	0	2
Tal Y Llyn	1	2
Llanfachreth	0	2
Llys Bradwen	0	2
Uwchygarreg	0	1
Llanaber	0	2
Arthog	0	2
Corris	0	2
Cedris	0	2
Llanfihangel Y Pennant	0	2
Cerist	0	2
Blaenglesyrch	0	2
Barmouth	0	3