In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llys Faen like this:
LLYSFAEN, a parish in Conway district, Carnarvon; on the coast, and on the Chester and Holyhead railway, contiguous to Denbighshire, near Llandulas r. station, and 3 miles W of Abergele. It contains the townships of Isallt, Isyffordd, Pant, Penmain, and Rhwngyddnyfordd; and it has a post office under Abergele, Denbighshire. ...
Acres, 1,900; of which 106 are water. Real property, £3,727; of which £1,509 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,771; in 1861,908. Houses, 206. Llysfaen Hill is about 700 feet high; commands a magnificent view; and was crowned by a semaphore telegraph sta tion, on the line from Holyhead to Liverpool. Limestone is very largely worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £250.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £4.
Llys Faen through time
Llys Faen is now part of Conwy district. Click here for graphs and data of how Conwy has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llys Faen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llys Faen, in Conwy and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11781
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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