In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfair Cwmmwd like this:
LLANFAIR-YN-Y-CWMMWD, a parish in the district of Carnarvon and county of Anglesey; on the river Brain, 2 miles NE by N of Newborough, and 3¼ SW of Gaerwen-Junction r. station. Post town, Newborough, under Bangor. Acres, 166. Real property, not separa tely returned. Pop., 57. Houses, 8. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanidan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good.
Llanfair Cwmmwd through time
Llanfair Cwmmwd is now part of the Isle of Anglesey district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Anglesey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfair Cwmmwd itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfair Cwmmwd in The the Isle of Anglesey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12095
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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