Place:


Port Penrhyn  Caernarvonshire

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Port Penrhyn like this:

Port Penrhyn, on N. coast of Carnarvonshire, beside Bangor, of which it is the harbour; the slate from the Penrhyn quarries is shipped here.

Port Penrhyn through time

Port Penrhyn is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Port Penrhyn itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Port Penrhyn, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23182

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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