Descriptive gazetteer entries

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.

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Travel writing

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