In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanllyfni like this:
LLANLLYFNI, a village and a parish in the district and county of Carnarvon. The village stands on the river Llyfni, adjacent to the Carnarvonshire railway, under Llywd-Mawr, 7 miles S of Carnarvon.—The parish comprises 7,521 acres. Post town, Carnarvon. Real property, £4,201; of which £186 are in quarries. ...
Pop. in 1851,2,010; in 1861,2,362. Houses, 523. The property is divided among a few. The surface includes south-western heights of Snowdonia. The Llyfni river issues from Nantlle lake, and runs 5 miles west-northwestward to Carnarvon bay. Slate is quarried, and copper and manganese ores are found. An old house, in Neath glen, is supposed to occupy the site of a residence of Edward I. in 1284. Traces exist of ancient British habitations. An ancient camp, called Craig-y-Dinas, is on the Llyfni. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £240. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is ancient, cruciform, and substantial. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
Llanllyfni through time
Llanllyfni is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanllyfni itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanllyfni, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6581
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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