In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dwygyfylchi like this:
DWYGYFYLCHI, a village and a parish in Conway district, Carnarvon. The village stands on the coast, under Penmaen-bach-hill, adjacent to the Chester and Holyhead railway, about a mile ENE of Penmaenmawr r. station, and 2½ W of Conway. It commands picturesque scenery of shore and mountain; is a sea-bathing resort; and has a good hotel and several lodging-houses. ...
The parish includes also Isa-pen and Ucha-pen; and its post town is Conway. Acres, 5, 794; of which 2, 005 are water. Real property, £6, 107; of which £3, 606 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 926; in 1861, 1, 386. Houses, 272. The property is much subdivided. The increase of population between 1851 and 1861 arose partly from the extension of stone-quarrying. Remains of cromlechs and camps occur in several places. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £125.* Patron, the Rev. H. Roberts. The church was recently in very poor condition. A chapel of ease, of 1868, is at Penmaenmawr; and there is an Independent chapel.
Dwygyfylchi through time
Dwygyfylchi is now part of Conwy district. Click here for graphs and data of how Conwy has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dwygyfylchi itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dwygyfylchi, in Conwy and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5787
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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