Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Barmouth

Barmouth, seaport and market town with ry. sta., Llanaber par., Merionethshire, at mouth of river Maw, 10 miles W. of Dolgelly and 230 miles NW. of London; is a favourite watering-place; pop. 1512; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tues. and Frid.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport and market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Merionethshire AncC
Place: Barmouth

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