Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bala

Bala, small town with ry. sta., Llanycil par., Merionethshire, at foot of Bala Lake, 11 miles SW. of Corwen; pop. 1653; 2 Banks. Market-day, Saturday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Llanycil AP/CP       Merionethshire AncC
Place: Y Bala

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