In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dinorwic like this:
LLANDINORWIG, a chapelry in Llanddeiniolen parish, Carnarvonshire; in the S part of the parish, among the N heights of Snowdonia, around Dinas-Dinorwig, 5 miles WNW of Carnarvon r. station. It was constituted in 1858; and its Post town is Carnarvon. Pop. in 1861, 3,346. Houses, 733. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £200.* Patron, T. A. Smith, Esq. The church is modern. See LLANDDEINIOLEN.
The location is that of Llandinorwig church, on the edge of Deiniolen village. Additional information about this locality is available for Llanddeiniolen
Dinorwic through time
Dinorwic is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dinorwic itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dinorwic, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23975
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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