Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Fonmon. You may be able to find further references to Fonmon in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Fonmon village Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Fonmon within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Charles Wesley Apr. 3 - Sept. 22, 1741: Bristol and S. Wales again 4
Charles Wesley May 2 - Aug. 31, 1744: Cornwall 1
Charles Wesley 1745: London, Bristol and South Wales 1
Charles Wesley Jan. 1 - Aug. 31, 1746: Bristol and Cornwall 1
Charles Wesley Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales 1
Charles Wesley 1749: Marriage to Sally Gwynne 1
Charles Wesley Jan. 1 - Aug. 26, 1751: London to Bristol and the north 1
Charles Wesley Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 1756: Midlands, Yorkshire and Manchester 1
John Wesley 1740-2: Preaching Incidents; Wesley's Labor Colony; Dispute with Whitefield 1
John Wesley 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy 1

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Burton 0 2
Llancatal 0 1
Font Y Gary 0 2
Cwm 0 2
Aberthaw 0 2
Pennon 0 2
Rhoose 0 2
Tredogan 0 2
Llanbydderi 0 2
St Athan 0 2
Llancarfan 0 2
Porthceri 5 2
Gileston 0 2
Flemingston 2 2
Llanfeuthin 0 2
Eglwys Brewys 0 2
Llantriddyd 0 2
Highlight 0 2