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Gwyddelwern  Merionethshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gwyddelwern like this:

GWYDDELWERN, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Corwen district, Merioneth. The village stands on a branch of the river Alwen, adjacent to the Denbigh and Corwen railway, near the boundary with Denbigh, 3 miles N by W of Corwen; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Corwen, and fairs on 15 April, 5 Aug., and 18 Oct. ...


The parish includes the townships of Bonron, Maesgwyn, Drebach, Maesgamedd, Bonwyson, Cynwyd-fawr, Cenwyd-fechan, Brosaethydd, Bodhaelog, Meyarth, Nwchmynydd, and Bodgynfel. Acres, 9, 127. Rated property, £5, 332. Pop., 1, 541. Houses, 351. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £138. Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church was reported in 1859 to be very bad. An endowed school has £10, and other charities £18. -The subdistrict contains also two other parishes in Merioneth, three in Deubigh, and another partly in M., partly in D. Acres, 69, 921. Pop., 5, 479. Houses, 1, 175.

Gwyddelwern through time

Gwyddelwern is now part of Denbighshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Denbighshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gwyddelwern itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gwyddelwern, in Denbighshire and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5797

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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