Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRYNCROES

BRYNCROES, a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; on the river Soch, under Mynydd-Rhiw, 12 miles WSW of Pwllheli r. station. Post Town, Bottwnog, under Pwllheli. Acres, 3,646. Real property, £2,100. Pop., 889. Houses, 210. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £107. Patron, W. G. Wynne, Esq. The church needs repair. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. Charities, £18.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bryncroes CP/AP       Pwllheli RegD/PLU       Caernarvonshire AncC
Place: Bryncroes

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