Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENRHOS

PENRHOS, a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; on the E coast of the Lleyn peninsula, 3½ miles S W by W of Pwllheli r. station. Post-town, Pwllheli. Acres, 555; of which 103 are water. Real property. £458. Pop., 104. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Abereirch, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good.


(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: Penrhos CP/AP       Pwllheli RegD/PLU       Caernarvonshire AncC
Place: Penrhos

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