In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanenddwyn like this:
LLANENDDWYN, a parish in Dolgelly district, Merioneth; on the coast, and on the Barmouth and Carnarvon railway, 5 miles N by W of Barmouth. It has a post office, of the name of Dyffryn, under Carnarvon. Acres, 7,777; of which 660 are water. Real property, £3,745. Pop. in 1851,981; in 1861,891. ...
Houses, 222. The property is subdivided. Manganese is fund, and has been worked. Several Druidical remains are on the hills. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Llanddwywe, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £350.* Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St. Enddwyn; is an ancient structure; was reported in 1859 as very bad; has recently undergone some repair; and was the burial-place of Jones of Nanteos, one of the judges of Charles I. There are chapels for Independents, Calvinistic Methodists, and Wesleyans, a British school, an endowed national school with £8 a year, and other charities £11.
Llanenddwyn through time
Llanenddwyn is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanenddwyn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanenddwyn, in Gwynedd and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11324
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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