In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ynyscynhaiarn like this:
YNYSCYNHAIARN, a parish in the district of Festiniog and county of Carnarvon; on the coast, around Portmadoc r. station. It contains Portmadoc and Tremadoc, which have post-offices under Carnarvon. Acres, 6,546; of which 1,200 are water. Real property, £7,421. Pop. in 1851, 2,347; in 1861, 3,138. Houses, 596. The increase of pop. arose from extension of the slate-carrying trade at Portmadoc. The property is not much divided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Criccieth-The church is modern.
Ynyscynhaiarn through time
Ynyscynhaiarn is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ynyscynhaiarn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ynyscynhaiarn, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1145
Date accessed: 09th May 2024
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