In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bryncroes like this:
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.
Bryncroes through time
Bryncroes is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bryncroes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bryncroes, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12209
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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