In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betws Garmon like this:
BETTWS-GARMON, a hamlet and a parish in the district and county of Carnarvon. The hamlet stands on an eminence, adjacent to the rivulet Gwrfai, amid grand scenery of crag and lake and mountain, 3 miles ESE of Griffith's Craig r. station, and 5 SE of Carnarvon; and it has fairs on 15 May aid 3 Dec. ...
The parish comprises 2,759 acres; and its Post Town is Carnarvon. Real property, £749. Pop., 94. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The surface is largely mountainous; and lies immediately W of Snowdon. Green pastures below the hamlet contrast finely with bold crags and rugged heights above. A spring on the hill-side, called St. Garmon's well, about a mile W of the hamlet, has considerable medicinal repute. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £90. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good.
Betws Garmon through time
Betws Garmon is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betws Garmon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betws Garmon, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1460
Date accessed: 04th May 2024
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