A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Machynlleth. You may be able to find further references to Machynlleth in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Machynlleth | hundred | Bartholomew |
| MACHYNLLETH | a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a hundred | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Machynlleth.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| DOLL | a village | Imperial |
| Garsion | village | Bartholomew |
| GARSION | a village | Imperial |
| Isygarreg | township | Bartholomew |
| ISYGARREG, or ISCARNEG | a township | Imperial |
| UCHYGARREG | a township | Imperial |
| Uchygarreg (or Uwchygarreg) | township | Bartholomew |
| UWCHYGARREG | a township | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Machynlleth within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| George Borrow | Machynlleth | 19 |
| George Borrow | The Plynlimmon Range | 3 |
| William Camden | Rest of Wales | 2 |
| George Borrow | Introduction; Norfolk to Chester | 1 |
| George Borrow | Bala to Dinas Mawddwy | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | May 1 - Aug. 31, 1748: London, Wales and Ireland | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy | 1 |
| Arthur Young | 1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Llanfechan | 0 | 1 |
| Isygarreg | 0 | 2 |
| Pennal | 1 | 2 |
| Caerseddfan | 0 | 2 |
| Ysgubor Y Coed | 0 | 2 |
| Llanwrin | 0 | 2 |
| Uwchygarreg | 0 | 4 |
| Corris | 0 | 2 |
| Eglwys Fach | 0 | 2 |
| Darowen | 0 | 2 |
| Noddfa | 0 | 2 |
| Maestrefnant | 0 | 1 |
| Blaenglesyrch | 0 | 2 |
| Penegoes | 0 | 2 |
| Cedris | 0 | 2 |
| Abergynolwyn | 0 | 2 |
| Tal Y Llyn | 1 | 2 |
| Llanfihangel Y Pennant | 0 | 2 |
| Ystradgwyn | 0 | 1 |
| Llangynfelyn | 0 | 2 |