In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanaber like this:
LLANABER, a parish in Dolgelly district, Merioneth; on the river Maw, Cardigan bay, and the Barmouth railways, around the town of Barmouth. It contains Barmouth town, with its head post office and railway station; and contains also the hamlets of Isymynydd and Uchmynydd. Acres, 12,679; of which 760 are water. ...
Real property, £6,354. Pop., 1,600. Houses, 382. The surface is hilly; and the rocks include lead and copper ores. Egyrn was once a friary, and is now a farm-house. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Barmonth, in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £213. Patron, the Prince of Wales. The church stands 1¾ mile N of Barmouth; is early English, with plain exterior; was, for many years, so greatly dilapidated as to be unfit for use; has been beautifully restored, after designs by Boyce; comprises clerestoried nave, aisles, and chancel; has a very fine interior, and an exquisite S doorway; and contains a curious chest which was used for receiving votive offerings. A church and three dissenting chapels are in Barmouth; and there are charities £5. Four successive bards, of the name of Phillips, lived at Hendreo-Vechan.
Llanaber through time
Llanaber is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanaber itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanaber, in Gwynedd and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5523
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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