Merionethshire

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Llandanwg

"LLANDANWG, a parish in the hundred of Ardudwy, county Merioneth, 2 miles S. of Harlech, its post town, and 13 N.W. of Dolgelly. It is situated on the western coast, close to the mouth of the small river Artro. The parish, which is hilly, includes the township of Harlech. The soil generally is barren and wild. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor, value with the curacy of Llanbedr, £194, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Tanwg, stands close to the shore, but is now in a very ruinous state. There is a school, founded by one Ellis, with an endowment of £13 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• History
• Maps
• Occupations
• Social Life and Customs

Bibliography

Haines, Gwen. The old church : [Llandanwg]. Country Quest 26/5 (1985), p. 37

Wynne, Ellis. Dauganmlwyddiant Ellis Wynne : llawlyfr y dathliad yn eglwysi Llanfair a Llandanwg, ac yng ngholeg Harlech, Gorffennaf 17, 1934. Aberystwyth : Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru a phwyllgor yr Wyl Goffa, 1934. 26p

Census

• The 1851 Census of Llandanwg in Address Order provided by Joyce Hinde.

Church History

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of

• Old St Tanwg Church
• Harlech Capel Rehoboth  - Baptist

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP,   1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.

Parish statistics; Area 4964 acres; Population 346 males, 403 females, total 749

• All the returns for this district (Festiniog) are missing

HARLECH, St. Tanwg 1838-1842 - on the Church plans online site

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.

Description and Travel

Photographs of Harlech

Castle Wales site - Harlech Castle

Harlech - on Wikipedia

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llandanwg from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

History

Maps

Gwynedd Family History Society  have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Merionethshire (under Publications)  - with some links to photographs of parish churches

Occupations

The manganese mines of Merionethshire

Social Life and Customs

Data Wales site - Men of Harlech, background to the tune

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