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"LLANDWROG, a parish in the hundred of Uwch-Gorfai, county Carnarvon, 4 miles S.W. of Carnarvon, its post town, and 14 from Nevin. It is situated near the northern extremity of Carnarvon Bay, and includes the villages of Bethesda and Tylon. The neighbourhood yields copper and slate. A large number of the people are employed in the slate quarries, from whence there is a tram-road to Carnarvon. Edward I. is said to have once made a stay here. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value £314, in the patronage of the Bishop of Llandaff. There is also the district church of St. Thomas. The parish church, dedicated to St. Twrog, has recently been restored. Here is an hospital, or almshouse, founded by Mrs. Glynne, for the reception of twelve ladies of reduced circumstances, and endowed with property producing £200 per annum. There are other charities amounting to about £18. The Roman road Sarn Helen passed through this district, and overlooking the sea is Dinas Dinlle, a strongly fortified camp with a double range of escarpments, said to have been connected with Segontium. Lord Newborough is lord of the manor, and sole proprietor." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Annand, David. RAF Penrhos near Pwllheli 1937-45 and RAF Llandwrog near Caernarvon 1940-45. Tywyn : David Annand, 1986. 36p
- Doylerush, Edward. The legend of Llandwrog : the story of an airfield and the birth of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service. Leicester : Midland Counties Publications, 1994. 96p
- Eames, Aled. Ship master : the life and letters of Capt. Robert Thomas of Llandwrog and Liverpool 1843-1903. [Caernarfron] : Gwynedd Archives Service, c1980. 199p
- Jones, Charles Sheridan. What I saw at Bethesda. Gomer catalogue 2006. ISBN 1 84323 324 X "The Great Strike of 1903 brought the North Wales village of Bethesda to national attention....."
- Williams, W Gilbert. Moel Tryfan i'r traeth : erthyglau ar hanes plwyfi Llanwnda a Llandwrog. Pen-y-groes, Gwynedd : Cyhoeddiadau Mei, 1983. 155p
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Dorothea Quarry Records 1792-1970
"Dorothea Quarry was opened in 1820 and was located in the parish of Llandwrog close to Talysarn.... " - J. Foxwist Roberts ( of Gefail y Ffrwd, Llandwrog) and Family Shop Invoices 1860-1917
- Llanwnda Mill Account Book "An account book, 1879 - 1890, in several hands, consisting of the names and addresses of customers from the parishes of Llanwnda, Llanllyfni and Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire"
1851 Census of Llandwrog. A full transcription by Joyce & Douglas Hinde in both "As Enumerated" and "Surname Order" form.
| Pisgah Baptist Chapel, Carmel;Monastery Of St George And St John, Carmel |
| Ramoth Welsh Baptist Church, Groeslon |
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. Llandwrog Parish; Statistics; Area 9516 acres; Population 1423 males, 1400 females, total 2823
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Llandwrog Church - see under Land and Property below
- Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Pisgah chapel (in Welsh ) Also Moel Tryfan chapel Also Rhosnenan (Gosen) - with translations by Eleri Rowlands (July 2009)
ST TWROG'S CHURCH, LLANDWROG - on the People's Collection Walessite
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.
Tombstone Epitaphs c. 1904 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Epitaphs on tombstones collected by Urias Stephen from cemeteries in Llanwnda, Llanllyfni, Llandwrog, Brynaerau and Clynnog, Caernarfonshire"
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Capel Brynrhos, Groeslon, cofnodion (records) 1884-1982
"Capel Brynrhos was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Groeslon, Llandwrog ... founded in 1880 ....." - Capel Bryn'rodyn, Llandwrog, cofysgrifau (records) 1878-1997
"Codwyd y capel gwreiddiol ym 1789 ar dir fferm Bryn'rodyn ym mhlwyf Llandwrog, Gwynedd......."
Caernarfon Airpark Museum, formerly RAF Llandwrog
Journey to the past - Nantlle Valley and slate quarries
Llandwrog - on the Dyffryn Nantlle site
Various landscapes/seascapes - on the People's Collection Walessite
- The transcription of the section for Llandwrog from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llandwrog to another place.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Captain Robert Thomas Additional Papers 1860-1947
"Captain Robert Thomas lived in Llandwrog before moving to Liverpool...." - Williams family papers, Tryfan (Llandwrog) 1787-1953
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Jarvis, W. J., papurau ychwanegol (additional papers) 1862-1989
"William John Jarvis of Carmel, Groeslon, Llandwrog, was a local historian. His main interest was the slate industry in Dyffryn Nantlle...." - Farm Accounts, Ty'nllan, Llandwrog 1840 - 1851
" Farmland ...... situated in the Glynllifon and Dinas Dinlle districts ........ details of farms, farmers, prices of cattle and cereals etc.."
FORT BELAN;BELAN FORT, LLANDWROG - on the People's Collection Walessite
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Newborough (Glynllifon) estate plans 1745-1958
"Plans and related papers of the Glynllifon estate,1745-1958, including plans of Bodfuan Hall, 1832-1928; Glynllifon mansion, 1794-1928; Glynllifon Park, 1751-1935; Llandwrog Church, 1790-1869; and printed maps, 1745-1829." - Tryfan Bach, Llandwrog Papers 1786-1890
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Warrant issued to the constables of [?] commote, for the sureties and appearance at the next General Quarter Sessions of William Rowland, Llandwrog, to answer to matters of breach of the peace. At the foot: Order made by Edward Glyn that William Rowland be levied the sum of ten shillings for prophaning the Sabbath by walking his cattle from Llandwrog to Pwllheli upon Gods Day. Endorsed: Execution of warrant.dd 5 Oct 1652
- Petition of Lowry Morgan, wife of William Prichard of Llandwrog, yeoman, for order on the said William Prichard to give her some portion of her lands from which he has debarred her.
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarfonshire (under Parishes)
The parish of Llandwrog in the County of Carnarvon - on the People's Collection Walessite
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH497569 (Lat/Lon: 53.087694, -4.246302), Llandwrog which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Llandwrog Parish Papers 1839-1904
- Mynydd Cilgwyn Friendly Society Records 1843 - 1911
"The Mynydd Cilgwyn Friendly Society (Cymdeithas Caredigion Mynydd y Cilgwyn) was an association in which members paid fixed contributions to insure help in sickness or old age......Mynydd Cilgwyn is located in the parish of Llandwrog..."