Place:Carnguwch, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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NameCarnguwch
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Located inCaernarvonshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - )
See alsoLleyn Rural, Caernarvonshire, Walesrural district 1894-1934
Pistyll, Caernarvonshire, Walesparish into which it was absorbed in 1934
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Carguwch is a former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd (or, before 1974, the historic county of Caernarvonshire. Carguwch was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into the parish of Pistyll.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Carnguwch from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"CARNGIWCH, a parish in Pwllheli [registration] district, Carnarvon; on the river Erch, 3¾ miles NW of Nevin [Nefyn], and 5¼ WNW of Avon-Wen [railway] station. Post Town: Nevin, under Pwllheli. Acres: 1,344. Real property: £412. Population: 130. Houses: 28. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Edern, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is tolerable."
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