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- source: Family History Library Catalog
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NOTE: There is also a village named Llaniestyn in the former Welsh county of Anglesey.
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- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Llaniestyn is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd (before 1974 in the historic county of Caernarvonshire, Wales. The parish was abolished in 1934, and divided between Tudweiliog and Botwnnog.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llaniestyn from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANIESTYN, a village and a parish in Pwllheli [registration] district, Carnarvon. The village stands in the Lleyn peninsula, under Carn-Fadrin, 7½ miles W by S of Pwllheli [railway] station, and 6 SSW of Nevin [Nefyn]; is a considerable place; and has a post office under Pwllheli.
- "The parish comprises 4,256 acres. Real property: £3,896. Population: 1,012. Houses: 242. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Owen Gwynedd. Cevin-Amwlch is a chief residence. Carn-Fadrin has an altitude of about 1,200 feet, and is crowned by an ancient camp. Lead ore is found. The living is a rectory, united with the [perpertual] curacy of Llandegwning, in the diocese of Bangor; and, till 1868, was united also with Penllech. Value: £595. Patron: the Bishop of Bangor. The church has traces of Norman, and is very good. Charities, £19."
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Categories: Caernarvonshire, Wales | Llaniestyn, Caernarvonshire, Wales | Lleyn Rural, Caernarvonshire, Wales | Tudweiliog, Caernarvonshire, Wales | Botwnnog, Caernarvonshire, Wales | Gwynedd, Wales |
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