Place:Penrhos, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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NamePenrhos
Alt namesPenyberthsource: settlement in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.88°N 4.459°W
Located inCaernarvonshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - )
See alsoLleyn Rural, Caernarvonshire, Walesrural district 1894-1934
Llannor, Caernarvonshire, Walesparish into which it was absorbed in 1934
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: There are also villages named Penrhos (or Pen-rhos) in the former Welsh counties of Montgomeryshire and Monmouthshire.


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Penrhos is a village and former civil parish in the historic Welsh county of Caernarvonshire. The parish was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Llannor. The settlement of Penyberth lies within its confines. The area has been in Gwynedd since 1974.

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

"PENRHOS, a parish in Pwllheli [registration] district, Carnarvon; on the E coast of the Lleyn peninsula, 3½ miles S W by W of Pwllheli [railway] station. Post-town, Pwllheli. Acres: 555; of which 103 are water. Real property: £458. Population: 104. Houses: 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to the [perpetual] curacy of Abereirch [Abererch], in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good."
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