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Pennal is a village and community (or parish) on the A493 road, since 1974 in southern Gwynedd, Wales, on the north bank of the Afon Dyfi (or River Dovey, in English), near Machynlleth in Montgomeryshire.
Before 1974 it was located in the historic county of Merionethshire (or Sir Feirionnydd in Welsh) and is within the Snowdonia National Park.
From 1894 until 1955 Pennal was the single parish in the Civil Parish of Pennal Rural District. In 1955 the rural district was abolished and it was transferred to the Dolgellau Rural District.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Pennal from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "PENNAL, a village, a parish, and a [registration] sub-district, in the [registration] district of Machynlleth and county of Merioneth. The village stands on the Sarn-Helen way, under Arran-y-Gessel hill, near the river Dyfi, 3 miles W of Machynlleth [railway] station; is supposed to occupy the site of a Romanstation; presents a pretty appearance; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a head post-office, designated Pennal, Merionethshire. The parish comprises 7,461 acres. Real property: £3,356. Population: 588. Houses: 135. Talgarth is the seat of F. Thruston, Esq. A tower is in the grounds of Talgarth; and Roman coins have been found both there and at Cefn-Caer. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Bangor. Value: £75. Patron: the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is ancient, and has Roman bricks in its masonry. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel."
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