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| Name | Llanbeblig |
| Alt names | Bontnewydd | source: settlement in parish | | Bont-Newydd | source: alternate spelling of above | | Castellmai | source: settlement in parish | | Treflan | source: settlement in parish |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.135°N 4.259°W |
| Located in | Caernarvonshire, Wales ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Gwynedd, Wales (1974 - ) |
| See also | Gwrfai Rural, Caernarvonshire, Wales | rural district 1894-1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llanbeblig from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANBEBLIG, a township and a parish, in the [registration] district and county of Carnarvon. The township lies on the river Seiont, the Menai Strait, and the Carnarvon and Nantlle railway, 1 mile SE of Carnarvon [Caernarfon] ; and includes the places called Bont-Newydd, Castellmai, and Treflan. Population in 1851: 1,209; in 1861: 1,425. Houses: 281. The increase of population arose from the opening of new slate quarries.
- "The parish contains also the borough of Carnarvon, and comprises 6,322 acres of land, and 470 of water. Real property: £27,418; of which £100 are in mines, £2,000 in railways, and £300 in gas-works. Population in 1851: 9,883; in 1861: 9,937. Houses: 2,101. ... The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelries of Carnarvon and Waenfawr, in the diocese of Bangor. Value: £330. Patron: the Bishop of Chester. The church is ancient and cruciform; was restored in 1842; is a plain structure, with Irish-stepped battlements; contains a beautiful figured alabaster monument to W. Griffith, brought hither from Llanvaes; is dedicated to St. Peblig or Publicus, a son of Maximus and Helena; and was given, by Richard II., to the nunnery of St. Mary at Chester."
NOTE: Caernarfon was made a municipal borough in 1835 and was therefore independent of Llanbeblig parish from that time.
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Slate tiles (shaped from the natural material) were a very popular roofing material for housing up until 1950. For the most part, they have been replaced by clay tiles or concrete tiles, but slate is still used.
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