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- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llanddwywe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANDDWYWE, a parish in Dolgelly [registration] district, Merioneth[shire]; on the coast, at the mouth of the rivulet Ysgethin, and on the Barmouth and Carnarvon railway, which was completed about the end of 1866, 4-1/2 miles N by W of Barmouth. It contains the small village of Talybont, and comprises the townships of Ys-Craig and Uwch-Craig; and its Post town is Barmouth, Merionethshire. Fairs are held at the village on 12 May, and 9 Nov. Acres of the parish: 9,348; of which 340 are water. Real property: £2,084. Population: 368. Houses: 68. The property is divided among a few. Corsygedol was the seat of the Vaughans, passed to Sir Roger Mostyn, belongs now to E. F. Cousin, Esq., and underwent restoration in 1866-7; and it stands aloft, commanding a splendid view over Cardigan bay, and has a gateway after a design by Inigo Jones. A cromlech, called Coetan-Arthur or Arthur's Quoit, lies near the lodge, and is fabled to have been thrown by Arthur from the summit of Moelfre. Part of the parochial surface is occupied by the Ardudwy mountains and by the rugged Ardudwy pass. LlynIrddin, a lake of noticeable size, lies on the W slopes of Llawlech. Remains of an ancient British town are on the lake's W shore; and cairns, standing stones, Druidical circles, and two ancient camps are in varions parts of the plands. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llanenddwyn, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is early English, in good condition; and contains monuments of the Vaughans and the Mostyns. Charities, £10."
Wikipedia describes Llanddwywe as a village in the community (or parish) of Dyffryn Ardudwy, a community too young to be included in the A Vision of Britain through Time database.
Research Tips
- A 1900 Ordnance Survey map of the historic county of Merionethshire is available on the A Vision of Britain through Time website. This shows all the old parishes within their urban and rural districts. Large farms and estates are also marked.
- Some words in Welsh come up time and time again and you may want to know what they mean or how to pronounce them. For example,
"Eglwys" is a church and the prefix "Llan" is a parish.
"w" and "y" are used as vowels in Welsh.
"Ll" is pronounced either "cl" or "hl" or somewhere in between. "dd" sounds like "th".
The single letter "Y" is "the" and "Yn" means "in".
"uwch" means "above"; "isod" is "below" or "under";
"gwch" is "great", "ychydig" is "little";
"cwm" is a "valley".
- In both Welsh and English all these words are commonly used in place names in the UK. Place names are often hyphenated, or two words are combined into one. Entering your problem phrase into Google Search, including the term "meaning in Welsh", will lead you to Google's quick translation guide. I'm no authority; these are just things I have picked up while building up this gazetteer for WeRelate.
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