Place:Pentir, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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NamePentir
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates53.181°N 4.129°W
Located inCaernarvonshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - )
See alsoOgwen Rural, Caernarvonshire, Walesrural district 1894-1934
Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Walesmunicipal borough into which it was absorbed in 1934

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

"PENTIR, a chapelry in Bangor parish, Carnarvon; 2¾ miles S S W of Bangor [railway] station. It has a post-office under Bangor. It was once a separate parish, and was incorporated with Bangor in 1656. Real property: £2,663. Population not separately returned. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Bangor."
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Pentir is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales (formerly in the historic county of Caernarvonshire, and is 124.2 miles (199.9 km) from Cardiff and 204.7 miles (329.4 km) from London. In 2011 the population of Pentir was 2,450 with 58.7% of them able to speak Welsh. It includes the Penrhosgarnedd suburbs of Bangor. (Source: Wikipedia)

Pentir was again made a parish at the end of the 19th century and in 1894 was made part of Ogwen Rural District. In 1934 it was once more absorbed into Bangor. (Source: Wikipedia)

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