Abergele, Denbighshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Abergele. You may be able to find further references to Abergele in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Abergele coastal parish, market town, and watering-place Bartholomew
ABERGELE a village, a parish, and a subdistrict Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Abergele.

Place Type of entry Source
Bodorryn township Bartholomew
BODORRYN a township Imperial
Botegwel township Bartholomew
BOTEGWEL a township Imperial
Brynffaingle place Bartholomew
BRYNFFAINGLE a township Imperial
DOLGANNED a township Imperial
FOWYN-ISAF a township Imperial
Garthgogo hamlet Bartholomew
GURTH-GOGO a township Imperial
GWRYCH a township Imperial
Hendregyda, Isaf and Uchaf 2 hamlets Bartholomew
HENDRE-GYDA (ISAF and UCHAF) two townships Imperial
NANT a township Imperial
SIRIOR a township Imperial
Towyn ecclesiastical district Bartholomew
Tywyn hamlet Bartholomew
TYWYN a township Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Towyn 0 1
Gwrych 0 2
Kinmel Bay 0 1
St George 0 3
Bodelwyddan 0 2
Llanddulas 0 3
Rhyl 0 2
Llys Faen 0 2
Brynbychan 0 2
Rhuddlan 1 4
Isdulas 0 2
St Asaph 7 2
Pentre 0 1
Talar 0 1
Cefn Meiriadog 0 2
Brynhedydd 0 2
Cefn 0 2
Gwernglefryd 0 1
Talybryn 0 1
Rhydorddwy 0 1

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Abergele. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
ABERGELE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.