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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described The Abbey like this:
MAENAN, a township in Eglwysfach parish, Carnarvon; on the river Conway, 3 miles N of Llanrwst. Acres, 2,902. Real property, £1,845. Pop., 373. Houses, 80. A Cistertian monastery, a cell to Conway abbey, was founded here in 1283, by Edward I.; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Wynnes. The roof of its church was removed to Llanrwst; and only a small fragment now remains.
The Abbey is now part of CONWY District. Click here for graphs and data of how CONWY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about The Abbey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of The Abbey, in Conwy and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11876
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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