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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfair Cwmmwd like this:
LLANFAIR-YN-Y-CWMMWD, a parish in the district of Carnarvon and county of Anglesey; on the river Brain, 2 miles NE by N of Newborough, and 3¼ SW of Gaerwen-Junction r. station. Post town, Newborough, under Bangor. Acres, 166. Real property, not separa tely returned. Pop., 57. Houses, 8. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanidan, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is good.
Llanfair Cwmmwd is now part of ISLE OF ANGLESEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how ISLE OF ANGLESEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfair Cwmmwd itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfair Cwmmwd, in the Isle of Anglesey and Anglesey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12095
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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