In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dinas like this:

DINAS, a place near Festiniog, in Merioneth; at the end of the Portmadoc and Festiniog railway.

Dinas through time

Dinas is now part of GWYNEDD District. Click here for graphs and data of how GWYNEDD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dinas itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dinas, in Gwynedd and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22964

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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