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

CILAN, a township in Llandrillo parish, Merioneth; 5½ miles SSW of Corwen. Pop., 36.

Cilan through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23421

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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