Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TANYBWLCH

TANYBWLCH, a hamlet in Llanfrothen parish, Merioneth: on a hillside, 8½ miles NE of Harlech. It has a post-office under Carnarvon, an inn, and a Calvinistic Methodist chapel; and it command s a fine view over the vale of Festiniog. Plâs-Madoc, the fine seat of the Oakleys, with beautiful grounds, is adjacent.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanfrothen CP/AP       Merionethshire AncC
Place: Tan Y Bwlch

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