In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bethesda like this:
BETHESDA, a hamlet in Llanllechid parish, Carnarvon; 4½ miles SE of Bangor. It has a post office‡ under Bangor; and has recently become populous in connexion with the neighbouring slate-quarries.
Bethesda through time
Bethesda is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bethesda itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bethesda, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/125
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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