In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ogwen like this:
OGWEN (The), a river of Carnarvonshire. It issues from Llyn-Ogwen, a narrow lake nearly a mile long, between a shoulder of Carnedd-Davydd mountain and the Trifaen and Glyder-fach mountains; goes immediately into a wild-narrow gorge, called the Pass of the Benglog; makes there a series of falls aggregately more than 100 feet deep; and runs thence about 9 miles, north-north-westward, to the Menai-strait at Bangor. Ogwen Bank, a seat of the Pennants, takes name from it; and the slate quarries of Penrhyn are near it.
Ogwen through time
Ogwen is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ogwen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ogwen, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20704
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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