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Latest revision as of 15:00, 8 October 2024
Listed below are those ecclesiastical parishes which were in historic Merionethshire, Wales.
Under the Local Government Act 1972, the county and administrative county of Merionethshire were abolished, for both local government and ceremonial purposes, on April 1, 1974.
Today, these parishes are to be found within either:
| the modern County of Gwynedd | |
| the modern county of Denbighshire | |
| the modern Conwy |
Click on a parish name for more information:
| Parish | Variants | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdyfi | Formed as an EP from Towyn parish in 1844. | ||
| Bala | Formed as an ecclesiastical parish from Llanycil parish in 1855. | ||
| Beddgelert | The townships of Llaynllinor, Nanhwynain, and Nanmor were transferred from Merionethshire to Caernarfonshire in 1895.[1] | ||
| Betws Gwerful Goch | Bettws Gwerfil Goch | ||
| Blaenau Ffestiniog | Formed as an ecclesiastical parish from Ffestiniog Parish in 1844. | ||
| Bont-Ddu | Y Bont-ddu | Formed as an ecclesiastical parish from Llanaber parish in 1887. | |
| Brithdir | Formerly Brithdir Isaf and Uchaf townships in Dolgellau Parish. Formed as a parish in 1896. | ||
| Bryncoedifor | Formed as an ecclesiastical parish in 1853 from Dolgellau Parish. | ||
| Corris | Formed as a parish in 1861 from Tal-y-llyn, Merionethshire, and Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire. | ||
| Corwen | |||
| Dolgellau | Dolgelly | ||
| Fron-goch | The parish was formed in 1859 from Llanfor, Llandderfel and Llanycil Parishes. | ||
| Ffestiniog | Festiniog | ||
| Glyndyfrdwy | Ecclesiastical parish formed from Corwen parish in 1859. | ||
| Gwyddelwern | |||
| Llanaber | |||
| Llanbedr | |||
| Llandanwg | |||
| Llandderfel | |||
| Llanddwywe | |||
| Llandecwyn | |||
| Llandrillo | |||
| Llanegryn | |||
| Llanelltyd | Llanelltud | ||
| Llanenddwyn | |||
| Llanfachreth | |||
| Llanfair | |||
| Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr | |||
| Llanfihangel y Pennant | |||
| Llanfihangel y Traethau | |||
| Llanfor | Llanfawr | ||
| Llanfrothen | |||
| Llangar | |||
| Llangelynnin | Llangelynin | ||
| Llangywer | Llangower | ||
| Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy | Glyndyfrdwy; Llansaintffraid Glyn Dyfrdwy | ||
| Llanuwchllyn | |||
| Llanycil | Llanykil | ||
| Llanymawddwy | |||
| Llawrybetws | Hengaer (Betws-y-coed) | Formerly a township in Llandderfel Parish. Formed as an ecclesiastical parish in 1864 from parts of Llanfor, Llandderfel, and Gwyddelwern parishes. | |
| Maentwrog | |||
| Mallwyd | |||
| Pennal | |||
| Penrhyndeudraeth | Formed as an ecclesiastical parish in 1858 from Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Llandecwyn, and Llanfrothen parishes. | ||
| Rhosygwaliau | Ecclsiastical parish formed from Llanfor parish in 1856. | ||
| Talyllyn | Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn | ||
| Trawsfynydd | |||
| Tywyn | Towyn | ||
| Ysbyty Ifan | |||
- ↑ Richards, Melville. Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units. Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press, 1969.