Penllech, Carnarvonshire
Historical Description
Penllech, a parish in Carnarvonshire, on the W coast of the Lleyn peninsula, 10½ miles W by S of Pwllheli. Acreage, 2182; population, 252. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Llangwnadle, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is dedicated to St Mary.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| County Court district | Pwllheli | |
| Diocese | Bangor | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Penllech St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Commitmaen | |
| Hundred | Dinlaen | |
| Petty-Sessional Division | Pwllheli | |
| Poor Law union | Pwllheli | |
| Registration district | Pwllheli | 1837 - 1934 |
| Registration sub-district | Aberdaron |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Penllech from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Pwllheli Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Penllech from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carnarvonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Penllech are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: