Bodferin or Bodvern, Carnarvonshire

Historical Description

Bodferin or Bodvern, a parish in Carnarvonshire, on the coast, 4½ miles N by W of Aberdaron, and 14 W by N of Pwllheli. Post office, Llangwnadle, to which parish it is Joined for ecclesiastical purposes. Acreage, 531; population, 45. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor; tithe apportionment, £45. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. The church has disappeared, but there are ruins of an ancient chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Bodferin or Bodvern from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Pwllheli Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Bodferin or Bodvern from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Pwllheli Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bodferin or Bodvern from the following:

• Slater's Directory of North & Mid Wales, 1895

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carnarvonshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• Western Mail