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The Cegid, Carnarvonshire

Historical Description

Cegid, The, a river of Carnarvonshire. It rises on the north of the Snowdon range, and runs 12 miles north-northwestward to the head of Beaumaris Bay, in the vicinity of Bangor. At its mouth is Port Penrhyn, a harbour formed by Lord Penrhyn for shipping the slates from his quarries, which are conveyed to the port by a mineral railway.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

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: