The Ogwen, Carnarvonshire

Historical Description

Ogwen, The, a river of Carnarvonshire. It issues from Llyn Ogwen, a narrow lake nearly a mile long between a shoulder of Carnedd Dafydd Mountain and the Tryfan 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 past Bethesda to the Menai Strait at Bangor. Ogwen Bank, a seat of the Pennants, takes name from it.

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