Rhos y Gwalia, Merionethshire

Historical Description

Rhos-y-Gwalia, a hamlet and an ecclesiastical parish in Llanfor parish, Merionethshire, 1¼ mile NE of Bala, with a post office under Bala (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Bala. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted. in 1856. Population, 303. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Asaph; gross value, £119 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St Asaph. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.

Land and Property

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Western Mail