Talyllyn, Merionethshire

Historical Description

Talyllyn, a village and a parish in Merionethshire. The village stands on a picturesque lake, under Cader Idris, 10 miles NE of Towyn, and has a post office under Corris (R.S.O.); money order office, Abergwynolwyn; telegraph office, Corris. The parish comprises 15,728 acres of land; and 208 of water; population of the civil parish, 1679; of the ecclesiastical, 172. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The parish is divided into two ecclesiastical districts-Talyllyn and Corris consolidated chapelry, each being independent and separate. Tal-y-llyn is a fine lake on the road from Dalgelly to Towyn. It is 1½ mile in length and a quarter of a mile wide, and contains an abundance of trout. Much of the land is mountainous. Slate and, stone are quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor; net value, £124. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is a very ancient building in the Early English style, and is much admired. The ceiling above the altar is boarded over in half a circle, with white and red roses and men's heads painted on it.

Administration

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

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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