Dolwyddelan, Caernarfonshire, Wales Genealogy

Dolwyddelan is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish, in the upper Conwy valley in the Conwy, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Caernarfonshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Gwynedd. In 1996 it became part of the modern Conwy.

History
In the 1870s: "DOLWYDDELAN, a village and a parish in the district of Llanrwst and county of Carnarvon. The village stands on the river Lledr, under Moel-Siabod, amid most sequestered mountainous environs, 7 miles SW of Llanrwst r. station; and has a post office under Conway. The parish comprises 14, 384 acres. Real property, £1, 974; of which £98 are in quarries. Pop., 811. Houses, 164. The property is all in one estate. Dolwyddelan Castle, crowning a rocky steep, and including a massive square tower, dates from the 5th or 6th century; belonged to the Welsh princes; was the birth-place of Llewelyn the Great; and passed to the Berkenets, Meredith ap Evan, and the Gwynnes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £107. Patron, Lord Willough-by de Eresby. The church is good; and there are chapels for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists." [John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)]

For more information on Dolwyddelan see:Genuki - Dolwyddelan

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain - Dolwyddelan