Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Llanengan

Llanengan, par. and vil., Carnarvonshire, in SW. of co., at SE. extremity of Lleyn Peninsula, 7 miles SW. of Pwllheli, 4354 ac. (633 water), pop. 1408; P.O.; the coast here is very dangerous, and was the scene of the wreck of the Transit in 1839; the par. contains 3 ancient camps and some other antiquities.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanengan CP/AP       Caernarvonshire AncC
Place: Llanengan

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