In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llangystennin like this:
LLANGWSTENNIN, or LLAN-CYSTENYN, a parish in Conway district, Carnarvon; on the Chester and Holyhead railway, and on the river Conway, at the isthmus of the Rhos peninsula, 3 miles ENE of Conway. Posttown, Conway, Acres, 1,314; of which 64 are water. Real property, £1,787. Pop., 674. Houses, 161. ...
Copper ore is mined. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £145. * Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is dedicated to St. Constantine, and occupies the site of one alleged to have been founded before 330, by the Emperor Constantine. Cliarities, £16.
Llangystennin through time
Llangystennin is now part of Conwy district. Click here for graphs and data of how Conwy has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llangystennin itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llangystennin, in Conwy and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11774
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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