In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llandygai like this:
LLANDEGAI, a village and a parish in Bangor district, Carnarvon. The village stands on the river Ogwen, adjacent to the Chester and Holyhead railway, 1½ mile E by S of Bangor; takes its name from St. Tegais, who, about the end of the 5th century, came from Armorica, and founded a church here; and consists of neat, wellkept cottages, formed on a general design, and clustered round the church.—The parish contains also the hamlets of Coed-y-Park, Port-Penrhyn, and Trer-Garth; and its Post town is Bangor. ...
Acres, 16,100; of which 623 are water. Real property, £74,378; of which £70,000 are in quarries. Pop. in 1801, 1,280; in 1851,3,398; in 1861, 3,381. Houses, 689. The increase of pop., prior to 1851, arose from the progress of slate quarries. Nearly all the property belongs to the Pennant family. Penrhyn Castle and Penrhyn slate quarries are very prominent features, but will be noticed in the article PENRHYN. The surface is mountainous, and includes Carnedd-Davydd, 3,427 feet high, Carnedd-Llewelyn, 3,469 feet high, and other masses and summits of Snowdonia. The rocks possess all the interest of the most striking parts of the Snowdonian region, particularly in their schists; and they include copper, lead, zinc, manganese and iron ores, chert, and many other useful or curious minerals. The Living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £114. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is cruciform, and of the time of Edward III.; was restored by Col. Pennant; stands on a rising ground, embosomed in trees, and approached by a dense avenue of yews; and contains a beautiful alabaster altar-tomb, said to have been brought from Llanvaes priory, a mural monument to Archbishop Williams, of the time of James I., and a fine monument, by Westmacott, to Lord and Lady Penrhyn. The p. curacies of St. Anne Capel-Curig and Penrhyn are separate benefices. St. Anne's chapelry was constituted in 1845; and, at the census of 1861, had a pop. of 1,745; and it is in the patronage of Col. Pennant. Penrhyn church was built in 1865, with funds supplied by Col. Pennant; is in the decorated English style of local stone, with Anglesey stone dressings; and has a tower and spire 110 feet high. Capel-Curig is separately noticed. There are a Wesleyan chapel, national schools, and charities £5. A battle was fought near Llandegai village, in 1648, between the royalists under Sir John Owen, and the parliamentarians under Col. Mytton, when the royalist general was taken prisoner.
Llandygai through time
Llandygai is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llandygai itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llandygai, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5524
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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