In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pentir like this:
PENTIR, a chapelry in Bangor parish, Carnarvon; 2¾ miles S S W of Bangor r. station. It has a post-office under Bangor. It was once a separate parish, and was incorporated with Bangor in 1656. Real property, £2, 663. Pop., not separately returned. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Bangor.
Pentir through time
Pentir is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pentir itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pentir, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8470
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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