In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pen Y Groes like this:
PENYGROES, a village in the centre of Carnarvonshire; 7 miles S of Carnarvon. It has a post-office, ‡under Carnarvon.
Additional information about this locality is available for Llanllyfni
Pen Y Groes through time
Pen Y Groes is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pen Y Groes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pen Y Groes, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26412
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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