In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Botwnnog like this:
BOTTWNOG, a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; 5½ miles SSW of Nevin, and 8 WSW of Pwllheli r. station. It has a post office under Pwllheli. Acres, 487. Real property, £701. Pop., 138. Houses, 38. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Myllteyrn, in the diocese of Bangor. The church is very good; and there is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. An endowed school has £206 a year; and other charities have £6.
Botwnnog through time
Botwnnog is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Botwnnog itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Botwnnog, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3062
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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