Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dinas Mowddwy

Dinas Mowddwy, market town and ry. sta. (Dinas Mawddwy), Mallwyd par., Merioneth, 10 miles SE. of Dolgelly and 227 miles NW. of London; P.O., called D. Mawddwy. Market-day, Saturday; is romantically situated among the mountains at the confluence of the Geryst and the Dyfi, and is a reputed city and prescriptive incorporation.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Merionethshire AncC
Place names: DINAS MAWDDWY     |     DINAS MOWDDWY
Place: Dinas Mawddwy

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