In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cynwyd like this:
CYNWYD, a chapelry in Gwyddelwern parish, Merioneth; on the Ruabon and Bala railway, 2 miles N of Corwen, and 8 SSW of Ruthin. It contains the townships of Cynwyd-fawr and Cynwyd-fechan, and has a post office under Corwen, a r. station, and fairs on 6 Aug. and 21 Oct. Statistics, with the parish. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Llangar, in the diocese of St. Asaph.
Cynwyd through time
Cynwyd is now part of Denbighshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Denbighshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cynwyd itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cynwyd, in Denbighshire and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23444
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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