Merionethshire Genealogical Records
Merionethshire Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of baptism registers that can be searched by name. They record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth, and list the baptised's name, date of birth and/or baptism and parents' names. They may also list where the parents lived, their occupations and occasionally other details.
A growing index of births registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
Merionethshire Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers that can be searched by name. They contain written records of marriages and typically record the name of the bride and groom and date of marriage. They may also record occupations, residences, fathers' names, witnesses and other information about the marriage.
Digital images of registers that record the names of couples who intended to marry. They may contain details not included in marriage registers or of planned marriages that never occurred.
A growing index of marriages registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of marriage records that cover over 160 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Merionethshire Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers that can be searched by name. They contain records of burials, which typically occur a few days after death, and record the name of the deceased and date of death and/or burial. They may also list where the deceased lived, their age, names of relations, occupation and occasionally other details.
A growing index of deaths registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
Merionethshire Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1881 census provides details on an individual's age, residence and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows for searches on multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Merionethshire
Various volumes of The Historical Society of West Wales' journal, which include transcripts, indices and abstracts of numerous records such as hearth tax returns, parish registers, marriage licences and wills.
A weekly newspaper covering local, parliamentary, community and religious news. It contained family announcements. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A weekly Welsh-language newspaper the covered political, religious and other news from an Independent perspective. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A newspaper covering local and national news, sports, leisure, family notices and more. It circulated in north- and mid-Wales. The full text of editions can be searched, and used to view digital images of the newspaper.
An English language newspaper covering news by district in Ceredigion, South Merionethshire and West Montgomeryshire. It was a conservative newspaper. Editions of the paper are fully searchable and linked to original newspaper pages.
Merionethshire Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to most surviving wills, administrations and inventories proved in Wales' six ecclesiastical courts and the Peculiar of Hawarden. Most documents are available to view online.
A index to testators whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They principally cover those who lived in the lower two thirds of Britain, but contain wills for residents of Scotland, Ireland, British India and other countries. A copy of each will may be purchased for digital download.
An index and digital images of PCC wills, available on a subscription basis.
A collection of indexes, abstracts, transcripts and digital images of over 5.5 million wills, administrations and other probate records.
Merionethshire Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.
Merionethshire Military Records
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
This rich collection contains contains records for 1.9 million non-commissioned officers and other ranks who fought in WWI. Due to bomb damage in WWI, around 60% of service records were lost. Documents cover: enlistment, medical status, injuries, conduct, awards and discharge. A great deal of genealogical and biographical documentation can be found in these documents, including details on entire families, physical descriptions and place of birth.
An index to nearly 900,000 military personnel who were awarded the Silver War Badge for sustaining injures. Records include rank, regimental number, unit, dates of enlistment and discharge, and reason for discharge.
Merionethshire Court & Legal Records
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
From the late 18th century many prisoners in Britain were kept on decommissioned ships known as hulks. This collection contains nearly 50 years of registers for various ships. Details given include: prisoner's name, date received, age, year of birth and conviction details.
This collection lists brief details on 1.55 million criminal cases in England and Wales between 1791 and 1892. Its primary use is to locate specific legal records, which may give further details on the crime and the accused. Details may include the accused's age, nature of crime, location of trial and sentence. Early records can contain a place of birth.
Merionethshire Taxation Records
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.
Index to personal names listed in the Royalist Composition Papers that dealt with the estates of royalists.
Merionethshire Land & Property Records
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
A searchable database of thousands of transcribed and abstracted manuscripts, largely pertaining to land.
A list of owners of above one acre of land in England & Wales. Lists a landowner's residence, acreage and estimated gross yearly rental.
Merionethshire Directories & Gazetteers
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
A directory of the region's nobility, gentry, clergy, traders and professionals. Supplemented with a directory of churches and public schools.
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
A gazetteer covering larger settlements, and listing their trade, commercial and professional entities.
Merionethshire Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
Details of monuments and plaques related to canals and railways. Contains some photographs.
Merionethshire Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Merionethshire Histories & Books
Various volumes of The Historical Society of West Wales' journal, which include transcripts, indices and abstracts of numerous records such as hearth tax returns, parish registers, marriage licences and wills.
Photographs and images of churches in Gwynedd.
A growing database including millions of photographs of the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Ireland catalogued by latitude & longitude and OS grid reference.
Ariel photographs of the British Isles. Browsable by location.
Over 19,000 postcards depicting places in the UK & Ireland.
Merionethshire School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Merionethshire Occupation & Business Records
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
A rich collection of records documenting those who worked for railway companies that were later absorbed by the government. Records include: staff registers, station transfers, pensions, accident records, apprentice records, caution books, and memos. Records may include date of birth, date of death and name of father.
Indexed medical journals from British ships containing personal and medical details of patients. The journals list names, ages, rank/status, diseases, illness duration and notes on symptoms and treatment. Contains details on military men as well as people immigrating or being deported to colonies.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Merionethshire
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Merionethshire Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
A dictionary of families elevated to the peerage of Great Britain & Ireland. It includes genealogies and biographical details.
Lineages of Britain and Ireland's untitled landed families; supplemented with biographical sketches.
Merionethshire Church Records
Digital images of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. The registers can be searched by name and can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
The parish registers of Wales are a collection of books documenting baptisms, marriages and burials from 1914 to 2013.
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though useful to the present also.
Important information relating to the church, including jurisdictions and names of ministers, archdeacons etc.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Biographical Directories Covering Merionethshire
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Merionethshire Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
An interactive map featuring four OS map editions published between 1868 and 1954. To load a map select the menu tab on the far right, select the edition you wish to view and zoom in to a locality.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Merionethshire Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in Wales.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
Merionethshire, or in Welsh, Meirion, or Meirionydd, is bounded on the north by Caernarvon, on the north-east by Denbigh, on the east and south-east by Montgomery. and the estuary of Dyvi, with the bay of Cardigan on the west. Its length from east to west is forty-five miles, and from north to south, thirty-four broad, and contains 500, 000 acres of land, of which 350, 000 are pasturage, and 50, 000 arable. The original divisions of this county were three cantrevs, or hundreds, Dinodig, Penllyn, and Meirion, but it is now divided into five hundreds, viz. Ardudwy, Edeyrnion, Ystumanner, Penllyn, and Talybont; and contains thirty-seven parishes, and part of three others; four market- towns, Bala, Dolgellau, Harlech, and Dinas Mawddwy, and 6022 houses, inhabited by 30, 924 persons, viz. 14, 308 males, and 16, 616 females. This county, as to its ecclesiastical government, is included within the diocese of Bangor.
The face of this county is varied throughout with a most romantic mixture of all the peculiar scenery belonging to a wild and mountainous region, but less dreary than Caernarvonshire, being much better clothed with wood, yet not less fertile in objects which impress the mind with astonishment. The air of Merionethshire is very sharp in winter, on account of its vast number of high and barren mountains, and the soil in general is extremely poor; however, it affords sustenance to large flocks of sheep, and numerous herds of horned cattle, which find provender chiefly in the pastures and vallies. Among the commodities may be reckoned iron, cotton, fowls, herrings, yarn, stockings, and gloves; some of the lakes afford excellent char, and singular crooked-backed trouts. This county abounds with extensive sheep-walks, which furnish many manufactures with wool for stockings and flannels.
Beneath the lofty Berwyn hills spreads a fine vale, with the infant Dee, although it only receives the name on leaving Bala lake; yet some trace its head higher, even to the lofty Aran, which Spenser makes the residence of Timon, the foster-father to Prince Arthur.
"His dwelling is full low in valley green,
Under the foot of Aran’s mossy hoar,
From whence the river Dee, as silver clean,
His tumbling billows rolls with gentle roar."
South of this spot begins an Alpine region, of narrow and deep vallies between high, verdant, and precipitous hills, with moors affording peat, almost the only fuel of the county, while the Dyfi, a considerable river, rolls in the bottom, and at last forms the southern boundary of Merionethshire.
This county returns only one member to parliament, while all the other Welsh counties, including the boroughs, send two.
MERIONETHSHIRE, a maritime county of North Wales, is bounded on the west by Cardigan Bay, on the north-west by Carnarvonshire, on the north and north-east by Denbighshire, on the east and south-east by Montgomeryshire, on the south by Cardiganshire and the estuary of the Dovey. The county derives its name from a cantrev of ancient Wales called Merion, and is the only one in North Wales which retains its ancient name with the addition of the word shire. Merionethshire is somewhat irregular in form, and extends from Aberdovey, its southernmost point, northwards to near Llyn Lagi, at its northern extremity, for a distance of 34 miles; the width, from the eastern border near Berwyn railway station to Minfford Junction, near the western confines of the county, is 37 miles; the total area is 427,810 acres. Nearly the whole of the surface is occupied by wild and barren rocks and mountains; of the latter the loftiest range is the Berwyn, which, commencing in the south-eastern part of Denbighshire, forms the lofty summit of Cader Ferwyn (2,107 ft.), near the north-eastern extremity of this county, and, stretching to the south-west, presents numerous lofty peaks, including Cader Idris, the trifurcated summit of which, consisting chiefly of immense columns of highly crystalline greenstone, reaches an altitude of 2,929 ft.; other high peaks are: Arran Fowddy (2,955 ft.) and Arran Penllyn, south of Bala; Arrennig Fawr (2,809 ft.) and Arrennig Fach (2,290 ft.). The mountainous character of the county is agreeably diversified by the lower hills, several small level plains, and numerous romantic valleys, while the whole district is interspersed with woods, lakes, rivers, and cataracts. The rivers are numerous; and from a line entering from Montgomeryshire and running south-west from near Arran Fowddy to Drws-y-Nant, between Bala and Dolgelley, and thence northwords across the mountains to Llyn Morwynion, and terminating near Festiniog Vale, the rivers descend in opposite directions, on one side eastward and the other westward. The principal streams on the western side of this parting ridge are the Dovey, which flows to the southwest, through the Machynlleth Valley; the Mawddach, flowing through the vale of that name, and is joined by the Wnion, which runs through the Vale of Dolgelley from Drws-y-Nant, the united streams emptying themselves into the sea at Barmouth; and the Dwyrhyd, which trends through the Vale of Festiniog. The principal of the rivers on the eastern side of the ridge is the Dee, which rises under a hill near the head of Bala Lake, and flows to the north-east through the Yale of Edeyrnion, and thence eastward through the Vales of Glyndyfrdwy and Llangollen; the principal tributary of this river in Merionethshire is the Tryweryn, which joins the Dee a short distance from Bala. Merioneth abounds with many lakes, but most of them are small, with the exception of Llyn Tegid, or Bala Lake, which is about 4 miles in length and varies from half a mile to a mile in width; of the smaller lakes the principal is Llyn Tal-y-Llyn, at the foot of the Cader Idris.
The principal railways in Merionethshire are the Great Western and the Cambrian: the Ruabon, Corwen, and Dolgelley section of the first-named company enters the eastern extremity of the county near Glyndyfrdwy station, and runs westward to Corwen, where there is a connection with the London and North-Western system; continuing from this point in a south-westerly direction, the line passes through Bala, whence there is a branch to Blaenau Festiniog, on to Dolgelley, the terminus. The Cambrian main line of railway crosses the border close to the southern confines of the county near Glan Dovey Junction, where a deviation proceeds along the northern bank of the estuary of the Dovey till it reaches Aberdovey, when it sweeps to the north and continues in close proximity to the shore of Cardigan Bay, through Towyn (the change-station for the Tal-y-Llyn railway), Barmouth, and Harlech to Minffordd Junction, where there is a connection with the Festiniog railway, and thence to Afon Wen and Pwllheli; from Barmouth Junction a branch runs to the north-east through Arthog and Penmaenpool to Dolgelley. The London and North-Western Railway has two lines penetrating the county; the Bettws-y-Coed and Festiniog line passes in by a tunnel under the Gerddinen mountains north of Blaenau Festiniog, which is the terminus of this section; the other line is the Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen, which enters the county from the north at Derwen station, and forms a connection with the Great Western system at Corwen. The Corris Narrow Gauge railway starts from Machynlleth, in Montgomeryshire, and runs northwards through the Valley of the Dulas to Corris and Aberllefenny. The Festiniog railway, a narrow gauge line, starts from Portmadoc, in Carnarvonshire; and pursues a north-easterly direction to Blaenau Festiniog. The Mawddwy railway is a short line from Cemmes Road Station, on the Cambrian railway, to Dinas Mawddwy. From Towyn, on the Cambrain main line, the Tal-y-Llyn railway runs in a north-easterly direction through Rhydryronen, Brynglas, and Dolgoch to Abergynolwyn.
The county contains vast beds of slate rock, which is extensively quarried and shaped into roofing slates, slabs, and other articles of slate manufacture; copper and lead ores are also found, and limestone is obtained in abundance. The chief manufactures are Welsh flannels and tweeds, woollen wrebs, and knit stockings and socks.
The climate in the larger valleys and near the coast is mild, but on the mountains it is cold and tempestuous. The soils are various, and those of the low lands are very fertile; oats form the chief grain crop, but barley is also extensively grown, and potatoes are a productive crop.
Merionethshire contains 34 civil parishes and parts of two others, and is partly in the diocese of Bangor and partly in the diocese of St. Asaph. The portion in Bangor diocese is within the archdeaconry of Merioneth, and is in the rural deaneries of Ardudwy, Cyfeiliog, and Estimaner. The portion in St. Asaph diocese is within the archdeaconry of Wrexham, and is in the rural deaneries of Penllyn and Edeirmion. The county is in the North Wales Division of the North and South Wales and Chester Circuit, and has one court of quarter sessions and is divided into six petty sessional divisions. Dolgelley is the seat of the assizes; quarter sessions are held at Dolgelley and Bala alternately. The chief towns are: Aberdovey, Bala, Barmouth, Corwen, Dinas-mawddwy, Dolgelley, Harlech, and Towyn.
The registration districts are:
| No | Name | Area | Population in 1891 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 622 | Corwen | 127,140 | 16,258 |
| 623 | Bala | 98,775 | 6,115 |
| 624 | Dolgelley | 154,265 | 14,492 |
| 625 | Festiniog | 145,622 | 27,861 |
Merioneth County Council
Local Government Act, 1888, 51 & 52 Viet. c. 41.
Under the above Act Merionethshire, after the 1st April 1889, for the purposes of the Act, became an administrative county (sec. 46), governed by a County Council, consisting of chairman, aldermen, and councillors (the number of councillors being determined by the Local Government Board), to be elected in manner prescribed by the Act (sec. 2).
The chairman shall, by virtue of his office, be a justice of the peace for the county, without qualification (sec. 46).
The police for the county are under the control of a standing joint committee of the Quarter Sessions and the County Council, appointed as therein mentioned (sec. 9).
The coroners for the county are elected by the County Council, and the clerk of the peace appointed by such joint committee, and may be removed by them (sec. 83-2).
The clerk of the peace for the county is also the clerk of the County Council (sec. 83-1).
The administrative business of the county (which would, if this Act had not been passed, have been transacted by the justices) is transacted by the County Council.
Meet at Bala.
The following Table shows the acreage under each kind of crop & the number of cattle, horses, sheep & pigs in Merionethshire, as taken from the Agricultural Returns, 1893:
| Crops | Acres | Live Stock | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn & cereals | 15,267 | Horses used solely for agriculture | 2,896 |
| Roots, cabbage, vetches & other green crops | 3,976 | Unbroken horses | 1,835 |
| Clover & grasses | 13,987 | Brood mares | 379 |
| Permanent pasture | 120,951 | Cows in milk or calf | 14,404 |
| Bare fallow | 128 | Other cattle, 2 years & above | 7,345 |
| Market gardens | 5 | Other cattle, 1 year & under 2 | 9,047 |
| Nursery grounds | 11 | Other cattle, under 1 year | 9,099 |
| Orchards | 26 | Ewes kept for breeding | 128,388 |
| Mountain & heathland | 175,350 | Other sheep, 1 year old & above | 165,556 |
| Woods & plantations | 13,750 | Other sheep, under 1 year | 110,772 |
| Sows kept for breeding | 1,309 | ||
| Other pigs | 6,529 |
Most Common Surnames in Merionethshire
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Wales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones | 11,962 | 1:4 | 6.88% | 1 |
| 2 | Roberts | 5,352 | 1:10 | 11.77% | 6 |
| 3 | Williams | 5,224 | 1:10 | 4.92% | 2 |
| 4 | Evans | 3,290 | 1:16 | 4.65% | 5 |
| 5 | Davies | 3,244 | 1:16 | 3.19% | 3 |
| 6 | Hughes | 2,042 | 1:25 | 5.69% | 8 |
| 7 | Owen | 1,765 | 1:29 | 10.91% | 16 |
| 8 | Edwards | 1,713 | 1:30 | 7.25% | 11 |
| 9 | Thomas | 1,483 | 1:35 | 2.09% | 4 |
| 10 | Lewis | 1,040 | 1:50 | 2.82% | 7 |
| 11 | Lloyd | 1,033 | 1:50 | 7.47% | 20 |
| 12 | Griffiths | 807 | 1:64 | 3.20% | 10 |
| 13 | Morris | 747 | 1:69 | 4.68% | 17 |
| 14 | Pugh | 707 | 1:73 | 16.69% | 36 |
| 15 | Ellis | 695 | 1:75 | 13.37% | 34 |
| 16 | Richards | 674 | 1:77 | 4.85% | 19 |
| 17 | Parry | 668 | 1:78 | 5.25% | 21 |
| 18 | Owens | 655 | 1:79 | 7.22% | 24 |
| 19 | Griffith | 626 | 1:83 | 10.75% | 30 |
| 20 | Humphreys | 596 | 1:87 | 15.09% | 38 |
| 21 | Rowlands | 499 | 1:104 | 9.50% | 33 |
| 22 | Pughe | 372 | 1:139 | 75.76% | 213 |
| 23 | Price | 284 | 1:183 | 1.75% | 15 |
| 24 | Rees | 270 | 1:192 | 1.20% | 12 |
| 25 | Morgan | 235 | 1:221 | 0.87% | 9 |
| 26 | Pritchard | 168 | 1:309 | 2.94% | 32 |
| 27 | Vaughan | 145 | 1:358 | 4.74% | 48 |
| 28 | James | 141 | 1:368 | 0.71% | 13 |
| 29 | Smith | 115 | 1:451 | 1.65% | 26 |
| 30 | Morgans | 99 | 1:524 | 1.55% | 28 |
| 31 | Jenkins | 87 | 1:596 | 0.46% | 14 |
| 32 | Wynne | 81 | 1:640 | 6.99% | 96 |
| 33 | Pierce | 80 | 1:648 | 5.92% | 78 |
| 34 | Davis | 72 | 1:720 | 1.96% | 43 |
| 35 | Foulkes | 70 | 1:741 | 5.94% | 93 |
| 36 | Powell | 60 | 1:864 | 0.65% | 23 |
| 37 | Richard | 59 | 1:879 | 6.06% | 109 |
| 38 | Phillips | 57 | 1:910 | 0.40% | 18 |
| 38 | Edmunds | 57 | 1:910 | 3.58% | 73 |
| 40 | Francis | 55 | 1:943 | 1.46% | 42 |
| 41 | Humphrey | 49 | 1:1,058 | 11.37% | 244 |
| 42 | Watkins | 44 | 1:1,179 | 0.68% | 27 |
| 42 | Rowland | 44 | 1:1,179 | 3.78% | 94 |
| 44 | Howell | 36 | 1:1,440 | 1.52% | 50 |
| 45 | Tudor | 35 | 1:1,482 | 6.93% | 204 |
| 46 | Daniel | 34 | 1:1,525 | 1.68% | 55 |
| 47 | Rogers | 33 | 1:1,571 | 0.81% | 37 |
| 47 | William | 33 | 1:1,571 | 3.93% | 129 |
| 49 | Meredith | 31 | 1:1,673 | 1.48% | 53 |
| 50 | Peters | 30 | 1:1,729 | 3.25% | 117 |
| 51 | Green | 29 | 1:1,788 | 1.90% | 75 |
| 51 | Prichard | 29 | 1:1,788 | 1.67% | 66 |
| 53 | Breese | 27 | 1:1,921 | 7.78% | 317 |
| 54 | Wood | 26 | 1:1,994 | 2.87% | 120 |
| 54 | Clarke | 26 | 1:1,994 | 2.16% | 89 |
| 56 | Howells | 25 | 1:2,074 | 0.43% | 31 |
| 57 | Miles | 24 | 1:2,161 | 1.41% | 67 |
| 57 | Ephraim | 24 | 1:2,161 | 82.76% | 2,718 |
| 59 | Brown | 23 | 1:2,255 | 0.61% | 41 |
| 60 | Lumley | 22 | 1:2,357 | 27.16% | 1,123 |
| 61 | Adams | 20 | 1:2,593 | 1.07% | 60 |
| 61 | George | 20 | 1:2,593 | 0.55% | 45 |
| 61 | Joseph | 20 | 1:2,593 | 2.15% | 115 |
| 64 | White | 19 | 1:2,729 | 0.98% | 57 |
| 64 | Jarrett | 19 | 1:2,729 | 10.27% | 525 |
| 64 | Gabriel | 19 | 1:2,729 | 12.50% | 627 |
| 67 | Thompson | 18 | 1:2,881 | 2.01% | 121 |
| 67 | Mills | 18 | 1:2,881 | 1.46% | 86 |
| 67 | Rowe | 18 | 1:2,881 | 2.79% | 165 |
| 67 | Andrew | 18 | 1:2,881 | 5.47% | 329 |
| 71 | Newell | 17 | 1:3,050 | 10.00% | 565 |
| 72 | Scott | 16 | 1:3,241 | 2.42% | 158 |
| 72 | Bennett | 16 | 1:3,241 | 0.96% | 69 |
| 72 | Watkin | 16 | 1:3,241 | 2.30% | 154 |
| 75 | Robert | 15 | 1:3,457 | 4.36% | 318 |
| 75 | Pritchards | 15 | 1:3,457 | 53.57% | 2,800 |
| 77 | Wright | 14 | 1:3,704 | 1.24% | 98 |
| 77 | Harris | 14 | 1:3,704 | 0.18% | 25 |
| 77 | Buckley | 14 | 1:3,704 | 3.16% | 236 |
| 77 | Bowen | 14 | 1:3,704 | 0.23% | 29 |
| 77 | Mathews | 14 | 1:3,704 | 0.85% | 71 |
| 77 | Arthur | 14 | 1:3,704 | 1.75% | 139 |
| 77 | Penny | 14 | 1:3,704 | 14.58% | 975 |
| 77 | Brodie | 14 | 1:3,704 | 56.00% | 3,061 |
| 77 | Brees | 14 | 1:3,704 | 31.82% | 1,944 |
| 86 | Taylor | 13 | 1:3,989 | 0.42% | 46 |
| 86 | Bell | 13 | 1:3,989 | 2.86% | 229 |
| 86 | Barnett | 13 | 1:3,989 | 2.73% | 224 |
| 86 | Daniels | 13 | 1:3,989 | 2.28% | 182 |
| 86 | Park | 13 | 1:3,989 | 14.77% | 1,046 |
| 86 | Tanner | 13 | 1:3,989 | 3.70% | 314 |
| 86 | Philips | 13 | 1:3,989 | 2.40% | 195 |
| 86 | Kirkham | 13 | 1:3,989 | 19.12% | 1,326 |
| 86 | Samuel | 13 | 1:3,989 | 0.72% | 63 |
| 86 | Edward | 13 | 1:3,989 | 3.19% | 267 |
| 86 | Whittington | 13 | 1:3,989 | 13.54% | 975 |
| 86 | Blades | 13 | 1:3,989 | 86.67% | 4,503 |
| 86 | Vaughn | 13 | 1:3,989 | 4.01% | 332 |
| 86 | Emanuel | 13 | 1:3,989 | 5.08% | 404 |
| 100 | Johnson | 12 | 1:4,321 | 0.88% | 77 |
| 100 | Watson | 12 | 1:4,321 | 2.40% | 207 |
| 100 | Harrison | 12 | 1:4,321 | 1.41% | 127 |
| 100 | Fisher | 12 | 1:4,321 | 1.19% | 106 |
| 100 | Tucker | 12 | 1:4,321 | 0.98% | 88 |
| 100 | Vincent | 12 | 1:4,321 | 6.86% | 553 |
| 100 | Charles | 12 | 1:4,321 | 0.77% | 74 |
| 100 | Salisbury | 12 | 1:4,321 | 4.27% | 373 |
| 100 | Reese | 12 | 1:4,321 | 3.31% | 309 |
| 100 | Foulks | 12 | 1:4,321 | 11.21% | 870 |
| 100 | Cadwaladr | 12 | 1:4,321 | 34.29% | 2,341 |
| 111 | Hall | 11 | 1:4,714 | 0.85% | 83 |
| 111 | Jackson | 11 | 1:4,714 | 1.23% | 122 |
| 111 | Mason | 11 | 1:4,714 | 1.18% | 113 |
| 111 | Barnard | 11 | 1:4,714 | 11.58% | 987 |
| 111 | Baines | 11 | 1:4,714 | 11.83% | 1,002 |
| 111 | Stephen | 11 | 1:4,714 | 4.33% | 408 |
| 111 | Bellis | 11 | 1:4,714 | 1.32% | 132 |
| 111 | Hurt | 11 | 1:4,714 | 84.62% | 5,000 |
| 119 | Wilson | 10 | 1:5,186 | 0.78% | 84 |
| 119 | Robinson | 10 | 1:5,186 | 1.14% | 124 |
| 119 | Young | 10 | 1:5,186 | 0.83% | 90 |
| 119 | Page | 10 | 1:5,186 | 3.16% | 342 |
| 119 | Goodwin | 10 | 1:5,186 | 1.84% | 193 |
| 119 | Jennings | 10 | 1:5,186 | 3.88% | 398 |
| 119 | Heath | 10 | 1:5,186 | 7.09% | 672 |
| 119 | Ashton | 10 | 1:5,186 | 1.76% | 183 |
| 119 | Poole | 10 | 1:5,186 | 2.09% | 222 |
| 119 | Astley | 10 | 1:5,186 | 5.15% | 501 |
| 119 | Lovegrove | 10 | 1:5,186 | 62.50% | 4,293 |
| 119 | Bernard | 10 | 1:5,186 | 27.03% | 2,234 |
| 119 | Yoxall | 10 | 1:5,186 | 100.00% | 6,008 |
| 132 | Clark | 9 | 1:5,762 | 0.92% | 108 |
| 132 | Robertson | 9 | 1:5,762 | 4.13% | 462 |
| 132 | Thomson | 9 | 1:5,762 | 6.29% | 667 |
| 132 | Graham | 9 | 1:5,762 | 5.45% | 580 |
| 132 | Hart | 9 | 1:5,762 | 2.08% | 243 |
| 132 | Arnold | 9 | 1:5,762 | 1.30% | 155 |
| 132 | Wyatt | 9 | 1:5,762 | 5.77% | 610 |
| 132 | Gough | 9 | 1:5,762 | 1.51% | 174 |
| 132 | Drew | 9 | 1:5,762 | 3.01% | 353 |
| 132 | Warburton | 9 | 1:5,762 | 8.18% | 848 |
| 132 | Cotton | 9 | 1:5,762 | 11.54% | 1,168 |
| 132 | Moon | 9 | 1:5,762 | 7.09% | 753 |
| 132 | Bright | 9 | 1:5,762 | 3.77% | 428 |
| 132 | Lomas | 9 | 1:5,762 | 37.50% | 3,160 |
| 132 | Strong | 9 | 1:5,762 | 8.49% | 873 |
| 132 | Pattinson | 9 | 1:5,762 | 33.33% | 2,880 |
| 132 | Jervis | 9 | 1:5,762 | 3.45% | 393 |
| 132 | Dakin | 9 | 1:5,762 | 34.62% | 2,968 |
| 132 | Powel | 9 | 1:5,762 | 8.57% | 882 |
| 132 | Whitington | 9 | 1:5,762 | 45.00% | 3,652 |
| 132 | Moris | 9 | 1:5,762 | 26.47% | 2,397 |
| 132 | Anwyl | 9 | 1:5,762 | 7.89% | 821 |
| 132 | Carsley | 9 | 1:5,762 | 32.14% | 2,800 |
| 132 | Symond | 9 | 1:5,762 | 56.25% | 4,293 |
| 132 | Spoonley | 9 | 1:5,762 | 36.00% | 3,061 |
| 132 | Meredyth | 9 | 1:5,762 | 90.00% | 6,008 |
| 158 | Russell | 8 | 1:6,482 | 1.37% | 180 |
| 158 | Stevens | 8 | 1:6,482 | 1.41% | 184 |
| 158 | Howard | 8 | 1:6,482 | 2.04% | 279 |
| 158 | Pearce | 8 | 1:6,482 | 0.77% | 104 |
| 158 | Stevenson | 8 | 1:6,482 | 13.11% | 1,467 |
| 158 | Harper | 8 | 1:6,482 | 2.50% | 336 |
| 158 | Walters | 8 | 1:6,482 | 0.21% | 40 |
| 158 | Griffin | 8 | 1:6,482 | 2.33% | 320 |
| 158 | Jarvis | 8 | 1:6,482 | 1.83% | 240 |
| 158 | Fleming | 8 | 1:6,482 | 5.97% | 704 |
| 158 | Barrow | 8 | 1:6,482 | 7.77% | 907 |
| 158 | Harries | 8 | 1:6,482 | 0.17% | 35 |
| 158 | Hickman | 8 | 1:6,482 | 19.05% | 2,016 |
| 158 | Land | 8 | 1:6,482 | 40.00% | 3,652 |
| 158 | Astin | 8 | 1:6,482 | 100.00% | 7,186 |
| 158 | Byatt | 8 | 1:6,482 | 66.67% | 5,289 |
| 158 | Hooson | 8 | 1:6,482 | 6.56% | 768 |
| 158 | Kellow | 8 | 1:6,482 | 50.00% | 4,293 |
| 158 | Howel | 8 | 1:6,482 | 13.56% | 1,512 |
| 158 | Willams | 8 | 1:6,482 | 13.56% | 1,512 |
| 158 | Bollom | 8 | 1:6,482 | 100.00% | 7,186 |
| 158 | Fosse | 8 | 1:6,482 | 100.00% | 7,186 |
| 158 | Humphys | 8 | 1:6,482 | 34.78% | 3,286 |
| 158 | Mredith | 8 | 1:6,482 | 53.33% | 4,503 |
| 182 | Walker | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.98% | 149 |
| 182 | Hill | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.34% | 54 |
| 182 | Cook | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.62% | 99 |
| 182 | Hunt | 7 | 1:7,408 | 1.00% | 152 |
| 182 | Watts | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.53% | 81 |
| 182 | Reed | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.84% | 131 |
| 182 | Gregory | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.95% | 146 |
| 182 | Freeman | 7 | 1:7,408 | 2.20% | 339 |
| 182 | Herbert | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.59% | 91 |
| 182 | Hope | 7 | 1:7,408 | 4.19% | 572 |
| 182 | Cain | 7 | 1:7,408 | 15.56% | 1,900 |
| 182 | Latham | 7 | 1:7,408 | 5.74% | 768 |
| 182 | Carroll | 7 | 1:7,408 | 5.93% | 791 |
| 182 | Hamer | 7 | 1:7,408 | 0.67% | 103 |
| 182 | Gosling | 7 | 1:7,408 | 18.92% | 2,234 |
| 182 | Millward | 7 | 1:7,408 | 3.66% | 513 |
| 182 | Bowyer | 7 | 1:7,408 | 9.86% | 1,271 |
| 182 | Fenn | 7 | 1:7,408 | 38.89% | 3,963 |
| 182 | Peake | 7 | 1:7,408 | 5.34% | 726 |
| 182 | Matthew | 7 | 1:7,408 | 13.46% | 1,677 |
| 182 | Merchant | 7 | 1:7,408 | 3.52% | 493 |
| 182 | Carrol | 7 | 1:7,408 | 12.28% | 1,557 |
| 182 | Dowsett | 7 | 1:7,408 | 77.78% | 6,522 |
| 182 | Cunnington | 7 | 1:7,408 | 63.64% | 5,610 |
| 182 | Disley | 7 | 1:7,408 | 35.00% | 3,652 |
| 182 | Kelland | 7 | 1:7,408 | 50.00% | 4,740 |
| 182 | Purslow | 7 | 1:7,408 | 53.85% | 5,000 |
| 182 | Chart | 7 | 1:7,408 | 58.33% | 5,289 |
| 182 | Huges | 7 | 1:7,408 | 20.00% | 2,341 |
| 182 | Wayne | 7 | 1:7,408 | 30.43% | 3,286 |
| 182 | Edworthy | 7 | 1:7,408 | 18.42% | 2,182 |
| 182 | Oswell | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |
| 182 | Dauncey | 7 | 1:7,408 | 30.43% | 3,286 |
| 182 | Bithel | 7 | 1:7,408 | 9.21% | 1,193 |
| 182 | Kyffin | 7 | 1:7,408 | 10.77% | 1,387 |
| 182 | Hartnup | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |
| 182 | Fennah | 7 | 1:7,408 | 21.88% | 2,509 |
| 182 | Bodden | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |
| 182 | Tickel | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |
| 182 | Humpreys | 7 | 1:7,408 | 53.85% | 5,000 |
| 182 | Rouland | 7 | 1:7,408 | 58.33% | 5,289 |
| 182 | Houghes | 7 | 1:7,408 | 87.50% | 7,186 |
| 182 | Phillipp | 7 | 1:7,408 | 63.64% | 5,610 |
| 182 | Hovendon | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |
| 182 | Griphithes | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |
| 182 | Pritchared | 7 | 1:7,408 | 100.00% | 8,079 |