In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nannau like this:
NANNAU (Isafon and Uwchafon), two townships in Llanfachreth parish, Merioneth; 3¼ miles N of Dolgelly. Real property, £3,022, and £2, 311; of theformer of which £272 are in mines, and £17 in fisheries. Pop., 412, and 544. Nannau Hall is the seat of John Vaughan, Esq.; came to him from the late Sir Robert Vaughan, Bart.; stands on a bare steep hill, at an elevation of 702 feet above sea-level; is approached, within the lodge, through a natural dingle of forest trees; was built by Sir R. ...
Vaughan; and succeeded a previous oldmansion of Hywel Sele, the relation and foe of Owen Glendower. The park around it is very extensive; ranges several miles along the Bala-road, and to the foot of Moel-Orthrwm; and contained, till 1813, an ancientoak 27½ feet in girth, associated with the death of Hywel Sele, and figuring in Lord Lytton's romance of " Arthur."
Nannau through time
Nannau is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nannau itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nannau, in Gwynedd and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21552
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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