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  • Merionethshire Genealogy

    Genealogical research information about Merionethshire, Wales ... MERIONETHSHIRE "The County of MERIONETH is 108 Miles in Circumference, contains about 500,000 Acres, & divided ...

  • Old Merionethshire

    Historical notes of the old Welsh county of Merionethshire including a county description, details of the principle towns and cities and the prominent people who once lived in the ...

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    Merionethshire was undoubtedly the poorest and most desolate county in England and Wales. Even John Speed had difficulty in finding kind words to say about the county.

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Merionethshire

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Merionethshire, former county in west Wales; Dolgellau was the county town. Merionethshire comprised a largely mountainous area bordering on Cardigan Bay. It had an economy that was dependent on livestock raising. Its remoteness made Merionethshire one of the last regions of Wales to come under English rule. In 1974 it became part of the new county of Gwynedd.

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