Ian King
I have lived in Dolgellau since 1988 and have run a town website at dolgellau.wales since 2000. Nannau.com was launched in April 2014 and this site in May 2018. I also have a Nannau Facebook Page if you want to post any comments.
The Arch at Maes-y-Bryner
This is one several arches commemorating the 1820 coronation of George IV. The wide Tudor arch was Grade II Listed in 1995. It is situated on a private road leading to...
Obituary of R.W. Vaughan, 2nd Bart. 1843
The North Wales Chronicle - Tuesday April 25th, 1843
THE LATE SIR ROBERT VAUGHAN, BART.
Our obituary of this day recounts a very mournful event, the demise of Sir Robert Williams Vaughan, Bart.,...
Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd Bart.
Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd Bart. (1768-1843)
Robert Williames Vaughan was born on March 29th, 1768 and was the first son of the surgeon and apothecary Sir Robert Howell Vaughan who was...
About This Website
I have lived in Dolgellau since 1988 (moving here when I was twenty) but only had a general interest in the area at that time. After spending the first ten years...
Book Review (The History Association)
Review from The History Association (April 2018)
This is an extraordinary book. It is a memorial to the long-established Nannau estate and its long-standing family in Merioneth but it has potential for...
Book Review (The North American Welsh Newspaper)
Review from The North American Welsh Newspaper
Review of Nannau: A Rich Tapestry of Welsh History by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins in Ninnau - The North American Welsh Newspaper, May-June 2017.
In this beautifully...
Book Review (Merioneth Historical & Record Society)
From The Merioneth Historical & Record Society.
NANNAU: A RICH TAPESTRY OF WELSH HISTORY by Philip Nanney Williams.
What a pleasure it has been to review this book. Its author, who can...
Book Review (Federation of Family History Society)
Review from the Federation of Family History Society (April 2018)
The Nannau Estate near Dolgellau in North Wales grew out of the somewhat chaotic relationships between early Welsh Princes and this book...
