BARMOUTH MANOR

Identity: confirmed — The exact MDR/TNA record identifies BARMOUTH MANOR in historic Merioneth; the saved alternative name Bermo is the Welsh/local form associated with Barmouth (Abermaw/Y Bermo). Available evidence securely places the manor at or in the historic settlement of Barmouth, but does not identify a separate surviving manor house or a manor-specific territorial survey.
Representative point: 52.722018, -4.055956
Basis: settlement_proxy — Historic Barmouth town centre, corresponding to the settlement named by the manor and to the documented Barmouth/Abermaw location. No more precise manor-house or manorial-centre location has been demonstrated.
Point confidence: medium
Boundary status: representative_point_only
Boundary period:
Boundary confidence: none
Boundary basis: The available sources establish the location of Barmouth/Abermaw and describe its historic settlement development, but do not supply a boundary, estate map, survey, rental, or other explicit evidence for the territorial extent of Barmouth Manor. The parish, community, modern town, or historic landscape-character area cannot safely be substituted for the manorial extent.
Sources:
- The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register: Barmouth Manor, record F242501: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F242501 — Authoritative registry record supplied for BARMOUTH MANOR, historic county Merioneth, with alternative name Bermo.
- The National Archives, Manors and manorial records research guide: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/manors — Explains that manorial extent should be established from manor-specific surveys, maps, rentals, terriers, extents, and related records rather than assumed from administrative boundaries.
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Barmouth site record: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/33152 — Places historic Barmouth in Merioneth at OS grid reference SH6123015820 and describes the settlement as Barmouth/Abermaw on the Mawddach estuary.
- Gazetteer of British Place Names, Barmouth, Merionethshire: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Barmouth%2C_Merionethshire_174 — Provides the representative Barmouth coordinate 52.722018, -4.055956 and confirms the historic county and the Welsh/local name Y Bermo.
- Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, Historic Landscape Characterisation: Mawddach Area 1 Barmouth: https://heneb.org.uk/archive/gwynedd/hlc/mawddach/mawddach1.html — Provides independent historical context for Barmouth in Merioneth, including its early settlement, harbour, and later urban development; it does not define the boundary of Barmouth Manor.
Warnings / uncertainty:
- The representative coordinate is a settlement proxy, not a documented manor-house coordinate.
- No defensible polygon for the historical manorial land has been found.
- Do not substitute the modern Barmouth community, historic parish of Llanaber, or Mawddach historic-landscape area for the manor boundary.
- Tŷ Gwyn is a documented early house in Barmouth, but the available evidence does not establish that it was the manor house or manorial centre of Barmouth Manor.