Trefriw

• A brief medical historical and geographical review of the Trefriw Chalybeate Wells : "the richest iron waters known". Trefriw : Trefriw Chalybeate Wells, 1908. 68p
• A guide to Bettws-y-Coed and Llanrwst : with notices of Capel Curig, Trefriw, and Dolwyddelan. Manchester : Abel Heywood & Son, [1906]
• Beecham's photo-folio : 24 choice photographic views ... Bettws -y- Coed & Trefriw. St.Helens, Lancashire : Thomas Beecham, [ca.1900?]
• Evans, J R. The Trefriw steamers, 1847-1940. Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes y Bedyddwyr (1989), p. 13-16
• Hayward, John W. Guide to Trefriw and the Vale of Conway spa. Liverpool : London : Adam Holden ; Simpkin, Marshall, 1881. 83p
• Jones, Morris C. Hanes Trefriw : fel y bu ac fel y mae : sef desgrifiad cryno o'r ardal a'r trigolion, achyddiaeth yr hen deuluoedd, campau ac arferion yr henafiaid . Llanrwst : Argraphwyd gan W.J. Roberts, 1879. 48p
• Lilly, Gweneth. Treason at Trefriw : the Conwy Valley, 1605. Llandysul : Pont Books, 1993. 68p. Welsh version originally published: Llandysul: Gomer, 1991
• Phil ap Iorwerth. Living link with the past : [Trefriw woollen mill]. Country Quest 28/1 (1987), p. 45
• Roberts, Owen O. The Vale of Conway Spa : or, Observations upon the medicinal properties of the Trefriw Waters. Carnarvon : James Rees, pr, 1853. 27p
• Trefriw and Llanrhychwyn churches : a short story. Trefriw : Llanrhychwyn : Saint Mary's Church ; Llanrhychwyn Church, [197-?] 8p
• Trefriw : its lakes and walks. Manchester : Abel Heywood and Son, 1907. 28p
• Wicklen, Stan. Editions of Y Dadl (1776) of Dafydd Jones of Trefriw. Transactions of the Caernarvonshire Historical 46 (1985), p. 15-21
• Williams, Samuel. Hanes Ebeneser, Trefriw 1935-1966. Trefriw : [Eglwys Trefriw?], 1967. 19p

• Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Trefriw chapel (in Welsh )   - with translation by Eleri Rowlands (Dec 2009)

Church, Trefriw (1883) - on the People's Collection Wales  site

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at the Caernarfon Area Record Office.

Trefriw - on the Times Past - North Wales Photo Archive site

'Trefriw, near Llanrwst, with mill' by David Cox jnr (1809-85) (water colour and pencil) - on the People's Collection Wales site

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TREVRIW (TREV-RIW), a parish in the Uchgorvai division of the hundred of NANTCONWAY, county of CARNARVON, NORTH WALES, on the road from Aberconway to Llanrwst, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Llanrwst, containing 413 inhabitants. The village is situated on the western bank of the river Conway, up which the tide flows to it, and vessels of sixty tons' burden come up to this place, bringing coal, lime, and other heavy goods for Llanrwst and the neighbouring parishes, and conveying downwards the produce of the slate quarries of Trevriw and Llanrhychwyn. Lead-ore and zinc exist in the parish, and have lately been procured to a considerable extent. Fairs are held on May 12th, September 3rd, and November 7th. The living is a discharged rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Llanrhychwyn annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Bangor, rated in the king's books at £7. 15. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bangor. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small edifice, consisting of a nave, chancel, and north aisle : it is stated to have been built by Prince Llewelyn the Great, about the year 1230, "for the ease of his princess, who before was obliged to go on foot to Llanrhychwyn, a long walk among the mountains." There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists. A free school, for the benefit of poor children of Trevriw and the adjoining parishes, was founded here, in 1817, by Lord Willoughby de Eresby, by whom it is also supported. Llewelyn ab Iorwerth is stated to have had a palace here, situated in a place now called Gardd y Neuadd, where some hewn stones were discovered, which have since been used in building a wall, and are pointed out as the only remaining fragments of the royal habitation. Dr. Thomas Williams, a physician, who compiled a Latin and Welsh Dictionary, and wrote some other works, which are preserved in manuscript, was, according to Mr. Owen, a native of Trevriw, where he died about the year 1620. The poor are supported by an average annual expenditure amounting to £75. 8. . (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833)

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Various items  - on the People's Collection Wales  site

• Slate Pier at Trefriw, photographed by Roger Fenton between 1851 and 1862
• The 'George' steam boat at the quay in Trefriw, c. 1875
• 'Trefriw near Llanrwst, with mill' by David Cox Jnr. (1809-85) (watercolour & pencil)

Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Caernarfonshire (under Parishes)

Plan of the parishes of Trefriw and Llanrhychwyn, Carnarvonshire - on the People's Collection Wales  site

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SH774637 (Lat/Lon: 53.156162, -3.835473), Trefriw which are provided by:

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Trefriw Port Books 1817-1847 -  details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Include; ............ details of vessels, tonnages, masters, origins, destinations, cargoes by weight and fees etc .........."

Trefriw Woollen Mill  - on the Finster site

Trefriw Woollen Mill - on Kate and Jeff McConnaughey's site

Slate Pier at Trefriw, photographed by Roger Fenton between 1851 and 1862  - on the People's Collection Wales site

Conwy Schools (Ysgolion Conwy) records -  details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Include; ......... Trefriw: National School, 1866-1953; Trefriw: Nantbwlchyrhaiarn Council School, 1908-1964