Cantref Llŷn

The ancient Welsh cantref of Llŷn in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd[1] for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Arllechwedd under the terms of the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284.

References
  1. Carpenter, David A. (2003). The struggle for mastery: Britain, 1066–1284. Oxford University Press. p. 364. ISBN 0195220005
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