Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, previously understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village, area as well as selecting ward next to the Menai Strait in between Bangor and also Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The population of the town was 2,284 at the 2011 Census. Y Felinheli has its origins in two districts, Tafarngrisiau near St Mary's Church and also Aberpwll to the north-east where there was a mill on the Afon Heulyn. The mill was reconstructed closer to the sea in 1633 and offered its name to the settlement. The location was mainly agricultural up until the location was transformed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was built in 1828 when lime was removed at Brynadda and slate as well as lime were filled as well as culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was brought in to fire the lime kilns. The proprietors of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, owned most of the land in Y Felinheli and also established the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They also built the harbour to export slate transported to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a slim gauge railway that was ultimately replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial expansion provided Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.
