Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, previously understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, neighborhood and selecting ward next to the Menai Strait between Bangor and also Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The population of the village was 2,284 at the 2011 Census. Y Felinheli has its beginnings in two communities, 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 as well as provided its name to the settlement. The location was largely agricultural till the location was transformed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was integrated in 1828 when lime was removed at Brynadda as well as slate and also lime were loaded as well as culm (coal dirt or anthracite slack) was generated to discharge the lime kilns. The owners of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, possessed a lot of the land in Y Felinheli and also created the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They likewise developed the harbour to export slate transferred to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a slim gauge train that was ultimately replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial development offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.
