Dolgellau
Dolgellau is a market community and neighborhood in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, pushing the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It is typically the county town of the historical region of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), which shed its administrative condition when Gwynedd was created in 1974. Dolgellau is the major base for mountain climbers of Cadair Idris. Although extremely tiny, it is the 2nd biggest negotiation in Southern Gwynedd after Tywyn. The community consists of Penmaenpool. The name of the town is of uncertain origin, although dôl is Welsh for "field" or "dale", as well as (y) gelli (soft mutation of celli) implies "grove" or "spinney", as well as prevails locally in names for farms in protected spaces. This would certainly seem to be the most likely derivation, offering the translation "Grove Meadow". It has actually also been suggested that the name could stem from the word cell, implying "cell", translating therefore as "Meadow of [monks'] cells", however this seems less most likely taking into consideration the background of the name. The earliest tape-recorded punctuation (from 1253, in the Study of Merioneth) is "Dolkelew", although a spelling "Dolgethley" days from 1285. From then up until the 19th century, many punctuations were along the lines of "Dôlgelly" "Dolgelley", "Dolgelly" or "Dolgelli" (Owain Glyndwr's scribe created "Dolguelli"). Thomas Pennant used the kind "Dolgelleu" in his Tours of Wales, and this was the form utilized in the Church Registers in 1723, although it never had much money. In 1825 the Registers had "Dolgellau", which create Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt embraced in 1836. While this type might derive from an incorrect etymology, it became standard in Welsh and also is currently the conventional form in both Welsh and also English. It was embraced as the official name by the local country area council in 1958. Quickly before the closure of the town's railway station it showed signs reading variously Dolgelly, Dolgelley and also Dolgellau.