Fairbourne
Fairbourne is a Welsh beachfront village. It lies on the coast of Barmouth Bay in Arthog area, to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach in Gwynedd, bordered by the Snowdonia National Park. It remains in an area noted by Gwynedd council for handled hideaway due to climbing water level. The area where Fairbourne now is was part of the historical area of Merioneth, and also was composed largely of salt marshes and somewhat higher grazing lands. Prior to growth started in the mid 19th Century there were three ranches on the land. Before the seaside resort was developed, the coastal area was referred to as Morfa Henddol, while the headland outcrop currently occupied by the Fairbourne Hotel was called Ynysfaig. Concerning 1865 Solomon Andrews, a Welsh entrepreneur, bought the promontory. Over the next numerous years he constructed a seawall for tidal protection and a number of residences. To promote this he constructed a horse-drawn tramway from the railroad to the site in order to generate building materials, it was transformed to a steam railway in 1916. Sir Arthur McDougall (of flour making fame) had actually been searching for a nation estate, yet when he uncovered this area, he soon envisaged it as a seaside resort. In July 1895 Arthur McDougall acquired a significant acreage from land speculators, which he enlarged by added whole lots the following year. He worked with a building contractor in 1896 who started the growth of a model seaside resort. Uncommonly for Gwynedd region, the village has no official Welsh-language name. Unlike a lot of Gwynedd, where Welsh is the bulk language, English is the predominate language in Fairbourne with a lot of its occupants originating from or descended from those who came from England.
