Dolgellau
Dolgellau is a market community and also community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, resting on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It is traditionally the county town of the historical area of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), which lost its management condition when Gwynedd was created in 1974. Dolgellau is the primary base for climbers of Cadair Idris. Although very little, it is the 2nd largest settlement in Southern Gwynedd after Tywyn. The area consists of Penmaenpool. The name of the community is of unsure beginning, although dôl is Welsh for "field" or "dale", and also (y) gelli (soft mutation of celli) means "grove" or "spinney", and also prevails in your area in names for ranches in protected spaces. This would certainly seem to be one of the most likely derivation, giving the translation "Grove Meadow". It has additionally been suggested that the name could stem from the word cell, meaning "cell", converting consequently as "Meadow of [monks'] cells", yet this appears much less most likely considering the history of the name. The earliest taped spelling (from 1253, in the Study of Merioneth) is "Dolkelew", although a punctuation "Dolgethley" days from 1285. From after that up until the 19th century, most 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 kind used in the Church Registers in 1723, although it never ever had much money. In 1825 the Registers had "Dolgellau", which form Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt taken on in 1836. While this form might originate from an incorrect etymology, it became basic in Welsh and is now the common form in both Welsh and also English. It was adopted as the main name by the local rural district council in 1958. Quickly before the closure of the community's train station it displayed indicators reviewing variously Dolgelly, Dolgelley as well as Dolgellau.
