Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, formerly understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, neighborhood and also selecting ward close to the Menai Strait between Bangor and 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 hamlets, 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 provided its name to the negotiation. The location was greatly agricultural till the area was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was built in 1828 when lime was drawn out at Brynadda as well as slate as well as lime were packed and culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was brought in to fire the lime kilns. The proprietors of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, possessed a lot of the land in Y Felinheli and also established the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They likewise constructed the harbour to export slate transferred to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a slim scale train that was ultimately replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial growth gave Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternate name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.
