Fairbourne
Fairbourne is a Welsh seaside town. 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 is in an area noted by Gwynedd council for taken care of resort due to increasing water level. The location where Fairbourne now is became part of the historic area of Merioneth, as well as consisted mainly of salt marshes as well as a little higher grazing lands. Before advancement began in the mid 19th Century there were three ranches on the land. Prior to the seaside resort was built, the coastal area was called Morfa Henddol, while the promontory outcrop now occupied by the Fairbourne Resort was called Ynysfaig. About 1865 Solomon Andrews, a Welsh entrepreneur, bought the headland. Over the following a number of years he developed a seawall for tidal defense as well as several houses. To promote this he constructed a horse-drawn tramway from the railroad to the website in order to generate building products, it was transformed to a steam railway in 1916. Sir Arthur McDougall (of flour making fame) had actually been trying to find a nation estate, however when he discovered this location, he soon envisaged it as a seaside resort. In July 1895 Arthur McDougall acquired a considerable acreage from land speculators, which he enlarged by added great deals the following year. He hired a contractor in 1896 that started the development of a model seaside resort. Abnormally for Gwynedd region, the town has no main Welsh-language name. Unlike most of Gwynedd, where Welsh is the majority language, English is the predominate language in Fairbourne with the majority of its occupants originating from or descended from those that originated from England.