Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, previously recognized in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, neighborhood and also selecting ward close to the Menai Strait between Bangor and also Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The population of the village was 2,284 at the 2011 Census. Y Felinheli has its origins in 2 communities, 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 rebuilt closer to the sea in 1633 and provided its name to the negotiation. The area was mostly farming till the location was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A new dock was integrated in 1828 when lime was drawn out at Brynadda as well as slate and lime were filled and also culm (coal dirt or anthracite slack) was generated to fire the lime kilns. The proprietors of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, possessed a lot of the land in Y Felinheli and established the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They additionally developed the harbour to export slate transferred to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a narrow gauge railway that was consequently replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial development offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the different name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.
