Dolgellau is a market town as well as area in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It is commonly the county town of the historic region of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), which lost its administrative status when Gwynedd was developed in 1974. Dolgellau is the major base for mountain climbers of Cadair Idris. Although extremely tiny, it is the second largest negotiation in Southern Gwynedd after Tywyn. The neighborhood includes Penmaenpool. The name of the town is of uncertain beginning, although dôl is Welsh for "field" or "dale", and (y) gelli (soft anomaly of celli) indicates "grove" or "spinney", and is common locally in names for ranches in protected nooks. This would certainly appear to be one of the most likely derivation, offering the translation "Grove Meadow". It has actually likewise been suggested that the name could stem from words cell, implying "cell", converting as a result as "Meadow of [monks'] cells", however this appears less most likely thinking about the background of the name. The earliest taped spelling (from 1253, in the Survey of Merioneth) is "Dolkelew", although a spelling "Dolgethley" days from 1285. From after that up until the 19th century, many punctuations were along the lines of "Dôlgelly" "Dolgelley", "Dolgelly" or "Dolgelli" (Owain Glyndwr's scribe composed "Dolguelli"). Thomas Pennant utilized the form "Dolgelleu" in his Tours of Wales, and also this was the type utilized in the Church Registers in 1723, although it never ever had much currency. In 1825 the Registers had "Dolgellau", which develop Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt adopted in 1836. While this form might originate from an incorrect etymology, it came to be typical in Welsh and also is now the typical kind in both Welsh as well as English. It was adopted as the official name by the regional country area council in 1958. Quickly prior to the closure of the town's train station it presented indications checking out otherwise Dolgelly, Dolgelley and Dolgellau.