Urgent roof tile replacement after storm damage in Coleraine Published: 29/01/2025 A roof tile has gone missing due to a storm in Coleraine. With a replacement tile ready, learn how the repair is carried out, costs involved, and how to prevent further damage. Read this article
Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, formerly understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village, area and selecting ward next 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 origins in 2 communities, Tafarngrisiau near St Mary's Church as well as 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 location was mainly farming until the area was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A new dock was constructed in 1828 when lime was extracted at Brynadda as well as slate as well as lime were filled and culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was generated to fire the lime kilns. The owners of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, had a lot of the land in Y Felinheli and established the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They likewise developed the harbour to export slate carried to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a narrow scale train that was subsequently replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial development gave Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternate name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.