Dolgellau
Dolgellau is a market community as well as area in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It is typically the county town of the historic area of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), which lost its administrative condition when Gwynedd was created in 1974. Dolgellau is the main base for climbers of Cadair Idris. Although really tiny, it is the second largest negotiation in Southern Gwynedd after Tywyn. The area consists of Penmaenpool. The name of the community is of unclear origin, although dôl is Welsh for "field" or "dale", and also (y) gelli (soft anomaly of celli) implies "grove" or "spinney", and prevails locally in names for ranches in protected nooks. This would appear to be one of the most likely derivation, giving the translation "Grove Meadow". It has likewise been recommended that the name might stem from words cell, implying "cell", translating therefore as "Meadow of [monks'] cells", yet this seems much less likely considering the history of the name. The earliest tape-recorded punctuation (from 1253, in the Survey of Merioneth) is "Dolkelew", although a punctuation "Dolgethley" dates from 1285. From then until the 19th century, the majority of spellings were along the lines of "Dôlgelly" "Dolgelley", "Dolgelly" or "Dolgelli" (Owain Glyndwr's scribe wrote "Dolguelli"). Thomas Pennant made use of the type "Dolgelleu" in his Tours of Wales, and also this was the form used in the Church Registers in 1723, although it never had much currency. In 1825 the Registers had "Dolgellau", which create Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt taken on in 1836. While this kind may originate from an incorrect etymology, it ended up being typical in Welsh and also is now the conventional form in both Welsh and also English. It was embraced as the main name by the local country area council in 1958. Soon before the closure of the town's railway station it presented indicators checking out variously Dolgelly, Dolgelley as well as Dolgellau.
