Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, formerly understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village, community and selecting ward close to the Menai Strait between Bangor as well as Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The population of the town was 2,284 at the 2011 Census. Y Felinheli has its origins in two hamlets, 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 reconstructed closer to the sea in 1633 and also gave 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 integrated in 1828 when lime was drawn out at Brynadda and also slate and lime were loaded and also culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was brought in to discharge the lime kilns. The owners of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, possessed the majority of the land in Y Felinheli and created the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They also built the harbour to export slate transported to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a slim gauge railway that was subsequently replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial growth offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternate name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.