Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, formerly understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, community and electoral ward close to the Menai Strait in 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 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 also gave its name to the negotiation. The area was mainly farming until the area was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was integrated in 1828 when lime was extracted at Brynadda and also slate and also lime were filled as well as culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was brought in to fire the lime kilns. The proprietors of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, had the majority of the land in Y Felinheli and also established the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They likewise built the harbour to export slate moved to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a slim scale train that was consequently replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial expansion offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.