Fairbourne
Fairbourne is a Welsh beach village. It rests on the shore of Barmouth Bay in Arthog community, to the south of the tidewater of the River Mawddach in Gwynedd, bordered by the Snowdonia National Park. It is in a location detailed by Gwynedd council for managed resort due to climbing sea levels. The area where Fairbourne currently is was part of the historical area of Merioneth, as well as consisted largely of salt marshes and also slightly greater grazing lands. Before development started in the mid 19th Century there were three ranches on the land. Prior to the seaside resort was built, the seaside location was called Morfa Henddol, while the promontory outcrop currently inhabited by the Fairbourne Resort was called Ynysfaig. About 1865 Solomon Andrews, a Welsh entrepreneur, bought the headland. Over the next a number of years he constructed a seawall for tidal security and numerous homes. To promote this he constructed a horse-drawn tramway from the railroad to the site in order to bring in building materials, it was transformed to a steam railway in 1916. Sir Arthur McDougall (of flour making popularity) had been looking for a nation estate, yet when he found this location, he soon conceived of it as a seaside resort. In July 1895 Arthur McDougall bought a considerable property from land speculators, which he bigger by additional whole lots the following year. He employed a contractor in 1896 that started the growth of a design seaside resort. Unusually for Gwynedd county, the town has no official Welsh-language name. Unlike a lot of Gwynedd, where Welsh is the bulk language, English is the predominate language in Fairbourne with most of its occupants originating from or came down from those who came from England.
