Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, previously understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, community and also selecting ward close to the Menai Strait between Bangor and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The population of the town was 2,284 at the 2011 Census. Y Felinheli has its beginnings in 2 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 rebuilt closer to the sea in 1633 and also gave its name to the negotiation. The location was mostly farming till the location was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was built in 1828 when lime was drawn out at Brynadda and also slate and lime were packed and also culm (coal dirt or anthracite slack) was generated to terminate the lime kilns. The proprietors of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, possessed the majority of the land in Y Felinheli as well as created the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They likewise built the harbour to export slate delivered to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a narrow gauge train that was consequently replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial development offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.
