Dolgellau
Dolgellau is a market town and also area in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It is traditionally the county town of the historical county of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), which lost its administrative condition when Gwynedd was created in 1974. Dolgellau is the primary base for mountain climbers of Cadair Idris. Although extremely tiny, it is the second largest negotiation in Southern Gwynedd after Tywyn. The area includes Penmaenpool. The name of the town is of uncertain origin, although dôl is Welsh for "field" or "dale", as well as (y) gelli (soft anomaly of celli) suggests "grove" or "spinney", as well as prevails locally in names for ranches in sheltered spaces. This would certainly seem to be the most likely derivation, giving the translation "Grove Meadow". It has likewise been suggested that the name can derive from the word cell, meaning "cell", translating for that reason as "Meadow of [monks'] cells", however this seems much less likely taking into consideration the background of the name. The earliest recorded punctuation (from 1253, in the Survey of Merioneth) is "Dolkelew", although a spelling "Dolgethley" days from 1285. From then until the 19th century, most spellings were along the lines of "Dôlgelly" "Dolgelley", "Dolgelly" or "Dolgelli" (Owain Glyndwr's scribe created "Dolguelli"). Thomas Pennant used the type "Dolgelleu" in his Tours of Wales, and also this was the kind used in the Church Registers in 1723, although it never had much money. In 1825 the Registers had "Dolgellau", which develop Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt adopted in 1836. While this kind may originate from an incorrect etymology, it became typical in Welsh and is now the common type in both Welsh as well as English. It was adopted as the official name by the regional country district council in 1958. Quickly before the closure of the town's railway station it displayed indicators reading otherwise Dolgelly, Dolgelley and also Dolgellau.
