Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli, previously understood in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, neighborhood and also electoral ward next to the Menai Strait in 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 origins in 2 communities, Tafarngrisiau near St Mary's Church and Aberpwll to the north-east where there was a mill on the Afon Heulyn. The mill was rebuilt closer to the sea in 1633 as well as gave its name to the negotiation. The area was largely farming till the location was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was integrated in 1828 when lime was removed at Brynadda and slate as well as lime were filled and also culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was generated to fire the lime kilns. The proprietors of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, had a lot of the land in Y Felinheli and created the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They additionally built the harbour to export slate transferred to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a slim scale train that was subsequently changed by the Padarn Railway. Industrial development gave Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.
