Fairbourne
Fairbourne is a Welsh beachfront village. It lies on the coastline 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 listed by Gwynedd council for managed retreat due to climbing sea levels. The location where Fairbourne currently is belonged to the historic region of Merioneth, and was composed primarily of salt marshes and also a little greater grazing lands. Before development began in the mid 19th Century there were 3 farms on the land. Before the seaside resort was constructed, the seaside area was known as Morfa Henddol, while the headland outcrop now 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 defense and also numerous residences. To facilitate this he developed a horse-drawn tramway from the railroad to the site in order to generate structure materials, it was converted to a steam railway in 1916. Sir Arthur McDougall (of flour making fame) had been searching for a country estate, however when he discovered this area, he soon visualized it as a seaside resort. In July 1895 Arthur McDougall acquired a significant property from land speculators, which he enlarged by added whole lots the list below year. He hired a home builder in 1896 that began the growth of a model seaside resort. Abnormally for Gwynedd area, the village 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 a lot of its citizens coming from or came down from those who originated from England.
