Fencing in Y Felinheli

Y Felinheli

Y Felinheli, previously known in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, area and selecting ward next to the Menai Strait in between Bangor and also 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 as well as 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 provided its name to the settlement. The location was mostly farming until the location was changed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was integrated in 1828 when lime was extracted at Brynadda and also slate as well as lime were loaded as well as culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was generated to discharge the lime kilns. The owners of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, had the majority of the land in Y Felinheli and developed the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They also built the harbour to export slate carried to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a narrow gauge train that was subsequently changed by the Padarn Railway. Industrial expansion offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternate name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.