Y Felinheli - view of the Straits Traditional Cache
jimbojimbob: unable to maintain this one so have decided to archive to allow someone else to place some more caches in area
Y Felinheli - view of the Straits
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Having lived in what was then Port Dinorwic for a few years, I have many happy memories of this area. It has changed slightly since I wandered the streets 40 odd years ago! My wife also has happy memories of here, as it is where she used to go sailing with her family. Hopefully this series will encourage you to wander through this delightful little village. However I would advise anyone with young children to take extreme care as this cache involves walking along a path next to the quayside.
Its name comes from y (the), melin (mill) and heli (brine/salt-water/sea). (An alternative view is that Y Felinheli comes from Y Felinheulyn, Mill on the river Heulyn, which runs into the village.)
There are several mills in the local area dependent on the tidal power of the Menai Strait. During the late 18th century the Dinorwig quarries built an extensive harbour for the export of slate, which was transported to the quay on the purpose-built Dinorwic Railway narrow gauge railway later replaced by the Padarn Railway. It was this industrial expansion which gave Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the alternative name of Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic. The demise of the slate industry and the development of the harbour for recreational sailing have recently contributed to the replacement of the name 'Port Dinorwic' in English with 'Y Felinheli', bringing English usage in line with Welsh.
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