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Llandderfel
Llandderfel is a village and a sparsely populated community in Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala, formerly served by the Llandderfel railway station. The community also includes the settlements of Glan-yr-afon, Llanfor, Cefnddwysarn and Frongoch. The Community population taken at the 2011 census was 1,095. Palé Hall Palé Hall was built in 1871, on the site of an older manor house in Llandderfel. It was designed by Samuel Pountney Smith of Shrewsbury for Henry Robertson MP, a railway engineer and local landowner. The house was used as a military hospital in World War I and a home for evacuated children in World War II. The Robertson family sold the estate to the Duke of Westminster in the 1950s. St Derfel's Church The parish church of Llandderfel is dedicated to Saint Derfel. It is part of the diocese of St Asaph and is mentioned in the Papal Registers of the late 15th century. Originally a Celtic Llan site, founded by Derfel in the early 6th century, the church was rebui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llandderfel Railway Station
Llandderfel railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, was a station on the Ruabon Barmouth Line, Ruabon to Barmouth line. It closed to passengers ahead of the scheduled closure date of Monday 18 January 1965 because of flooding by the River Dee which breached the line near Llandderfel on 14 December 1964. This section of the line was never re-opened. The station had a signal box and was a passing place on the single line. Today, no trace of the station buildings exist; however, the flight of steps that leads from the road overbridge down to where the platforms once were are still in situ, along with a small section of overgrown "up" platform a few yards up from the steps. The steps take you beneath the B4401 where the arch of the railway bridge is still accessible. The old line is walkable but overgrown. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C but there was no crane.1956, ''Official H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Derfel
Derfel, known as Derfel Gadarn ('' darn'': "mighty, valiant, strong"), was a 6th-century Celtic Christian monk regarded as a saint. Local legend holds that he was a warrior of King Arthur. Family Medieval Welsh tradition held that he was related to Hywel, a legendary Brythonic king of Brittany. He is said to be one of Hywel's sons in a late version of the genealogical tract '' Bonedd y Saint''. Welsh tradition also makes him a brother of Sts. Tudwal and Arthfael (also reputed sons of Hywel), and a cousin to Saint Cadfan. Life Reputedly born around 466, Derfel is said to be one of seven warriors of Arthur who survived the Battle of Camlan. Three of the six other survivors were also said to have become saints. While others survived through good fortune, Derfel survived "by his strength alone". Derfel is said to have been a noted warrior in medieval Welsh poetry. Tudur Penllyn wrote: :''Derfel mewn rhyfel, gwnai'i wayw'n rhyfedd, Darrisg dur yw'r wisg, dewr yw'r osgedd.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainor Hughes
Gainor Hughes (1745 1780) was one of the ''fasting women'' or '' fasting girls'' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Such women became the subject of public fascination. Tales of women who claimed not to eat and sometimes not even to drink, for periods ranging from a few months to fifty years. These fasters were usually poor, of humble backgrounds, living in relatively isolated rural areas, often Scotland or Wales. Although several developed a reputation for piety over the course their fasts, none claimed extraordinary religious power. Their inability to eat appears to have been triggered by physiological "chance". Contemporary interest in Hughes centred on her fast of almost six years' duration, during which time she refused sustenance other than spring water sweetened with a small amount of sugar or occasionally with a drop of weak ale. Her story resurfaced again from the 1870s, possibly as a result of an increase in cases of fasting girls, including the well-known local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Robertson
Henry Robertson (11 June 1816 – 22 March 1888) was a Scottish mining engineer and prolific railway builder, industrialist and Liberal Party politician. He was head of Brymbo Steelworks, Wrexham. He was co-founder of Beyer-Peacock, with Charles Beyer, and Richard Peacock. His son Sir Henry Beyer Robertson was knighted by Queen Victoria for the achievements of his father. Biography The son of Duncan Robertson, he was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire on 16 January 1816, and educated at King's College, Aberdeen University, and graduated M.A. He was initially to enter the ministry but turned to engineering. Career He started as a railway contractor securing some contracts at Port Glasgow, under Joseph Locke. On the offer of a Scottish bank to invest in the North Wales mineral district in 1842, Robertson ventured south, and purchased Brymbo Iron works and colliery, formerly owned by John Wilkinson. Robertson decided for the venture to succeed he needed to build a railway from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jones Derfel
Robert Jones Derfel (24 July 1824 – 16 December 1905) was a Welsh poet and political writer. Early life Derfel was born Robert Jones on 24 July 1824 on his grandfather's farm between Llandderfel and Bethel in Merionethshire, Wales. At the age of ten he ran away from home to live with his uncle near Corwen. When he was twelve he started work in a factory in Llangollen, and at twenty-one he moved to England despite not speaking any English at all - he was a native Welsh speaker and had never learnt English as the only education he had received was at Sunday school. Early working life In about 1850, after years without a permanent job, he found work as an odd-job man in drapery warehouses of J. F. Roberts, J. F. and H. Roberts in Manchester. He soon became a travelling salesman at the Manchester firm. He was ordained in 1862, after long being a Baptist lay preacher and writing for the Baptist periodicals ''Y Tyst Apostolaidd'' and '' Y Greal''. Poetry As a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfor
Llanfor is a village in Gwynedd, Wales near the town of Bala, in the community of Llandderfel. History There is evidence of an Iron Age Hill Fort in the immediate area and Roman Castrum. In the 6th century an unknown Monk from Llanfor was reputedly responsible for converting Llywarch Hen, prince of Rheged, to Christianity. There is a legend that the Devil used to frequently visit Llanfor Church in the shape of a pig. Notable People from Llanfor * William Price (1619–1691), a Welsh politician, MP between 1640 and 1679 and fought as a Royalist colonel in the English Civil War. * Humphrey Foulkes (1673–1737) a Welsh priest and antiquarian. * William Price (1690–1774) a Welsh High Sheriff and antiquarian, from Rhiwlas. * Richard Thelwall Price, British Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, 1754–1768 * John Williams (1811–1862), antiquary, bardic name ''Ab Ithel'', the Anglican curate of Llanfor from 1835 * Richard Williams Morgan Richard Williams Morgan (1815–1889 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), represented since 2015 by Liz Saville Roberts of Plaid Cymru. Like its predecessors, it is a Plaid Cymru stronghold, with their candidate in 2024 achieving a majority of 39.3%. Until 2024, the seat shared the same boundaries with the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Welsh Assembly constituency, the latter of which still uses the borders established for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election. History Dwyfor Meirionnydd was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy. At the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales, the constituency retained its name and gained wards in boundary changes first used for the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Boundaries The constituency was created by merging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala, Gwynedd
Bala () is a town and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district, Bala lies in the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bala Lake (). According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, Bala had a population of 1,999 and 72.5 per cent of the population could speak Welsh language, Welsh. Toponym The Welsh word ''bala'' refers to the outflow of a lake. History Tomen Y Bala ( high by diameter) is a tumulus or "moat-hill", formerly thought to mark the site of a Roman Empire, Roman camp. In the 18th century, the town was well known for the manufacture of flannel, stockings, gloves and hosiery. The large stone-built theological college, ''Coleg y Bala'', of the Calvinistic Methodists and the grammar school (now Ysgol y Berwyn), which was founded in 1712, are the chief features, together with the statue of the Rev. Thomas Charles (1755–1814), the theol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glan-yr-afon, Gwynedd
Glan-yr-afon is a small village near Corwen in Gwynedd, Wales, situated on the A494. The village lies on the boundary between Gwynedd and Denbighshire. Glanyrafon is approximately 103 miles from Cardiff, and the nearest town is Bala (7 miles). Glanyrafon is represented in the Cymru Senedd by Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid Cymru) and the Member of Parliament is Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru). Local businesses in Glan-yr-afon include a garage, a cafè, the Llawrbetws Caravan Park and a glassblowers, the Glassblobbery Studio and Gallery. The village also has a church and a chapel. Nearby is the Braich Ddu wind farm A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ..., operated by REG. Notable people include: - D. Tecwyn Lloyd (1914-1992), Welsh literary critic, author and educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cefnddwysarn
Cefnddwysarn () is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located on the A494 road approximately 3 miles east of the town of Bala and 8 miles west of Corwen. The village is situated within the traditional county of Merionethshire, and the community of Llandderfel Llandderfel is a village and a sparsely populated community in Gwynedd, Wales, near Bala, formerly served by the Llandderfel railway station. The community also includes the settlements of Glan-yr-afon, Llanfor, Cefnddwysarn and Frongoch. .... External links www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cefnddwysarn and surrounding area Villages in Gwynedd {{Gwynedd-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frongoch
Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, Gwynedd, Bala, on the A4212 road. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German people, German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising. History Whisky By the late 1800s, Frongoch was the main centre for whisky production in Wales. The distillery was bought by Scottish whisky companies and closed in 1910. Prison camp The former distillery buildings (see above) were requisitioned by the UK government and used as a prisoner of war camp for German prisoners during World War I, World War One . After the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland it was used to imprison 500 of the Irish Volunteers, Irish Volunteer Army rank and file. Among them were Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith . Railway station Frongoch railway station was on the Bala Ffestiniog Line. It closed to passenger service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Jones (harpist)
__NOTOC__ Edward Jones (March 1752 – 18 April 1824) was a Welsh harpist, bard, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music.Joan Rimmer"Edward Jones's Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, 1784: A Re-Assessment" ''The Galpin Society Journal'', Vol. 39 (September 1986), pp. 77-96 He was commonly known by the bardic name of "Bardd y Brenin" (The King's Bard), which he took in 1820 when his patron King George IV came to the throne. Jones was born in Llandderfel, near Bala, and is remembered for his three-volume work, the ''Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''. He first came to London in 1775, and was patronised by prominent Welshmen and by Charles Burney. He played in the Bach-Abel concerts (established by Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel) which were London’s first subscription concert series, started in 1765. He became harp tutor to several wealthy families, and in about 1790 was made Harp-Master to the Prince of Wales. In 1805 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
