Merionethshire
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Merionethshire, or Merioneth, was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It was located in North West Wales.
County Hall in Dolgellau
Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies heavily on tourism, drawn to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It
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…Meirionydd). Merioneth was an important part of the Welsh slate industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with major quarrying centres at Blaenau Ffestiniog in the north of the county and Corris in the south, with other large quarries at Abergynolwyn, Aberllefenni, Arthog, and the Cwm Ebol quarry at Pennal…
St David's Church, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2014
The Old Market Hall, 2015
Looking down towards Blaenau Ffestiniog town in summer, 2013
A view of Blaenau Ffestiniog from Graig Ddu, c. 1875; NLW3361243