Llanuwchllyn is a village in Gwynedd, north Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. Bala Lake ( Llyn Tegid in Welsh) in Gwynedd, was the largest natural body of water in Wales prior to the level being raised by Thomas Telford Its population in the 2001 census was 834[1], of which approximately 81% were Welsh-speaking. [2]
Llanuwchllyn is the headquarters of the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway, centred on the former Great Western Railway station on the standard-gauge line from Ruabon to Barmouth. A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a Railway that has a Track gauge narrower than the of Standard gauge railways The Bala Lake Railway ( Welsh Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid) is a preserved railway at Bala Lake, in Gwynedd, North Wales The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West Early history There is evidence that a settlement existed in Ruabon in the Bronze Age. Barmouth ( Welsh: Abermaw (formal Y Bermo ( Colloquial) is a Town in the County of Gwynedd, north-western It was the birthplace of Welsh language author and educationalist Owen Morgan Edwards. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Owen Morgan Edwards ( 26 December 1858 &ndash 15 May 1920) was a Welsh historian educationalist and writer
References
- ^ Llanuwchllyn Census 2001 National Office of Statistics
- ^ Welsh-speaking statistics Welsh Language Board
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