Everything about Merioneth totally explained
Merionethshire is one of thirteen
historic counties of
Wales, and a former administrative county.
The administrative county of Merioneth, created under the
Local Government Act 1888, was abolished under the
Local Government Act 1972 on
April 1,
1974. The bulk formed the
Meirionnydd district in the new county of
Gwynedd, with a small protusion in the north-east (the
Edeyrnion Rural District) becoming part of the
Glyndŵr district of
Clwyd. Since
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 came into force in 1996 the Glyndŵr part now forms part of the principal area of
Denbighshire, with the rest remaining in Gwynedd.
Geography
Merionethshire is a maritime county, bounded to the north by
Caernarfonshire, to the east by
Denbighshire, to the south by
Montgomeryshire and
Cardiganshire, and to the west by
Cardigan Bay. Its total area is 1,731 km², and it's one of the more sparsely populated counties of the
UK. It is also one of the strongest
Welsh-speaking parts of
Wales. The coastline consists alternately of cliffs and stretches of sand and the area generally is the most mountainous in Wales; a large part of the
Snowdonia National Park lies within it. The greatest heights are
Aran Fawddwy 905 m (2970 ft) and
Cadair Idris 893 m (2929 ft). The chief rivers are the
Dwyryd, the
Mawddach and the
Dyfi. Waterfalls and small lakes are numerous, the largest being
Bala Lake (4 miles long and 1 mile broad).
History
The county was formed in
1284 under the terms of the
Statute of Rhuddlan from the
Cantrefi of:
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.
Main Towns
The main towns are
Bala
Barmouth
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Corwen
Dolgellau
Ffestiniog
Tywyn
The main industries today are agriculture, forestry and tourism.
Cadair Idris
Castell y Bere
Cymer Abbey
Harlech Castle
Portmeirion Italianate village
Rhug Chapel
Tomen-y-mur Roman Fort
Ffestiniog Railway
Corris Railway
Talyllyn Railway
Fairbourne Railway Further Information
Get more info on 'Merioneth'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://merionethshire.totallyexplained.com">Merionethshire Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
