The Merionethshire Railway (MR) was a proposed 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) and 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) dual gauge railway in south Caernarfonshire (now part...
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Until 1974, Merionethshire or Merioneth (Welsh: Meirionnydd or Sir Feirionnydd) was an administrative county in the north-west of Wales, later classed...
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Harlech; opened 1878; closed 1886; Merionethshire Railway near Llandecwyn; proposed, never built; Festiniog Railway at Minffordd; opened to goods 20 April...
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Weston-super-Mare Improvement Act 1887 50 & 51 Vict. c. cvii 12 July 1887 Merionethshire Railway (Abandonment) Act 1887 50 & 51 Vict. c. cviii 12 July 1887 Manchester...
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(43 & 44 Vict. c. xxx), s 12. Merionethshire Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1876 c. lxxvii Llanfyllin and Llangynog Railway Abandonment Act 1876 c. lxxviii...
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xiv 19 May 1882 Limavady and Dungiven Railway Act 1882 45 & 46 Vict. c. xv 19 May 1882 Merionethshire Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1882 (repealed)...
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lxxi 29 June 1871 Merionethshire Railway Act 1871 (repealed) 34 & 35 Vict. c. lxxii 29 June 1871 (Repealed by Merionethshire Railway (Abandonment) Act...
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Rawmarsh Local Board Act 1879 c. li East Cornwall Mineral Railway Act 1879 c. lii Merionethshire Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1879 c. liii Local Government...
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connect with the Cambrian Railways to the southwest. This latter bore at least legal fruit when the Merionethshire Railway gained parliamentary approval...
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corresponding to the traditional counties of Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire. The station is in the midst of the large Dyfi National Nature Reserve...
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The Corris Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Corris) is a narrow gauge railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog passenger stations (category Railway stations in Wales)
addition The Merionethshire Railway received Royal Assent but was never built; its purpose was to frighten the Ffestiniog Railway. All five railway companies...
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1965, page 118 "Death of Mr. William McConnell". The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard. John Askew Roberts, Edward Woodall & Richard Henry Venables...
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Bala, Gwynedd (redirect from Bala, Merionethshire)
Wales. Formerly an urban district, Bala lies in the historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bala Lake (Welsh: Llyn Tegid). According to the...
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Harlech (redirect from Harlech, Merionethshire)
community in Gwynedd, North Wales, and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966...
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or the line through it. The best documented was the narrow gauge Merionethshire Railway, but it was never built. Arguably it was never expected to be built...
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The 7th (Merionethshire & Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, was a Welsh unit of Britain's Territorial Force. First raised in 1897, it...
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Corwen (redirect from Corwen, Merionethshire)
Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen was part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains...
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January 1883, a passenger train was struck by a landslide at Friog, Merionethshire. The locomotive and its tender were pushed into the sea. Both crew were...
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The Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway was a small railway company formed to give the Great Western Railway a more direct route to the port at Fishguard...
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southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the location of the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross with...
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March 1933, a passenger train was struck by falling rocks at Vriog, Merionethshire. The locomotive and its tender were pushed into the Irish Sea, killing...
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Corris SH752135 Merionethshire Gwynedd Snowdonia 285m Bwlch Oerddrws A470 between Dolgellau and Dinas Mawddwy SH802170 Merionethshire Gwynedd Snowdonia...
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Abertafol railway station was a halt located on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the old Welsh county of Merionethshire (south Gwynedd). Opened...
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Braichgoch slate mine (redirect from Merionethshire Slate Company)
Gaewern, the northern of the two quarry areas, under the auspices of the Merionethshire Slate Company. It was not until 1836 that quarrying began at Braich...
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Llanfachreth (redirect from Llanfachreth, Merionethshire)
community of Brithdir and Llanfachreth within the historic boundaries of Merionethshire (Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd), Wales. Llanfachreth is a small...
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in Gwynedd (formerly Merionethshire), Wales. It is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) north of Tywyn. The village is served by Tonfanau railway station. During the Second...
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original (PDF) on 25 November 2022. "Dyffryn station on OS Six-inch map Merionethshire XXXII.NW (includes: Llanaber; Llanddwywe Is y Graig; Llanenddwyn.)"...
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North Wales (redirect from Railways in North Wales)
that Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire were combined into one principal area, initially called 'Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire' until a day after its...
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Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy (redirect from Talybont, Merionethshire)
village north of the town of Barmouth in north Wales. Tal-y-bont has a railway station on the Cambrian Line and has many caravan sites, a hair dresser...
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