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    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 c. xv 19 May 1882   Merionethshire Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1882 (repealed)...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  • lxxi 29 June 1871   Merionethshire Railway Act 1871 (repealed) 34 & 35 Vict. c. lxxii 29 June 1871 (Repealed by Merionethshire Railway (Abandonment) Act...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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    that Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire were combined into one principal area, initially called 'Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire' until a day after its...
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    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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