-
adjacent to Cilgwyn. In 1819,
quarrying began on
slopes at Allt-fawr near
Rhiwbryfdir Farm, on land
owned by the
Oakeley family from Tan y Bwlch.
Within a...
- used from the B4391 at Pont Tal-y-bont via
Tanygrisiau to the B4407 at
Rhiwbryfdir. By the end of the 1920s, the
southern half was a
northern extension...
-
company as an
office boy. At eighteen,
Holland was made
manager of the
Rhiwbryfdir quarry near
Blaenau Ffestiniog -
later part of the
Oakeley quarry. He...
- in 1818 when
Samuel Holland, a
Liverpool merchant,
leased land near
Rhiwbryfdir farm. The landlords, the
Oakeley family of Tan y
Bwlch took a 10% royalty...
- Road)
junction at
Blaenau Ffestiniog. The road by-p****es Glanypwll,
Rhiwbryfdir and
Tanygrisiau before descending towards the Vale of
Ffestiniog along...
-
departures from the
Quarry Terminus (later
referred to as Dinas,
sometimes as
Rhiwbryfdir or Rhiw) at 7:30, 9:28, 11:16, 1:14, 3:12 and 5:10.
Trains waited ten...
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Rachub Rachub Settlement SH6268 Y Rhiw Y Rhiw
Settlement SH2227
Rhiwbryfdir Rhiwbryfdir Settlement SH6946
Rhiwlas Rhiwlas Settlement SH5765 Rhos Isaf Rhos...
- the
Dinas station at the
north end of the line (at a
location called Rhiwbryfdir, now
buried under the
slate tips). The
second "Zero Point" saw the line...
- at the
Penygroes Inn in 1829 that
Archer met
Samuel Holland Jnr., of
Rhiwbryfdir slate mine at
Blaenau Ffestiniog who was
returning from
Caernarfon where...
- the
other side of the Allt-fawr ridge, the
Welsh Slate Company, the
Rhiwbryfdir Slate Company and Holland's
Slate Company were all
working the same veins...
