Merionethshire

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TALYLLYN

"TALYLLYN, a parish in the hundred of Estimaner, county Merioneth, 5 miles S.W. of Dolgelly, its post town, and 8 from Machynlleth. The village is situated on the river Mathew, under Cader-Idris and Arran-y-Gessel. The parish, which is of large extent, comprising 36,000 acres, includes Cedris, Ceuswyn, Corris, Llanerchgoediog, and Ystradgwyn. There are numerous ranges of slaty hills, affording only bare sheep walks. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the woollen manufacture. Llyn Mwyngil is famed for its trout and eel fishing. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bangor, value £84, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is also a district church at Corris, the living of which is a perpetual curacy The parochial charities produce about £4 per annum." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

• Bibliography
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Gazetteers
• History
• Maps
• Occupations

Bibliography

Mitchell, Victor. Talyllyn : 50 years of change. Midhurst : Middleton, 2000. 96p. Great Railway eras

Official guide Tywyn Meirionnydd, Gwynedd : home of the Talyllyn Railway. 5th ed. Tywyn : Tywyn and District Publicity Bureau, [1985]. 114p

Rolt, L T C. Talyllyn adventure. Newton Abbott : David & Charles, 1971.  289p. Originally published, London: Constable, 1953.

White, Christopher. Forty years of the Talyllyn Railway. [Leicester] : AB Publishing, [1991] 48p

Church History

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Corris  section (in Welsh) has been extracted       Also Aberllefeni chapel

Church Records

Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Merioneth Record Office.

Description and Travel

Talyllyn Railway - data and access

Narrow Gauge Heaven - Talyllyn Railway Picture Gallery

Talyllyn Railway - on Wikipedia

Talyllyn Railway - picture gallery

Sunset over Talyllyn - on Dave Newbould's site

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Talyllyn from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
• A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833

History

Horse and carriage at Talyllyn Lake, c 1907  - on the Gathering the Jewels site

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, records 1960-1975      "The Talyllyn Railway, a narrow gauge railway in the Taly-y-llyn valley, ran from Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, near Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire, to the coast at Tywyn, Merionethshire, linking up with the national railway network............"
• Talyllyn Railway Collection  1865-1994    "Slate was first quarried at Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, near Abergynolwyn, Merionethshire, in the 1840s by John Pughe of Aberdyfi, Cardiganshire. In 1864, the quarry was leased by William McConnel's Aberdovey Slate Company Limited. McConnel(1809-1902) and his son were the instigators of Talyllyn Railway..............."

Maps

Occupations

The manganese mines of Merionethshire

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