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Ffestiniog | |
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![]() Blaenau Ffestiniog | |
Location within Gwynedd | |
Area | 56.99 km2 (22.00 sq mi) |
Population | 4,875 (2011) |
• Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SH705455 |
Gemeinschaft |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Land | Wales |
Sovereign state | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Post town | BLAENAU FFESTINIOG |
Postcode district | LL41 |
Dialling code | 01766 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Ffestiniog () is a community in Gwynedd in Wales, containing several villages, in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has a population of 4,875.[1][2]
History
Ffestiniog was a parish in Cantref Ardudwy; in 1284, Ardudwy became part of the county of Merionethshire, which became an administrative county in 1888.[3] Mary Evans (1735–89) founded a sect in Ffestiniog around 1780, whose believers held that she had married Christ in a ceremony held in Ffestiniog church. The sect soon died out after her death.[4] The parish was created an urban district in 1894.[3] On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Ffestiniog Urban District was abolished, becoming merged with other districts to form Meirionnydd District, which was itself abolished in 1996. Ffestiniog became a community with an elected town council.
Ffestiniog Golf Club was founded in 1893. The club closed at the end of March 2014.[5]
Toponymy
Celtic place-name in *-ākon "place of", then, "place belonging to, territory of" > Old Welsh -auc, -awg > Welsh -og. The form -iog with an additional /i/ can be explained by the preceding element, which is a personal name ending with -i-us : Festinius. The whole name should be *Festiniākon. Probably same name as Festigny (France, e.g.: Festigny, Marne, Festiniacus in 853)
See also
References
- ^ "Office for National Statistics : Neighbourhood Statistics : Census 2011 : Gwynedd". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ffestiniog urban District Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 January 2010
- ^ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1959). "EVANS, MARY". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Ffestiniog Golf Club", "Golf’s Missing Links".
External links
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- Official website
- Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. .
- "FFESTINIOG". Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales (20th ed.). London: Adam & Charles Black. 1891. pp. 194–197.