Accounts, including bills of loading of slates shipped at Moel-y-don in Y Felinheli, Caernarfonshire by William Edwards and the Dinorwic Slate Company, 1820-1845. Of particular interest are the details of ships, local and otherwise, engaged in slate traffic during this period.
Moel-y-Don Papers
This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives
- Reference
- GB 222 BMSS MD
- Dates of Creation
- 1820-1845
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 item
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Y Felinheli, sometimes known as Portdinorwic, is a village located between the towns of Caernarfon and Bangor, north Wales. It was once a thriving port on the Menai Strait with a well-sheltered harbour. Slates were transported from Dinorwic Quarry by light railway to the harbour and from there, shipped to all parts of the world.
Arrangement
Incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts
Access Information
Open to all users.
Acquisition Information
Presented by David Thomas, Bangor.
Note
Description compiled by Elen Wyn Simpson, November 2003.
Other Finding Aids
A typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference number : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 11611
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Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.