Deiniolen (Wales)
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- Ordnance Survey WWW site, 14 June 2007:1:50,000 scale (Deiniolen, Gwynedd (Village); SH 575 635)
- Owen, G. Cofio Deiniolen, 1978 (subj.)t.p. (Deiniolen)
- Bartholomew, 1977(Deiniolen, Gwynedd, vil 2m N of Llanberis)
- Bartholomew, 1943(Deiniolen, vil. in Carnarvon)
Wikipedia description:
Deiniolen (; Welsh: [dɛinɪˈɔlɛn]; ) is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon (7 miles (11 km) away) and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, can be seen. The population of the electoral ward was 1,909 as of 2011, including nearby Dinorwig, with 81.2% of the population speaking Welsh. The community, Llanddeiniolen, has a population of 5,072 as of the 2011 census, the third-largest in Gwynedd. Ysgol Gynradd Gwaun Gynfi provides Welsh-medium education for children between 3 and 11 years in the village. The slate industry was an important employer in Deiniolen until the closure of Dinorwig Quarry in 1969.
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