Soon afterwards, he called his first Parliament ( or more properly or " gathering ") of all Wales at Machynlleth where he was crowned Prince of Wales and announced his national programme.

The standard gauge Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway was expanding rapidly from its base at Machynlleth, however, and in 1863 had reached Tywyn, so McConnel decided to build his line from the quarry to Tywyn, as the nearest point where slate could be transferred to the standard gauge railway.

The family owned the historic house and gardens at Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland, the Wynyard Park estate in County Durham as well as Londonderry House on Park Lane in London ( where the Hilton London Hotel is now ) and Plas Machynlleth in mid-Wales.

It starts at Merlin's Bridge near Haverfordwest, from where it travels north west to St David's, then switches back north east through Fishguard, Cardigan, Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth and Corris.

CAT was founded by businessman-turned-environmentalist Gerard Morgan-Grenville, and opened in 1973 in the disused Llwyngwern slate quarry near Machynlleth ( once served by the narrow-gauge Corris Railway ), where it occupies a seven-acre ( 28, 000 m² ) site.

A plaque at Machynlleth commemorates Owain Glyndŵr's 1404 parliament

Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404, and as such claims to be the " ancient capital of Wales ".

Machynlleth has a special role in Welsh history because of its connection with Owain Glyndŵr, a Prince of Wales who rebelled against the English during the reign of King Henry IV.

It is thought that after the rebellion floundered, Owain went into hiding in the area around Machynlleth.

* Owain Glyndŵr, ( c. 1349 or 1359 – c. 1416 ), Welsh ruler and Prince of Wales, crowned in Machynlleth in 1404.

In 1997 Alun Hoddinott received the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales during the Machynlleth Festival.

In 1999 Gillian Clarke received the Glyndŵr Award for an " Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales " during the Machynlleth Festival, and she was on the judging panel for the 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize.

In 1995 Williams received the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales during the Machynlleth Festival.

Chief amongst them is the tale that he tried to assassinate Glyndŵr at his parliament at Machynlleth in 1404.

Glyndŵr was crowned in 1404 at the Welsh parliament or Cynulliad held at Machynlleth — but with whose crown?

The lateral fricative occurs as the ll of Welsh, as in Lloyd, Llewelyn, and the town of Machynlleth (), as the unvoiced ' hl ' and voiced ' dl ' or ' dhl ' in the several languages of Southern Africa ( such as Xhosa and Zulu ), and in Mongolian.

Some of his achievements included holding the first ever Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth and plans for two universities.

Running in a horse-shoe shape, it passes small market towns such as Llanidloes and quiet villages including Abbeycwmhir and Llanfyllin, traversing central Mid Wales to Machynlleth near the Dyfi estuary and back again across Wales via Lake Vyrnwy and the valley of the River Vyrnwy to Welshpool, close to the English border.

It is the sister city of Machynlleth, Wales.

The line opened in 1859, and originally ran from Machynlleth north to Corris and on to Aberllefenni.

Proposals to construct a line to connect the slate quarries in the district around Corris, Corris Uchaf and Aberllefenni with wharves on the estuary of the Afon Dyfi at Derwenlas and Morben, south-west of Machynlleth, first appeared around 1850 with Arthur Causton as engineer.

The proposed Corris, Machynlleth & River Dovey Railway would have run along Dulas Valley to the north shore of the Dyfi at Pant Eidal.

On 12 July 1858 the Corris Machynlleth & River Dovey Tramroad ( CM & RDT ) was formed, and immediately began construction on a gauge railway.

On 3 January 1863 the standard gauge Newtown and Machynlleth Railway opened, followed on 1 July of the same year by the line from Machynlleth to Borth of the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway.

The opening of the standard gauge line to Borth made the section of the CM & RDT from Machynlleth to Morben obsolete.

It was much easier to transship slates to the main line at Machynlleth, so the lower section of the tramway was abandoned.

They applied, on 13 November 1863 to convert the tramroad to a railway, adopt steam locomotives and formally close the section between Machynlleth and Derwenlas.

In January 1864, McConnel formed the Aberdovey Slate Company, which leased the land including Bryn Eglwys from the landowner, Lewis Morris of Machynlleth.

** 1tp2h continues to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli after dividing at Machynlleth.

Machynlleth: Kittwake.

Montgomery, the traditional county town, shared administrative functions with Machynlleth, on the other side of the county.

The main towns are Machynlleth, Llanidloes, Montgomery, Newtown and Welshpool.

The section Moat Lane to Newtown has since been renumbered A489, and from Moat Lane to Glantwymyn the A470 replaced the A489 which ran all the way from Machynlleth to the A49 road north of Craven Arms in south Shropshire.

The section of road in the Dulas valley between the Afon Dyfi near Machynlleth and Corris was built in the 1840s at the instigation of the local slate quarry owners to replace the old turnpike road on the opposite side of the valley.

The following year, Constantine was again in England at Æthelstan's court, this time at Cirencester where he appears as a witness, appearing as the first of several subject kings, followed by Owain of Strathclyde and Hywel Dda, who subscribed to the diploma.

Under the new King Percy had extensive civil and military responsibility in both the east march and in north Wales, where he found himself under increasing pressure as a result of the rebellion of Owain Glyn Dŵr.

* A is written in a hand of about 1100x1130 AD, and inserted without title into an MS. of the Historia Brittonum where it is immediately followed by a pedigree for Owain ap Hywel ( d. 988 ).

Mold Alexandra won the Welsh National League's Presidents Cup on 9 August 2008 beating Brymbo 5-1 at Brymbo, the scorers for Mold where Gary Burns ( 15 ), Owain Roberts ( 20 ), Darren Pritchard ( 65 ), Wayne Craig ( 86 ) and Dave Bryan ( 89 ) and for the record Brymbo's came from Shaun Edwards ( 27 ).

The historical figure of Owain became incorporated into the Arthurian cycle of legends where he is also known as Ywain, Yvain, Ewain or Uwain.

The next few years Fitzalan was much occupied by events in the Welsh marches, where he had to help deal with the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr which ran in full from 1400 to maybe 1412 but gained a great deal of early momentum until 1405.

As ruler of Gwynedd, Owain stripped Cadwaladr of his lands, with Owain's son Hywel dispatched to Ceredigion, where he burned Cadwaladr's castle at Aberystwyth.

With Owain I of Gwynedd the over all battle commander, and with his brother Cadwaladr as his second, Owain assembled the Welsh host at Corwen in the vale of Edeyrion where he could best resist Henry II's advance.

While the Gwentian Chronicle records that " Einion son of Owain was slain " in 982 in " Gorwennydd where the action of Pencoed Colwyn took place " 11 However, Gorfynnydd, which may be a form of Gorennydd, is recorded as part of the Kingdom of Glywysing, which on Glywysing's death was given to one of the old king's son, as were 6 other cartrefi including Cydweli and Gywr, which suggests that Gorfynnydd was close by and if Einon did battle there, it is even more possible that he may have died at Cor Einon tryin to return to his stronghold at Llys Nini.

S4C has an administrative office in Caernarfon, where a cluster of independent production companies are also based or partly based including Rondo Media, Cwmni Da, Antena, Owain Roberts Animations and Tinopolis.

Nearby, east of Treffgarne gorge lies the hamlet of Little Treffgarne, where the Welsh national hero, Owain Glyndŵr ( or the Anglicised version, Glendower ) was born according to local folklore in 1353.

He had at Sully besides his Castle a fair Manor house built after a new manner, where he did live the most of his time, which house as well as the Castle was broke down by Owain Glendower "

c. 1240 – 1300 ) awdl lamenting the capture and imprisonment of Owain ap Gruffudd, where he likens Owain to Rhun: " Who if free, like Rhun the son of Beli, Would not let Lloegria burn his borders ".

c. 1240 – 1300 ) awdl lamenting the capture and imprisonment of Owain ap Gruffudd, where he likens Owain to Rhun: " Who if free, like Rhun the son of Beli, Would not let Lloegria burn his borders ".

John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley ( 1371 – 1408 ) inherited the title via his sister, then survived the uprising of Owain Glyndŵr and the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, where he fought against Henry " Hotspur " Percy.

Dafydd's two young sons, heirs to the Principality or Kingdom of Wales, were taken to Bristol Castle, where they were held prisoner ; Llywelyn ap Dafydd died there in 1287, four years after his capture, and was buried in the Dominican Church ; Owain ap Dafydd survived ( his brother ); the King of England ordered a cage made of timber, bound with iron, in which to hold Owain ap Dafydd more securely at night.

Dolbadarn Castle, where Owain is thought to have been held captive

It is unclear where Owain was imprisoned, but some scholars believe he was kept in Dolbadarn Castle near Llanberis.

As ruler of Gwynedd, Owain stripped Cadwaladr of his lands, and dispatched Hywel to Ceredigion where he burned Cadwaladr's castle at Aberystwyth.

Owain, his only son, was born in Surrey, where his grandfather had acquired the manor of Tatsfield.