[permalink] [id link]
Machynlleth (; sometimes referred to colloquially as Mach ) is a market town in Powys, Wales.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Machynlleth and sometimes
* Machynlleth, sometimes referred to colloquially as Mach, a market town in Wales
Machynlleth and is
It is the sister city of Machynlleth, Wales.
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.
There is a long history of human activity in the Machynlleth area.
But one of the earliest written references to Machynlleth is the Royal charter granted in 1291 by Edward I to Owen de la Pole, Lord of Powys.
The Wednesday market is still a busy and popular day in Machynlleth 700 years on.
Machynlleth is home to the signalling centre that will control the new European Rail Traffic Management System ( ERTMS ) on the Cambrian Line.
It is thought that after the rebellion floundered, Owain went into hiding in the area around Machynlleth.
Pwllheli railway station is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway running to Machynlleth with services continuing to Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
There is a scenic mountain road connecting Machynlleth and Llanidloes.
Fairbourne railway station is served by the Cambrian Coast Railway, which runs from Machynlleth to Pwllheli and operated by Arriva Trains Wales
In the nearest town, Machynlleth, there is a wholefood vegetarian café and a separate shop also owned and run by CAT, and an industrial estate ( the Dyfi Eco Park ) near Machynlleth Railway Station houses the offices of Dulas Ltd, a renewable energy company started by ex-CAT employees.
The A458 is a route on the UK highway network that runs from Mallwyd, near Machynlleth, in Wales, to Halesowen, near Stourbridge, in England.
Chief amongst them is the tale that he tried to assassinate Glyndŵr at his parliament at Machynlleth in 1404.
Pennal is a village on the A493 road in southern Gwynedd, Wales, on the north bank of the Afon Dyfi / River Dovey, near Machynlleth.
While the original letter remains in the Archives Nationales in Paris, a copy is displayed at the Parliament House in Machynlleth, and at the National Library of Wales.
Aberhosan () is a village in the Welsh principal area of Powys, located between the historic town of Machynlleth and village of Dylife.
Machynlleth and market
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.
This gave him the right to hold " a market at Machynlleth every Wednesday for ever and two fairs every year ".
Machynlleth and town
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.
Montgomery, the traditional county town, shared administrative functions with Machynlleth, on the other side of the county.
They built a small Roman fort at Pennal ( Cefn Caer ) four miles west of Machynlleth, and are reputed to have had two look-out posts above the town at Bryn-y-gog and Wylfa.
The railway's Machynlleth station building, built in 1905, can still be seen alongside the road approaching the town from the north.
The town hosted the 2011 Machynlleth Comedy Festival, which ran from 29 April to 1 May, and featured comedians Jon Richardson and Pappy's.
It lies approximately 4 miles east of the town of Machynlleth.
Machynlleth and Wales
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.
* Wales: Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newport, Newtown, St Asaph, Wrexham
* The Museum of Modern Art, Wales ( MOMA ) in Machynlleth
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.
* Owain Glyndŵr, ( c. 1349 or 1359 – c. 1416 ), Welsh ruler and Prince of Wales, crowned in Machynlleth in 1404.
* Edward Morgan Lewis, ( December 25, 1872, in Machynlleth, Wales – May 23, 1936 in Durham, New Hampshire ), baseball player in U. S.
* George Joshua Richard Monbiot, ( born 27 January 1963 ), English writer, lives in Machynlleth, Wales.
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.
This medal has been awarded annually since 1995 by the Machynlleth Tabernacl Trust, for excellence in the arts in Wales.
It was given this name by Charles Alured Jeffreys, ( 1821-1904 ) of Glandyfi, Machynlleth, Wales.
Machynlleth and .
Some of his achievements included holding the first ever Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth and plans for two universities.
* Machynlleth, where Owain Glyndŵr held a parliament in 1404.
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.
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.
** 1tp2h continues to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli after dividing at Machynlleth.
Machynlleth: Kittwake.
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.
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.
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.
0.349 seconds.