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Porthmadog, (Pronounced Port Madock), known locally as Port, is a small coastal town located in Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, traditionally part of Caernarfonshire. It has a population of 4,187 (2001 census). The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities. ...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
Home Nations is a term used to refer to the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland - collectively, but also as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole. ...
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There are a number of police forces in the United Kingdom. ...
North Wales Police is the police force covering the north of Wales - specifically the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd. ...
The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy. ...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
Wales has thirteen traditional counties (or vice counties). ...
Caernarfonshire, also known as Carnarvonshire or, in Welsh, as Sir Gaernarfon, is a maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by the Irish Sea, E. by Denbighshire, S. by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and W. by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Straits, which separates it from Anglesey. ...
A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ...
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The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ...
To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ...
Caernarfon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...
Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. ...
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A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ...
Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ...
Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ...
For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...
Caernarfonshire, also known as Carnarvonshire or, in Welsh, as Sir Gaernarfon, is a maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by the Irish Sea, E. by Denbighshire, S. by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and W. by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Straits, which separates it from Anglesey. ...
Porthmadog came into existence after William Madocks built a long seawall, called the Cob, to reclaim a large amount of land from the sea for agricultural use. The town was called Portmadoc until 1974, when it was renamed to the equivalent Welsh spelling. Though its name likely derives from Madocks, many locals claim the town is really called after Ynys Madoc (Madoc Island) in the Glaslyn Estuary and its famous resident Madog ap Owain Gwynedd, a prince who, according to legend, travelled to the Americas 300 years before Columbus. William Alexander Maddocks (1773-1828) was a landowner and Member of Parliament for the town of Boston, Lincolnshire from 1802 to 1820. ...
Seawall protecting homes from storm waves and beach erosion. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
Glaslyn is a Lake in Snowdonia National Park on the flanks of Mount Snowdon in Wales. ...
Madog ap Owain Gwynedd is a legendary Welsh prince. ...
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Located on the Irish Sea coast, Porthmadog has a small harbour where ships used to load with slate carried on the many local narrow gauge railways that terminated there. These included the Croesor Tramway, Ffestiniog Railway, Gorseddau Tramway, and Welsh Highland Railway. In the second half of the 19th century Porthmadog was a flourishing port. A number of shipbuilders were active here at this time, and were particularly well-known for the three-masted schooners known as the "Western Ocean Yachts". Porthmadog's role as a commercial port was effectively ended by the First World War. Relief map of the Irish Sea. ...
A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ...
Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ...
Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ...
The Croesor Tramway was a Welsh narrow gauge railway line built to carry slate from the Creosor slate mines to Porthmadog. ...
Double fairlie Merddyn Emrys with train Double Fairlie Earl of Merionedd at Tanybwlch At Blaenau Ffestiniog Minffordd Station Historic coaches, including 1897-built ex-Lynton and Barnstaple Railway no 14 (centre) at Tanybwlch. ...
ex-South African Railways Garratt no 138 Millennium/Mileniwm hauling a train out of Caernarfon station December 28, 2004 Sister engine, no 143 in the countryside. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ...
Today, Porthmadog has termini for the Ffestiniog Railway at the south of the town, and for the Welsh Highland Railway(Porthmadoc), on the old main line sidings. In 2009 the rebuilt Welsh Highland railway from Caerneferon will start operating services to the Ffestiniog Railway's Harbour Station and through trains running from Caerneferon to Festiniog.l. Porthmadog also has a station on the Standard Gauge Cambrian Coast line. The word terminus is used in several different contexts including various topics: In transport a terminus is commonly used to describe a bus station/rail station acting as an end destination. ...
Double fairlie Merddyn Emrys with train Double Fairlie Earl of Merionedd at Tanybwlch At Blaenau Ffestiniog Minffordd Station Historic coaches, including 1897-built ex-Lynton and Barnstaple Railway no 14 (centre) at Tanybwlch. ...
ex-South African Railways Garratt no 138 Millennium/Mileniwm hauling a train out of Caernarfon station December 28, 2004 Sister engine, no 143 in the countryside. ...
As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...
Near Porthmadog is Portmeirion, where the 1960s television series The Prisoner was filmed. A part of Portmeirion. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
The Prisoner was a controversial 1967 UK television series, starring Patrick McGoohan, created by McGoohan and George Markstein. ...
Porthmadog hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1987. The Eisteddfod (literally sitting) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
one of the subdivisions of Wales File links The following pages link to this file: Caernarfon Gwynedd Blaenau Ffestiniog Porthmadog Bangor, Wales Pwllheli Llanberis Categories: GFDL images ...
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