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Mary Jones, famous for walking to Bala at the age of sixteen to buy a Bible, lived in the village when older, and was buried in the village after her death in 1864. [ 4 ] The football club, Tywyn & Bryncrug FC ( Welsh language : Clwb Pêl-droed Tywyn a Bryncrug), play their home matches in the village.
Bala (Welsh: Y Bala) is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an urban district, Bala lies in the historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bala Lake (Welsh: Llyn Tegid). According to the 2021 census, Bala had a population of 1,999 [1] and 72.5 per cent of the population could speak Welsh. [2]
The station opened in February 1867, [3] four months after the start of passenger services on the railway. [1] The station is named after a nearby stream, the Nant Rhyd-yr-onnen (this stream is also known as the Nant Braich-y-Rhiw), which itself is named after the road's ford over it, just north of the station (now replaced with a bridge). [1]
Bala (Penybont) is the current terminus of the heritage Bala Lake Railway, in Gwynedd, Wales, since 1976. The site was formerly the location of the Bala Lake Halt railway station, a former station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. The narrow-gauge Bala Lake Railway originally named the station Bala (Llyn Tegid) (Llyn Tegid is the Welsh name for ...
The Bala Lake Railway, which runs on 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in)-gauge preserved rolling stock, is a member of the Great Little Trains of Wales. The railway now has the largest collection of historic narrow-gauge quarry locomotives built specifically for the slate industry in North Wales by the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds .
Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, CBE [3] (24 October 1868 – 13 April 1951), popularly known as Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi, or Bhawanrao Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi, was the ruler of the princely state of Aundh during the British Raj, from 1909 until 1947.
Onnen is a village in the municipality of Groningen in the Netherlands. There are some picturesque farms and windmills in the village. Onnen is an esdorp. The Onner ash lies a considerable distance from the actual village (an ash generally lies flat outside a village). The Groningen – Assen railway lies near Onnen.
Glan-yr-afon [1] is a small village near Corwen in Gwynedd, Wales, situated on the A494. The village lies on the boundary between Gwynedd and Denbighshire. Local businesses in Glan-yr-afon include a garage, a cafè, the Llawrbetws Caravan Park and a glassblowers, the Glassblobbery Studio and Gallery. The village also has a church and a chapel.