Aberdyfi (Aberdovey), Gwynedd - TreFeddian Hotel - postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  TreFeddian Hotel -Aberdovey [now usually Aberdyfi], Merionethshire [now part of Gwynedd] 
• Publisher: the hotel / printed by Brown Knight and Truscott Ltd
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Aberdyfi Welsh pronunciation: [abɛrˈdəvi], also known as Aberdovey/ˌæbəˈdʌviː/, is both a village and a community in Gwynedd, Wales, located on the northern side of the River Dyfi estuary.

The community had a population of 878 as of the 2011 census. The electoral ward had a larger population of 1,282 and includes the community of Pennal.

The village was founded around the harbour and shipbuilding industry, but is now best known as a seaside resort with a high quality beach.[2][3] The centre is on the river and seafront, around the original harbour, jetty and beach; it stretches back from the coast and up the steep hillside in the midst of typical Welsh coastal scenery of steep green hills and sheep farms. Penhelig railway station (Welsh: Penhelyg) is in the eastern part of Aberdyfi.

Being less than 100 miles (160 km) from the West Midlands, Aberdyfi is popular with tourists. A relatively large proportion of houses in the village are now holiday homes. The town is located within the Snowdonia National Park. In the 2011 census, 38.5% of the population of Aberdyfi ward identified themselves as Welsh (or combined).[1]

The anglicised spelling for the village and community is Aberdovey. The Welsh Aberdyfi is now widely used locally and by the Gwynedd Council[4] and the Welsh Government. The body responsible for providing advice on the standard forms of Welsh place-names, the Welsh Language Commissioner, recommends Aberdyfi to be the standard form for use in both English and Welsh.[5] Some entities continue to use the anglicisation[6] e.g. in their name and/or address[7][8][9][10][11][12] and some use the two spellings interchangeably.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

History

Local tradition suggests that the Romans established a track into Aberdyfi as part of the military occupation of Wales around AD78.[20]

The strategic location in mid-Wales was the site of several conferences between north and south Wales princes in 540, 1140, and for the Council of Aberdyfi in 1216. The hill in the centre of Aberdyfi, Pen-y-Bryn, has been claimed to be the site of fortifications in the 1150s, which were soon destroyed.[20] The site of Aberdyfi Castle however is usually said to be at the motte earthworks further up the river near Glandyfi.[21]

During the Spanish Armada of 1597, a Spanish ship, the Bear of Amsterdam missed her objective at Milford Haven and ended up having entered the Dyfi estuary. She was unable to leave for 10 days because of the wind and could not be boarded as no suitable boats were available.[20] An attempt to burn her was frustrated by winds and when she did leave she ended up being captured by a waiting English fleet off the Cornish coast.[22]

In the 1700s, the village grew with the appearance of several of the inns still in current use (The Dovey Hotel, Britannia and Penhelig Arms). Copper was mined in the present Copperhill Street, and lead in Penhelig.