|
Ogwen Valley From Crimpiau , Welsh actor
{{disambig, geo, surname ...
Ogwen may refer to: Places * Ogwen (electoral ward), covering the village of Bethesda in Gwynedd, Wales *Afon Ogwen, a river in Gwynedd, Wales *Llyn Ogwen, its source *Dyffryn Ogwen or Ogwen Valley, its valley *Ogwen Cottage, an outdoor education centre by Llyn Ogwen * Ogwen Group, an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Gwynedd, north-west Wales *Ogwen Rural District, a former rural district in Caernarfonshire, Wales from 1894 to 1974 People * John Ogwen John Ogwen (born 25 April 1944) is a Welsh actor. Early life Ogwen was born and raised in Sling near Bethesda in the Ogwen Valley, from which his surname derives. He attended Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen, then studied English and Welsh at the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogwen (electoral Ward)
Ogwen is the name of an electoral ward covering part of the village and community of Bethesda in Gwynedd, Wales. It elects councillors to the community council and Gwynedd Council. Description The ward covers the centre of Bethesda, its High Street and schools. It is bordered to the west by the Afon Ogwen, with the Afon Llafar defining its southern border. To the south and the east of Ogwen is the ward of Gerlan, which includes the Gerlan area and the village of Rachub. Community Council Ogwen is a community ward to Bethesda Community Council, electing seven of the thirteen community councillors. County Council Between 1973 and 1989 Ogwen was the name of a ward to Gwynedd County Council, electing two county councillors (one of only two county wards to elect more than one). From 1995 Ogwen became a ward to the new Gwynedd Council, electing one county councillor. Since 1995 it has been represented by Plaid Cymru, with Ann Williams the councillor from 2004 to 2017. At the May 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afon Ogwen
ˈ The Afon Ogwen (; ; Welsh, meaning River Ogwen in English) is a river in north-west Wales draining from some of the greatest peaks in Snowdonia before discharging to the sea on the eastern side of Bangor, Gwynedd. Etymology Although the spoken form in the local North Wales dialect is Ogwan (with an A), and it has also recently been shown that Ogwan is an original form of the name; the form Ogwen is believed to have been mistakenly adopted as a kind of back-formation, because many words ending in ''-en'' become ''-an'' in the north Wales dialect. The name of the river is recorded as ''Oguanw'' (with the U doing duty for modern F) in a poem in the Hendregadredd Manuscript. The name is probably a compound word: ''og'' + ''Banw'' (after language mutation, turns into 'Fanw') 'piglet' = ''ogfanw''. The precise meaning of ''og'' is less clear, but it may either be cognate with the Irish ''Tír na n-Óg'' (land of youth) or else derive from the Proto-Indo-European *oku ("soon, fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llyn Ogwen
Llyn Ogwen (; ) is a ribbon lake in north-west Wales. It lies alongside the A5 road between two mountain ranges of Snowdonia, the Carneddau and the Glyderau. Somewhat unusually, the county boundary at this point is drawn so that the lake itself lies in the county of Gwynedd, but all the surrounding land (excluding the outflow) lies in Conwy County Borough. Llyn Ogwen lies at a height of about 310 metres above sea level and has an area of , but is a very shallow lake, with a maximum depth of only a little over 3 metres. It is fed by a number of streams from the slopes of the mountains which surround it, which include Tryfan and Pen yr Ole Wen. The largest of these streams is Afon Lloer, which flows from Ffynnon Lloer. It is said that after the Battle of Camlann (King Arthur's final battle), Sir Bedivere (Bedwyr) cast the sword Excalibur into Llyn Ogwen, where it was caught by the Lady of the Lake. Tryfan is said to be Sir Bedivere's final resting-place. According to the wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyffryn Ogwen
Dyffryn Ogwen, or Ogwen Valley, is a valley mostly located in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The upper section of the valley, east of Llyn Ogwen, lies in the county of Conwy. Geography The valley lies to the south of Bangor. It is bordered one side by the Glyderau mountain range and on the other by the Carneddau. The River Ogwen (Afon Ogwen in Welsh) flows through it, separating the two mountain ranges. The valley is a part of Snowdonia National Park. The valley was historically dependent on the roofing slate industry and suffered from its decline from the 1960s onward. The only other significant source of employment was and still is mountain sheep farming. Unemployment is currently around 20%. Recreation The Ogwen Valley, as a result of being bordered on all sides by mountainous regions, is home to many hill walkers, climbers, and campers. This level of recreational activity can at times result in people getting into trouble on the hills, and to address this problem the Ogwen V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogwen Cottage
Ogwen Cottage Outdoor Pursuits Centre is situated beside Llyn Ogwen, in Gwynedd, Wales. It is owned by the National Trust, who bought the property at auction in October 2014 for £450,000. It was formerly for many years part of Birmingham City Council's Outdoor Learning Service, providing outdoor education, and with links to the climbing community. Thomas Telford Located on the London to Holyhead A5 road (Great Britain), Ogwen developed as a stage coach inn and the present stores building was once stabling for horses. The nearby Tin Can Alley was a source of honing stones used to sharpen tools during the construction of the A5 by Thomas Telford. This mammoth project started in 1815 and it was 1836 by the time the first mail coach crossed the Menai Straits via Telford's bridge. Telford designed the milestones and the hexagonal toll houses every five miles. Toll houses survive in Capel Curig and Bethesda, Wales whilst in the middle stands Ogwen. Climbers The centre is infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogwen Group
The Ogwen Group is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The name is derived from Ogwen Valley, a locality in Snowdonia where it outcrops. Outcrops The rocks occur throughout Llŷn and eastwards into Snowdonia within Gwynedd. Lithology and stratigraphy The Group consists of about 1000 m thickness (in the Pwllheli area) of mudstones and siltstones with some basal sandstones together with tuffs and oolitic ironstones laid down during the Arenig and Caradoc Caradoc Vreichvras (; Modern cy, Caradog Freichfras, ) was a semi-legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent. He may have lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in the Matter of Britain as a Knight of the Round Table, under the na ... epochs of the Ordovician Period. The Nant Ffrancon subgroup alone exceeds 2km thickness in central Snowdonia. The subgroup as itself been classed as both a formation and a group at times. References {{Reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogwen Rural District
Ogwen was a rural district in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire in Wales from 1894 to 1974. The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the former Bangor Rural Sanitary District in Caernarfonshire. The rest on the Isle of Anglesey, formed Aethwy Rural District. The district was named after the River Ogwen and Ogwen Valley. The district contained the following civil parishes, now communities: *Aber *Llandygai *Llanllechid *Pentir In 1894 the urban district of Bethesda was formed from part of Llanllechid parish. The rural district lost further territory under a County Review Order in 1934: parts of Llandygai and Llanlechid were transferred to Capel Curig parish in Nant Conwy Rural District, and parts of Llandygai and Pentir was included in an extension of the boundaries of the Municipal Borough of Bangor. The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, with its area becoming part of the Borough of Arfon, one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
