Tal-y-llyn, or Talyllyn, is a small hamlet and former parish in
Gwynedd
Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, an ...
, Wales, situated at the end of
Tal-y-llyn Lake close to the village of
Abergynolwyn. The parish covered an area of . The
River Dysynni
The River Dysynni ( cy, Afon Dysynni) is a river in mid Wales. Its source is the Tal-y-llyn Lake ( cy, Llyn Mwyngil) just south of the Cadair Idris massif and its mouth is in the Cardigan Bay area of the Irish Sea to the north of Tywyn. It mea ...
flows out of the lake at this point, flowing down to enter
Cardigan Bay north of
Tywyn. Another lake known as
Llyn y Tri Greyenyn or Llyn Bach was formerly located close to the border with the parish of
Dolgellau
Dolgellau () is a town and Community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It was the traditional county town of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Merionet ...
.
For much of the 19th century, and the first half of the 20th century, the predominant industry in the area was
slate mining, in the quarries at
Bryn Eglwys and
Corris
Corris is a village in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, about north of the town of Machynlleth. The village lies on the west bank of the Afon Dulas (which here forms the boundary with Powys), around that river's confluence with the Afon Deri ...
. The
Talyllyn Railway
The Talyllyn Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow gauge preserved railway in Wales running for from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1865Drummond 2015, page 17 ...
was built in the 1860s to serve the quarries at Bryn Eglwys. Although this never reached the lake, and was never planned to do so, the terminus of the railway was in the parish, thereby giving the railway its name. Tourism is now one of the principle industries in the area, and the hamlet includes a hotel and
public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ...
.
The parish church, St Mary's, dates from the 13th century, with the present structure dating from around 1590. It is a Grade II* listed building.
John David Edwards, a cleric and hymn tune composer, is buried in the churchyard.
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Villages in Gwynedd
Villages in Snowdonia
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant