Ffestiniog
{{short description|Community in Gwynedd, Wales}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|52.99|-3.93|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Ffestiniog
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| population = 4,875
| population_ref = (2011)
| static_image_name = Blaena' and the Moelwynion hills from the quarrymen's path to Bowydd Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 581860.jpg
| static_image_caption = Blaenau Ffestiniog
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| unitary_wales = Gwynedd
| lieutenancy_wales = Gwynedd
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Dwyfor Meirionnydd
| constituency_westminster = Dwyfor Meirionnydd
| community_wales = Ffestiniog
| postcode_district = LL41
| postcode_area = LL
| post_town = BLAENAU FFESTINIOG
| dial_code = 01766
| area_total_km2 = 56.99
| os_grid_reference = SH705455
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Map of the community
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Ffestiniog ({{IPAc-en|f|ɛ|s|ˈ|t|ɪ|n|j|ɒ|ɡ}};{{Cite Dictionary.com|ffestiniog|access-date=16 January 2024}}{{Cite Collins Dictionary|ffestiniog|access-date=16 January 2024}} {{IPA|cy|fɛstˈɪnjɔg|-|Ffestiniog.ogg}}) is a community in Gwynedd, Wales, containing several villages, in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has a population of 4,875.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790560 |title=Office for National Statistics : Neighbourhood Statistics : Census 2011 : Gwynedd |access-date=10 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922091920/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790560 |archive-date=22 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000063|access-date=2021-07-31|website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}
History
Ffestiniog was a parish in Cantref Ardudwy; in 1284, Ardudwy became part of the county of Merionethshire, which became an administrative county in 1888.
Mary Evans (1735–89) founded a sect in Ffestiniog around 1780, whose believers held that she had married Christ in a ceremony held in Ffestiniog church. The sect soon died out after her death.{{cite DWB|id=s-EVAN-MAR-1735 |last=Jenkins|first=Robert Thomas|year=1959 |title=EVANS, MARY|access-date=2016-03-23}}
The parish was created an urban district in 1894.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10128626 A Vision of Britain Through Time : Ffestiniog urban District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051154/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10128626 |date=4 June 2011 }} Retrieved 12 January 2010 On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Ffestiniog Urban District was abolished, becoming merged with other districts to form Meirionnydd District, which was itself abolished in 1996. Ffestiniog became a community with an elected town council.
Ffestiniog Golf Club was founded in 1893. The club closed at the end of March 2014.[http://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/wales-64/1455-wales-ffestiniog-golf-club "Ffestiniog Golf Club"], "Golf’s Missing Links".
Toponymy
Celtic place-name in *-ākon "place of", then, "place belonging to, territory of" > Old Welsh -auc, -awg > Welsh -og. The form -iog with an additional /i/ can be explained by the preceding element, which is a personal name ending with -i-us : Festinius. The whole name should be *Festiniākon. Probably same name as Festigny (France, e.g.: Festigny, Marne, Festiniacus in 853). A Roman Inscription in Chester honours Lucius Festinius Probus;{{Cite web |title=RIB 537. Funerary inscription for Lucius Festinius Probus {{!}} Roman Inscriptions of Britain |url=https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/537 |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=romaninscriptionsofbritain.org |language=en}} Chester was the main Roman base for North Wales, so this is probably he.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ffestiniog}}
- {{Official website|http://www.ffestiniog.org.uk/ }}
- {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Festiniog |short=x}}
- {{cite book|chapter=FFESTINIOG|title=Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales|year=1891|edition=20th|pages=194–197|location=London|publisher=Adam & Charles Black|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3iINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA194}}
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Category:Communities in Gwynedd