In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dinas like this:
DINAS, a place near Festiniog, in Merioneth; at the end of the Portmadoc and Festiniog railway.
The location is where the name "Dinas" appears on the 1891 OS six inch map, "Wales - Merionethshire: 004/SW'" (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55187&sheetid=5450&ox=0&oy=0&zm=1&czm=10&x=183&y=73; accessed: 12 March 2011). This was the original terminus of the Ffestiniog railway.
Dinas through time
Dinas is now part of Gwynedd district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gwynedd has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dinas itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dinas, in Gwynedd and Merionethshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22964
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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