Jeff:
The attached from the Bala Lake Railway website :
"The railway between Bala and Dolgellau was built by the Bala &
Dolgelley Railway Company (which used the English spelling for the
latter place), and opened in 1868. The railway joined the Corwen and
Bala Railway at Bala and with the Cambrian Railways at Dolgellau. The
line was operated by the Great Western, which absorbed it in 1877. In
1896 the GWR enlarged Llanuwchllyn station, with an extended building
and a new signalbox. A long passing loop and second platform were also
added. The signalbox and its lever frame are still in use today."
Ken Richards
Jeff Delves wrote: <snipped>
4) How would the household have travelled to Llanuwchllyn? Presumably
by train - the 1871 census shows at least 1 railway porter & 2 platelayers living in
Llanuwchllyn, so I reckon the railway had reached there by then. I wonder what life was
like for Eliza, with 4 children to look after, and her husband's 2 elderly aunts, and
"only" 1 servant to help!! Maybe the house wasn't large enough to
accommodate any more live-in servants, but they came in to work on a daily basis.