Chwalfa
Encyclopedia
Chwalfa is a Welsh language
novel
written by T. Rowland Hughes in 1946.
The novel chronicles the history of the Ifans family in the imaginary quarry town of Llechfaen. However, the story is based on the real events in Bethesda
, Gwynedd
, at the time of the 'Great Strike' at Penrhyn Quarry
between 1900 and 1903.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
written by T. Rowland Hughes in 1946.
The novel chronicles the history of the Ifans family in the imaginary quarry town of Llechfaen. However, the story is based on the real events in Bethesda
Bethesda, Wales
Bethesda is a town lying on the River Ogwen and the A5 road on the edge of Snowdonia, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, colloquially called Pesda by the locals.- History :...
, Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
, at the time of the 'Great Strike' at Penrhyn Quarry
Penrhyn Quarry
The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly long and deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen. It has since been superseded in size by slate quarries...
between 1900 and 1903.