Rhiwbryfdir

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Rhiwbryfdir was the original terminating point of the FR in 1836 (at the end of the Dinas Branch). It was never a station but housed a smithy and a large stable of horses. It was marked by a stone inscribed with "J.W.G" and "F.R." on either side of a vertical line. J.W.G. refers to Greaves' Quarry.

Management of the Rhiwbryfdir Quarry was passed from Samuel Holland the elder (1768-1851) to his son Samuel Holland the younger (1803-92) in c1821.

William Edward Oakeley later undertook the running of Holland and Rhiwbryfdir Quarries, and from 1878 until 1882 was solely responsible for the quarry administration.

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