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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Andrew Forgrave & Georgia Diebelius

Historic house owner forced to drop 'disgraceful' sign after renaming it for tourists

A cultural row over an historic place name in Snowdonia has been defused by the removal of a new English language sign.

Its installation last month caused outrage in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, as it appeared to replace the Welsh name of one of the town’s heritage properties with an Anglicised version.

On Tuesday night, the town council agreed to make inquiries with a view to “educating” the new owner of Y Llwyn, ancestral seat of local landed families dating back to the 16th Century, North Wales Live reports.

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