Capel Celyn Memorial Chapel was erected after the village of ... The work saw the whole building repointed inside and out with lime mortar and the roof fully repaired. Admission to the chapel ...

Capel Celyn was flooded over 50 years ago to construct a reservoir supplying drinking water to Liverpool and Wirral. A chapel was built on the site in 1965 to remember the families forced to move ...

Perhaps the most famous of them all, Capel Celyn was flooded to create a fresh ... A primary school, chapel and regular markets provided a focus for interaction as did the sharing of farm work.

A once-bustling town in the UK is now entirely underwater - and can only be seen during periods of extreme hot weather. The abandoned Welsh village of Capel Celyn, Gwynedd has been dubbed 'Britain ...

The village could not be saved and in 1965 Capel Celyn was flooded, with 75 people having to leave their homes. Its 12 farms, school, chapel and post office disappeared under water. Betsan visited ...

Fresh images show Capel Celyn rising from the depleted waters ... It was home to 70 people once had a post office, school and a chapel with a cemetery. But they were submerged along with houses ...

Despite this, the bill passed in 1962, sealing the fate of Capel Celyn and its residents. When the valley was flooded three years later, all buildings-homes, farms, and the beloved chapel ...

The village of Capel Celyn in the Trweryn Valley in North Wales was flooded in 1965 to make way for a new reservoir. A post office, school and chapel were all submerged along with 800 acres of land.

Blue graffiti has been spotted on a wall at Llyn Celyn near Bala. The reservoir was created in 1965 after it was agreed that the village of Capel Celyn ... a school and a chapel with a cemetery ...

The last train to Capel Celyn trundled in on January 2, 1960, accompanied by a funeral band. That summer, clay for the dam’s core was laid down and, not far from the village, gravel was gauged ...

Capel Celyn was flooded over 50 years ago to construct a reservoir supplying drinking water to Liverpool and Wirral. A chapel was built on the site in 1965 to remember the families forced to move ...

Perhaps the most famous of them all, Capel Celyn was flooded to create a fresh ... A primary school, chapel and regular markets provided a focus for interaction as did the sharing of farm work.