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    The Afon Dwyfor is a river in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, in total the river is 12+1⁄2 miles (20.1 km) in length. It rises in Cwm Dwyfor at the head of...
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    point where the A497 road crosses the Afon Dwyfor. The community and ward includes the villages of Chwilog, Afon Wen, Llanarmon, and Llangybi, plus the...
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    Tir Ifan. The county was divided into five districts: Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and Anglesey. The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished...
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    The Grave of David Lloyd George, stands on a bank of the Afon Dwyfor in the village of Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales. It commemorates Lloyd George who...
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    village stands in a valley at the confluence of the River Glaslyn and the Afon Colwyn. Just above the confluence of the rivers, in the centre of the village...
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    Afon Mawddach (Welsh for 'River Mawddach') is a river in Gwynedd, Wales, which has its source in a wide area SH820300 north of Dduallt in Snowdonia. It...
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    Adda Afon Artro Afon Cegin Afon Cwmnantcol Afon Daron Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyryd Afon Dysynni Afon Fathew Afon Glaslyn Afon Llyfni Afon Mawddach Afon Ogwen...
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    photography at Fach Farm, some 1100 metres north of the bridge over the Afon Soch, identified crop marks that were reported as a possible Roman fortlet...
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    was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Gwynedd, Wales, in the Afon Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in...
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    in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire...
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    Dolgellau is home to a bilingual further education college, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor. The site it occupies was originally home to Dr Williams' School, a direct...
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    Adda Afon Artro Afon Cegin Afon Cwmnantcol Afon Daron Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyryd Afon Dysynni Afon Fathew Afon Glaslyn Afon Llyfni Afon Mawddach Afon Ogwen...
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    temperature ranges, and generally moderate rainfall throughout the year. The Afon Tryweryn, a river fed from Llyn Celyn which runs through Bala, is world-famous...
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    River Dwyryd (redirect from Afon Dwyryd)
    The River Dwyryd (Welsh: Afon Dwyryd), is a river in Gwynedd, Wales which flows principally westwards; draining to the sea into Tremadog Bay, south of...
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    Adda Afon Artro Afon Cegin Afon Cwmnantcol Afon Daron Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyryd Afon Dysynni Afon Fathew Afon Glaslyn Afon Llyfni Afon Mawddach Afon Ogwen...
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    List of rivers of Wales (redirect from Afon)
    David's Head Afon Saint Afon Daron Afon Cyllyfelin (R) Afon Soch Afon Horon (L) Afon Rhyd-hir Afon Penrhos (R) Afon Erch Afon Wen Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyfach...
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    Penrallt site was later redeveloped as the Pwllheli campus of Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor. The façade of the main building of the old grammar school was retained...
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    formed in 1927, controls the fishing rights on 8 miles (13 km) of the Afon Dwyfor and Afon Dwyfach. Each year between 2,000 and 3,000 sea trout and 30 to 40...
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    outskirts of the modern town, or the Norman castle erected near the mouth of the Afon Seiont. "Arfon" means "opposite Môn (Anglesey)", and the full name therefore...
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    Adda Afon Artro Afon Cegin Afon Cwmnantcol Afon Daron Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyryd Afon Dysynni Afon Fathew Afon Glaslyn Afon Llyfni Afon Mawddach Afon Ogwen...
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    Adda Afon Artro Afon Cegin Afon Cwmnantcol Afon Daron Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyryd Afon Dysynni Afon Fathew Afon Glaslyn Afon Llyfni Afon Mawddach Afon Ogwen...
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    [bɛθ'ɛsda]) is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the banks of Afon Ogwen and on the edge of Snowdonia. It is 5 miles (8 km) from Bangor. The...
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    Dinorwic, is a village and community beside the Menai Strait (Welsh: Y Fenai or Afon Menai) between Bangor and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. Etymologically...
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    3°53′53″W / 52.745°N 3.898°W / 52.745; -3.898 Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor (Welsh for 'Meirion-Dwyfor College'; abbreviated CMD) is a college in Gwynedd, Wales...
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    Morfa Gwyllt, beyond which lie the Broad Water lagoon and the mouth of the Afon Dysynni. To the north-east lie the rich farmland of Bro Dysynni and the village...
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    when it became part of Dwyfor District in the new county of Gwynedd, though it retained limited powers as a community. Dwyfor itself disappeared when...
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    people lived in the area in scattered groups of circular huts near the river, Afon Crawcwellt, about two miles south of today's village. A substantial Romano-British...
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    Aberdaron (redirect from Afon Daron)
    absorbed into Aberdaron; this formed a community within Dwyfor District in the new county of Gwynedd; Dwyfor was abolished as a local authority area when Gwynedd...
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    near Bangor. Right Afon Bodesi Afon Lloer Afon Denau Afon Caseg Afon Llafar Afon Ffrydlas Afon Llan (Llanllechid) Left Nant (neu Afon) Gwern y Gof Nant...
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    Adda Afon Artro Afon Cegin Afon Cwmnantcol Afon Daron Afon Dwyfor Afon Dwyryd Afon Dysynni Afon Fathew Afon Glaslyn Afon Llyfni Afon Mawddach Afon Ogwen...
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