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    Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a hamlet and wider, very sparsely populated community (which includes Abergynolwyn and Tal-y-llyn) in the Meirionnydd area of...
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    See also Llanfihangel (disambiguation). Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the community of Dolbenmaen in Snowdonia...
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  • Monmouthshire Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd, on the Isle of Anglesey Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, a community in Gwynedd Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Dolbenmaen, a village...
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    pronunciation), Cenin, Garndolbenmaen, (the largest settlement) Golan, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Penmorfa (Welsh pronunciation), Pentrefelin, Wern, Glan-dwyfach...
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    Abergynolwyn (category Llanfihangel-y-Pennant)
    population of the community which is named after the village of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant was 339 at the 2011 census. Historically, the village was part of...
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    buildings and structures within the village have their own listings. The grounds (Y Gwyllt, meaning 'The Wild place') contain a collection of rhododendrons and...
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    Castell y Bere is a Welsh castle near Llanfihangel-y-pennant in Gwynedd, Wales. Constructed by Llywelyn the Great in the 1220s, the stone castle was intended...
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    Bala, Gwynedd (redirect from Y Bala)
    Mary Jones, walked the 25 miles (40 km) from her home village Llanfihangel-y-Pennant to purchase a Welsh bible in Bala. The scarcity of the Bible, along...
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    Porthmadog (redirect from Borth-y-Gest)
    changed its name to Portmadoc. In 1934 part of the area was transferred to Dolbenmaen and a smaller area was taken in from Treflys, which was abolished. Porthmadog...
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    et al. (ed.), Ystyron Enwau ... ym Mhlwyfi Towyn, Llangelynin, Llanfihangel y Pennant, Talyllyn, a Phennal (Caernarfon, 1907), p. 122. Meirionnydd Archives...
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    by slate mining at nearby Bethesda, beginning in the 1770s by Richard Pennant, becoming one of the largest slate quarries in the world. The route between...
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    Llanrug (redirect from Llanfihangel-y-Rug)
    Llanrug (or Llanfihangel-yn-y-grug) is a medium-sized village and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east of...
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    Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet (1832–1891), landowner and politician, co-founder of the Y Wladfa settlement in Patagonia T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), archaeologist,...
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    Aberdaron (redirect from Trwyn y Penrhyn)
    Penycaerau, Rhoshirwaun, Rhydlios, Uwchmynydd and Y Rhiw. It covers an area of just under 50 square kilometres. Y Rhiw and Llanfaelrhys have long been linked...
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    derives its name from the Roman fortifications. In Welsh, the place was called y gaer (lenition of caer) yn Arfon, meaning 'the stronghold in the land over...
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    and a market is still held each Wednesday in the centre of the town on 'Y Maes' (‘the field’ or ‘the town square’ in English). The town grew around...
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    were along the lines of Dôlgelly, Dolgelley, Dolgelly or Dolgelli. Thomas Pennant used the form Dolgelleu in his Tours of Wales, and this was the form used...
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    Barmouth (redirect from Y Bermo)
    Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary...
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    Llanfaelrhys Llanfaglan Llanfair Llanfihangel Bachellaeth Llanfihangel-y-Pennant Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Dolbenmaen Llanfrothen Llangelynnin Llangian...
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    cliffs of Dolgaregddu and Nyth-y-Gigfran. A few of the historic farmhouses survive at Cwm Bowydd, Neuadd Ddu, Gelli, Pen y Bryn and Cefn Bychan. Much of...
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    Lafan Sands to Anglesey. A pre-Roman defensive enclosure, Maes y Gaer, which rises above Pen y Bryn on the eastern side of the valley, has far reaching views...
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    forces advanced down the Conwy valley and through Dolwyddelan and Castell y Bere, onto Harlech, which Sir Otton de Grandson took with 560 infantry in...
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    Y Felinheli (Welsh pronunciation), formerly known in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village and community beside the Menai Strait (Welsh: Y Fenai or Afon...
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    Penmon priory on Anglesey mentions Kaerinarfon, and the Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion mentions both Kaerenarvon and Caerenarvon. The town and the county...
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  • Thumbnail for Llanfihangel Bachellaeth
    Llanfihangel Bachellaeth is a former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Buan. A Vision of Britain...
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    was in 1239, when the administrative centre of Eifionydd was moved from Dolbenmaen. In the later years of his life, Llywelyn turned his attention to his...
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    years ago. A dolerite dyke of Ordovician age intrudes the melange at Trwyn y Gorlech in the north whilst an olivine dolerite dyke of Tertiary age is seen...
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    Llanfaelrhys Llanfaglan Llanfair Llanfihangel Bachellaeth Llanfihangel-y-Pennant Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Dolbenmaen Llanfrothen Llangelynnin Llangian...
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    link] Avent, Richard (2010). Dolwyddelan Castle, Dolbadarn Castle, Castel y Bere. Cardiff: Cadw. ISBN 978-1-85760-205-0. "About Llanberis MRT". Llanberis...
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    Llanfaelrhys Llanfaglan Llanfair Llanfihangel Bachellaeth Llanfihangel-y-Pennant Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Dolbenmaen Llanfrothen Llangelynnin Llangian...
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