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    Capel-y-ffin (Welsh for 'chapel of the boundary') is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of Llanthony in Powys, Wales. It lies...
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    to an isolated, disused monastery at Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of Wales. The isolation of Capel-y-ffin suited Gill's wish to distance himself...
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    Hay-on-Wye (redirect from Y Gelli Gandryll)
    Hay-on-Wye is in the area known as "Kilvert country" which includes Clyro, Capel-y-ffin, Llowes, Glasbury, Llanigon, Painscastle, Clifford and Whitney-on-Wye...
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    by Joseph Leycester Lyne (Father Ignatius), in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory. It survived until 1908...
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    and Partrishow churches are also located nearby. The youth hostel at Capel-y-ffin closed in late 2007. Hay-on-Wye which promotes itself as the 'town of...
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    Mabinogion (redirect from Y Mabinogion)
    ISBN 0-375-41175-5. Knill, Stanley. The Mabinogion Brought To Life. Capel-y-ffin Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4895-1528-5. (Omits Taliesin. A retelling...
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  • Builth Wells (Llanfair ym Muallt) Burlingjobb Bwlch Caehopkin Caersws Capel-y-ffin Carno Cathedine Cefn Coch Cemmaes Cemmaes Road Cilmeri City Clyro Coelbren...
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  • partial seclusion at the erstwhile monastery of Joseph Leycester Lyne at Capel-y-Ffin in South Wales. At this point, the monastery was the private residence...
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    Catholicism. The monastery built by the Anglican Father Ignatius (Lyne) at Capel-y-Ffin, near Llanthony Priory, came under the ownership of a Caldey Island monk...
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    further track runs the length of the ridge southeastwards to the hamlet of Capel-y-ffin. Lord Hereford's Knob was the subject of a satirical folk rock song of...
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    sign-painters in the 1910s and some capital letter signs around his home in Capel-y-ffin, Wales. Gill had greatly admired Johnston's work on their Underground...
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    Welshpool (redirect from Y Trallwng)
    Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng ) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is four miles (six...
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    Afon Rhaeadr, which passes through the village and present-day community. Capel Seion is in the village. It is a Methodist chapel rebuilt in the early 20th...
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    The lychgate, pictured in 2012 Cell-y-bedd translates to "grave chamber" in Welsh. The cell is also called the capel-y-bedd, or "grave chapel". Monacella...
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    the county. Black Mountains Brecon Beacons – a mountain range Radnor Forest Y Gaer – a Roman fort Battle of Bryn Glas Dolforwyn Castle Montgomery Castle...
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    surrounding area. This part of Wales, including the villages of Clyro, Capel-y-ffin, Llowes, Glasbury, Llanigon, Painscastle, and the town of Hay-on-Wye...
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  • known as the Vale of Ewyas, on the Welsh side of the border, just below Capel-y-ffin. Alternatively, the location that inspired the novel could be the Black...
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    Midlands of England. The five lakes are known as the Claerwen, Craig-goch, Pen-y-garreg, Garreg-ddu, and Caban-coch. Water from the reservoirs is carried by...
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  • Pepler's St. Dominic's Press, including The Rosary Book. When Gill moved to Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of South Wales in 1923, Jones returned to London...
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    during the 20th century, both now defunct. The early course was at the Dol-y-coed Hotel and the later one at Abernant Lake Hotel. Built in 1852, the Cambrian...
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    featured on the BBC's Village SOS television series. A fort near Cwmdu (Pen-y-Gaer) is of significance to Talgarth, as it was the site where a 1st-century...
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    the 18th century. The unusual spelling of Powis, with an 'i' instead of a 'y' as in the county spelling, derives from the Herbert family's title as Lord...
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    Bethania Chapel (1851), Bethel Chapel (1861), Beulah Chapel (1893) and Capel Newydd (1930). Ebeneser Rees (1848–1908), the founder of the "Llais Llafur"...
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    Berwyn range (redirect from Y Berwyn)
    The Berwyn range (Welsh: Y Berwyn or Mynydd y Berwyn) is an isolated and sparsely populated area of moorland in the northeast of Wales, roughly bounded...
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    known as "Kilvert country" includes Glasbury and Hay-on-Wye, Clyro, Capel-y-ffin, Llowes, Llanigon, Painscastle, Clifford and Whitney-on-Wye. Glasbury...
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    was one of the few places where the river could be forded. In Roman Britain Y Gaer (Cicucium) was established as a Roman cavalry base for the conquest of...
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    Alexanderstone Meadows[citation needed] Allt Cynhelyg Allt y Main Mine Allt-y-gest Bach Howey Gorge Bach-y-graig Stream Section Baltic and Tyle'r-bont Quarries...
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    Fawr the southwest and Mynydd Epynt the north. Its highest point was Pen y Fan, 2907 ft (886 m). The River Wye traces nearly the whole of the northern...
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    Boughrood Bronllys Builth Wells Burgedin Buttington Bwlch Caehopkin Caersws Capel-y-ffin Carno Cathedine Cefnllys Cemmaes Road Church Stoke Cilmery Clatter Clyro...
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    Boughrood Bronllys Builth Wells Burgedin Buttington Bwlch Caehopkin Caersws Capel-y-ffin Carno Cathedine Cefnllys Cemmaes Road Church Stoke Cilmery Clatter Clyro...
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