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• Usk
  ...rk at the edge of the river. (It is not an island in point of fact but the Welsh ''ynys'' may mean an island or a river meadow, and it is the later). The p ...Esk]] or variants. The base word may be related to the Gaelic ''uisge'' ("water").
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• Buckie
  ...Perthshire]] is described as being derived from the Gaelic word ''boc'' or Welsh ''bowk'', both meaning a buck or male deer so this would suggest the meanin ...don’s map ''Aberdeen, Banf, Murrey &c. to Inverness: [and] Fra the north water to Ross''<ref name="gordon-map">{{cite web|url=http://www.nls.uk/maps/count
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• Talgarth
  ...g to traditional accounts, Talgarth was the capital of the early mediæval Welsh Kingdom of ''Brycheiniog''. ...make space for a community and tourism hub, intended to be powered by the water wheel. The mediaeval Tower Bridge has been renovated after damage by many
  10 KB (1,542 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2016
• Bala
  |welsh = Y Bala The name of Bala is Welsh; ''bala'' means the outflow of a lake, as here the [[River Dee]] flows out
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• Machynlleth
  ...the seat of the rebel Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404,<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines ...a Pole, Lord of Powys, which gave him the right to hold a market<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines
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• St David's
  | welsh =Tyddewi The area was originally known in the Welsh language as ''Mynyw'' and in Latin as ''Menevia''. It was later renamed in
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• Wembley
  ...reated in the early 19th century by damming the [[River Brent]] to provide water for the [[Grand Union Canal]].
  10 KB (1,602 words) - 18:54, 18 September 2020
• Leeds
  ...idis", the name given to a forest covering most of the kingdom of Elmet, a Welsh kingdom which existed in the Pennine region during the 5th century into the ...horities to address the problems of drainage, sanitation and water supply. Water was originally pumped from the River Wharfe, but by 1860 it was too heavily
  28 KB (4,212 words) - 10:50, 30 March 2016
• Liverpool
  * Bank Street (now Water Street) ...tatistics|accessdate=2008-08-24}}</ref> but many more Liverpudlians are of Welsh or Irish ancestry.
  56 KB (8,428 words) - 11:13, 27 June 2016
• Exeter
  ...t 50&nbsp;AD. ''Isca'' is derived from a Brythonic Celtic word for flowing water, found also in the names of the [[River Usk]] in [[Monmouthshire]] and many ...ther uncharacteristic of Athelstan, a king known for his partiality to the Welsh. No more is known of this incident. According to William of Malmesbury, th
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• Edinburgh
  ...e to the [[Firth of Forth]], its port, [[Leith]], on the south side of the water looking out toward [[Fife]]. ===Water===
  44 KB (6,856 words) - 10:36, 30 March 2016
• Dolgellau
  ...uncertain origin, but it appears to contain common elements. ''Dôl'' is Welsh for "meadow", and ''cellïau'') means "groves" or "spinneys", and each is c ...erives from a false etymology or not, it is the modern form in English and Welsh, although the town continued to be known as "Dolgelley" in English until qu
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• Carmarthen
  |welsh=Caerfyrddin ...>{{cite book |last=Davies |first=John |coauthors=Jenkins, Nigel |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |publisher=University of Wales Pr
  11 KB (1,827 words) - 19:30, 16 December 2010
• Laugharne
  |welsh=Talacharn ...le:Water Street, Laugharne - geograph.org.uk - 47530.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Water Street, Laugharne]]
  7 KB (1,109 words) - 13:33, 27 January 2016
• Runcorn
  During the 18th&nbsp;century, water transport had been improved in the area by the Mersey and Irwell Navigation ...ne, 112 feet high, which holds 672,000&nbsp;gallons of water and supplies water to Liverpool.<ref>{{Harvnb|Starkey|1990|p=162.}}</ref>
  20 KB (3,117 words) - 22:58, 17 December 2010
• Chester
  ...e]]. By the 11th century the English name had become "Ceaster". The modern Welsh name likewise is ''Caer''. ...berton's Parlour), and Bonewaldesthorne's Tower with a spur leading to the Water Tower, and Thimbleby's Tower.<ref>Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 154–156.</ref>
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• Penrith
  ...l and Eamont. For many centuries, the Beck provided the town with its main water supply. ...''Penrhudd''), referring to the red sandstone of Beacon Hill. (The Modern Welsh name for the town is ''Penrhudd''.)
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• Northampton
  ...1881), is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure. The club was promoted from Division 2 of the Co ...n 1995. There are also many equestrian and country activities, and several water sports centres, like the Nene Whitewater Centre, which provides an artifici
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• United Kingdom
  On British passports, the name of the United Kingdom is given in English, Welsh and Gaelic: as follows: ...o Welsh mountains over 3,000&nbsp;feet high are known collectively as the "Welsh 3000s".
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• Wrexham
  |welsh= Wrecsam '''Wrexham''' is a city in [[Denbighshire]]. It is found to the east of the Welsh mountains, more a continuation of the Midlands plain in the lower [[River D
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