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• Anglesey
  |welsh=Sir Fôn ...the mainland of [[Great Britain]] by the [[Menai Strait]]. It is the only Welsh county without mountains.
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• Menai Strait
  ...trait is known as ''Arfon'', which means "by Anglesey", from ''Môn'', the Welsh name for the island. ...angerous areas of the strait is known as the Swellies (or Swillies – Welsh ''Pwll Ceris'') between the two bridges. Here rocks near the surface cause
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• Cardiganshire
  |welsh=Sir Aberteifi ''or'' Ceredigion The 50 miles of coastline have many sandy beaches with clear sea water of high quality. Along with [[Pembrokeshire]] and [[Cornwall]], Cardiganshi
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• Cornwall
  ...o the north coast, leaving just a mile of dry boundary before the Marsland Water carries the boundary to the sea again. Cornwall's only neighbouring county ...n times, into Cornwall. Cornwall is known in Cornish as ''Kernow'' and in Welsh as ''Cernyw'', which could be from a common Celtic root ''cern'', or the La
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• Cumberland
  ...by the Solway and the [[River Sark]], the [[Scots Dike]] and the [[Liddel Water]]. Westmorland lies to the south, separated from Cumberland by high mounta *[[Bassenthwaite Lake]] ''(the only body of water in the county actually bearing the name "Lake")''
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• Dunbartonshire
  By far the largest and most magnificent inland water of the county is [[Loch Lomond]], a border loch parting the shires of Dumba ...a belt of Lower Old Red Sandstone extending from the mouth of the Endrick Water south-westwards by Balloch to the shore of the Clyde west of Cardross. Stil
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• Dumfriesshire
  ...Longbridge Moor in the west, and Nutberry Moss in the east, all once under water, but now largely reclaimed. ...Ae]]) and the [[Moffat Water|Moffat]], the [[Dryfe Water|Dryfe]] and the [[Water of Milk]].
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• East Lothian
  ...the ravine in which it lies. The banks are wooded and picturesque, and the water abounds with trout. ...s as the tribe of the ''Votadanii'', little trace remains beyond a few Old Welsh elements in place names and their fortifications; circular camps are found
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• Kirkcudbrightshire
  ...ck Water of Dee - geograph.org.uk - 518741.jpg|Right|thumb|200px|The Black Water of Dee]] ...wness of the sea. Large stretches of sand are exposed in the Solway at low water and the rapid flow of the tide has often occasioned loss of life.
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• Orkney
  ...ers are connected to the National Grid via seabed cables running from open-water test berths. Testing takes place in a wide range of sea and weather conditi ...icts, understood to speak a variety of the old British language from which Welsh is descended, although no written records survive. No certain knowledge of
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• Radnorshire
  |welsh=Sir Faesyfed ...er with Brecknockshire contains several huge man-made reservoirs supplying water to [[Birmingham]]. The main rivers are the [[River Wye|Wye]], the [[River E
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• Somerset
  ...ellers, was named as the land reappeared from the waters every summer. In Welsh it is ''Gwlad yr Haf'': "Land of Summer". Somerset is ''Gwlad yr Haf'' in Welsh, which means "Land of Summer".
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• Staffordshire
  ...-Lichfield]] (''Caer Luitcoet'') in Staffordshire, which marked the end of Welsh rule in lowland Britain, confining the native Britons to the mountainous la *{{i-MuseumNotFree}} [[Brindley Water Mill]]
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• Stirlingshire
  ...ch Arklet]], in the north-west, a mile long, forming part of [[Glasgow]]'s water supply; ...d and this series is let down, as it is between Strathblane and the Carron Water. As in the neighbouring counties, this series consists of a lower limestone
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• West Lothian
  ...s, most of which forms the county border. Its right-hand tributary, Breich Water, constitutes another portion of the line dividing the same counties. The [ The only loch in West Lothian is Linlithgow Lake (a water of 102 acres), immediately adjoining the county town on the north, a favour
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• Whittington Castle
  It was a castle of the Welsh Marches in the unquiet days of the young Middle Ages, one of several fronti ...uter bailey of the castle had been two elaborate gardens and surrounded by water in the 14th century. This discovery was significant in that it proved the
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• Amlwch
  The name 'Amlwch' is Welsh for "around the inlet ''or'' creek".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/whatsi ...mained and in 1953 a chemical plant was built to extract bromine from sea water for use in petrol engines, but this closed in 2004. The imminent closure of
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• County flowers
  ...Baldellia ranunculoides''||Native||[[File:BaldelliaRanunculoides.jpg|100px|Water-plantain]] ...tonia palustris''||Native||[[File:HottoniaPalustrisInflorescence.jpg|100px|Water-violet]]
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• Cwmbran
  ...[[Afon Llwyd]] forms the major river valley, although the most significant water course is probably the [[Monmouthshire Canal]]. To the east of Cwmbran the ...High School. There are numerous primary and nursery schools as well as the Welsh-medium school ''Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbrân''.
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• Chepstow
  ...iving stone castle in Britain, and for Chepstow Racecourse which hosts the Welsh Grand National. The majority of the town is on the west bank of the Wye; a ...ow, from the old English ''ceap / chepe stowe'' meaning market place. The Welsh name for the town, ''Cas-gwent'' (being short for ''Castell Gwent''), means
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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
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• 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]].
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• 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
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• Liverpool
  * Bank Street (now Water Street) ...tatistics|accessdate=2008-08-24}}</ref> but many more Liverpudlians are of Welsh or Irish ancestry.
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• 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===
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• 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
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• Laugharne
  |welsh=Talacharn ...le:Water Street, Laugharne - geograph.org.uk - 47530.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Water Street, Laugharne]]
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• 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>
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• 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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• Llangollen
  The water mill opposite Llangollen railway station has been converted into a public h ...(navigable to Llangollen) was constructed from the canal at Trevor to tap water from the River Dee at [[Llantysilio]] (at the weir called "Horseshoe Falls"
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• Derby
  ...ld British tongue apparently meaning "oak-tree water". ''Derw'' is Modern Welsh for oak tree. ...Britain's Industrial Revolution. In 1717, Derby was the site of the first water powered silk mill in Britain, built by John Lombe and George Sorocold, afte
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• Poole
  The town's name derives either from the Old Welsh ''bol'' or ''pwll'' or the Old English word ''pol'', both meaning "pool" or ...e too large for the shallow harbour and the port lost business to the deep water ports at Liverpool, Southampton and Plymouth.<ref name="phc history"/> Pool
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• Ecclefechan
  The name of Ecclefechan is from Old Welsh, the name being reconstructed as ''Eglwys fechan'', menaing "small church". Ecclefechan lies in the valley of the Mein Water, a tributary of the [[River Annan]], five miles north of [[Annan]] and eigh
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• Rugby
  *Draycote Water - Reservoir and nature reserve ...union teams including; the Rugby Lions, [http://www.rugbywelsh.co.uk Rugby Welsh], [http://www.standrewsrfc.co.uk/ Rugby St.Andrews RFC], [http://www.newbol
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• Beith
  Alternatively, Beith may be derived from Cumbric ''*baɣeδ'', 'boar' (Welsh ''baedd'').<ref>http://www.spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BLITON201 ...cated not in Beith, but up on the top of the Bigholm near to the old Beith water dams. The first settlements were in the heavily wooded areas around the dam
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• Winchester
  ...Venta Silurum'' ([[Caerwent]]). ''Venta'' is the equivalent of the Modern Welsh ''Gwent''. In Nennius's list of the cities of Britain, Winchester is appar ...ehouse, cloister, hall, a magnificent college chapel and it also owns "The Water Meadows" through which runs a part of the [[River Itchen]]. It was planned
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• Haddington
  ...54) and the County Courthouse (1833). Other notable sites include the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, and Mitchell's Close. ...1948''' – 6 to 12 August – Flood damages town. Much of the town under water.
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• River Cleddau
  ...7</ref>. The name Cleddau is not, as it seems, a plural but comes from the Welsh word 'cleddyf' meaning 'sword' and refers perhaps to the manner in which bo ...au, Nant-y-bugail, Afon Anghof, Nant-y-coy Brook, Spittal Brook, Rudbaxton Water, Camrose Brook , Cartlett Brook, Afon Wern, Llanycefn, Rhyd-afallen, Afon S
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• Colchester
  ...ture. Significant landmarks include the Colchester Town Hall and the Jumbo Water Tower. ...he patron saint of Colchester. Irksomely for local pride, scholarship and Welsh legend place Old King Cole, Coel Hen, in a later generation and ruling in t
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• Newport, Shropshire
  Newport lies on the eastern border of the Welsh Marches and west of the [[Aqualate Mere]], the largest natural lake in the .... The governing body consisted of a Lord High Steward, deputy steward, two water-bailiffs and 28 burgesses, but the corporation was abolished by the Municip
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• River Usk
  ...on, ''Isca'', reflects that of the river in perhaps an older form. In the Welsh language today it is the ''Wysg''. ..., which today is more familiar as "whisky" but which means in Gaelic just "water". He is right to see a connection, but if not Gaelic, it is from some lost
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• Holywell, Flintshire
  |welsh=Treffynnon ...cluded manilas (copper bracelets, neptunes (large flat dishes to evaporate water from seawater to produce salt) and copper sheathing. The copper sheathing w
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• Rhyl
  |welsh=Y Rhyl ...' "(The Street)". Another theory is that the name Rhyl originates from the Welsh ''Tŷ'n yr haul'' meaning 'House in the sun'. The oldest known dwelling in
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• Whitchurch, Glamorgan
  |welsh=Yr Eglwys Newydd ...s.<ref>[http://blog.stuartherbert.com/photography/category/merthyr-road/by-water/melingriffith-feeder/ Meligriffith Tin Works]</ref>
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• Port Talbot
  ...named for the Talbot family;<ref name="Davies,p.697">{{cite book|title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales|editor=John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Bain ...plant at Baglan Bay by British Petroleum in the 1960s. In 1970 a new deep-water harbour was opened by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, capable
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• Barry
  |welsh=Y Barri ...els up to 23,000 tons and the first-class tidal position close to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, allows for regular scheduled sailings. With
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• Bridgend
  |welsh=Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr ...ved in Wales and in the south and east created what would later become the Welsh Marches, while the north and west remained largely unconquered due to the h
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• Merthyr Tydfil
  |welsh=Merthyr Tudful ...l meaning of the word ''merthyr'' (from the Latin ''martyrium'') in modern Welsh is 'martyr', it is probable that the meaning here is "church (in memory of
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• Gloucester
  ...This in turn comes from an Old Welsh name, which is represented in Modern Welsh as ''Caerloyw'', (in which ''caer'' means "fort", and ''gloyw'' means "glow Gloucester was captured from the Welsh by the West Saxons in 577 and in 584 it came under the control of the Merci
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• River Thames
  ...from its source to its mouth for thousands of years, providing habitation, water power, food and drink. It has also acted as a major highway through the Por ...997: 147.</ref> recorded in Latin as ''Tamesis'' and underlying the modern Welsh name for it: ''Tafwys''.
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• Southampton
  ...] at the meeting of the [[River Test]] and [[River Itchen]]. Southampton Water provides a deep, broad, sheltered [[English Channel]] roadstead, which has ...rivers. The city lies at the northern tip of the Southampton Water, a deep water estuary, which is a ria formed at the end of the last Ice Age. Here, the ri
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• Tintern
  |welsh=Tyndyrn ...ern Village Website] - History</ref> The name Tintern may derive from the Welsh ''din deyrn'', meaning "rocks of the king".<ref name=davies>E. T. Davies, '
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• Llandrindod Wells
  |welsh=Llandrindod ...es originally displayed in the garage.<ref>[http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ Welsh National Cycle Museum]</ref>
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• Rhayader
  |welsh=Rhaeadr Gwy The name "Rhayader" is from the Welsh "Rhaeadr Gwy", meaning Waterfall on the [[River Wye|Wye]]. Little remains o
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• Coatbridge
  ...is either derived from the Middle English "cote" (cottage) or from the Old Welsh "coed" meaning "wood".<ref name="Frost's Scottish Gazette">{{cite web|url=h ...n the Loch at the present day Drumpellier Country Park. Dependent upon the water level in the loch, the remains can still be seen today.<ref>''Coatbridge (I
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• Pennines
  The Pennines are an important water catchment area with numerous reservoirs in the headwaters of the major rive ...frequently, and asserts that their name is from Gaulish, equivalent to the Welsh ''pen'' for mountain peak, and which gives us the names of several of the f
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• Tywyn
  The name is from the Welsh language, with ''tywyn'' meaning "beach", "seashore" or "sand-dune". Extens ...wyn-on-Sea''. At the time of the 2001 census, 40.5% of the population were Welsh-speakers.
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• Bala Lake
  Bala Lake is the largest natural body of water in Wales (or rather it was: its level is altered by the hand of man, raised ...or else perhaps 'an isthmus between two lakes or areas of wet ground'. The Welsh name includes the personal name 'Tegid'. An older now redundant English nam
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• Snowdon
  |welsh=Yr Wyddfa ...es from Arthurian legend, the mountain is linked to a legendary ''afanc'' (water monster) and the ''Tylwyth Teg'' (fairies).
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• Yorkshire Dales
  ...s on the landscape. In the Dales was found the Kingdom of Elmet; the last Welsh kingdom so far east. ...e steep lanes, the fell slope and the verdant valley rushing with clearest water from an ardent beck.
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• Milford Haven
  |welsh=Aberdaugleddau ...df?lang=en One Wales: Connecting the Nation - The Wales Transport Strategy Welsh Assembly Government, April 2008, page 29] Retrieved 17 January 2010</ref> a
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• Crossings of the River Severn
  ...ry access, as nearby Cwm Ricket Bridge has a 12.5T weight limit. With high water, it becomes a ford. ...hed in 1795 and replaced by the Welsh Bridge. It was also known as the Old Welsh Bridge.
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• River Severn
  ...[Apperley]], Gloucestershire, the Severn is the greatest river in terms of water flow in the United Kingdom. The river is known in Welsh as the ''Hafren''. The Romans called it ''Sabrina'', and in Old English it
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• British Isles
  ...eagh]] in the centre of [[Northern Ireland]] is the largest body of inland water, covering 151 square miles. ...ative wild life, with weasels, polecats, wildcats, most shrews, moles, the water voles, roe deer and common toads also being absent in Ireland. This pattern
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• Leicester
  ...the city of Kaerleir ('Leir's chester'). Today the name of the city in the Welsh language is Caerlŷr. Leir was supposedly buried by Queen Cordelia in a cha ...y and the acceptance that municipal organisations had a responsibility for water supply, drainage and sanitation.
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• Llanishen, Cardiff
  |welsh=Llanisien The village name is from the Welsh Llanisien, meaning "Church of Isien" (St Isan).
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• Leatherhead
  ...me cognate to ''Llwyd-rhyd'', proposed to mean "grey ford" (in defiance of Welsh word-order.<ref>http://www.sussex.ac.uk/linguistics/documents/rc_britons.pd ...group is based next to Fetcham Mill Pond, a popular local walking spot and water source near the Leatherhead Leisure Centre.
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• Isle of Man
  ...ish mythology known as Manannán mac Lir to the Irish and Manawydan to the Welsh.<ref> ...(Paulus Orosius, 416), and ''Eubonia'' or ''Eumonia'' by Irish writers. In Welsh records it is ''Manaw'', and in the Icelandic sagas it is ''Mön''.<ref>
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• King's Lynn
  ...med a broad mere here as it prepared to enter [[the Wash]], suggesting the Welsh word ''Llyn'', meaning lake. ...reated, although many could not afford to be connected: elm pipes carried water under the streets. Like all towns at that time King's Lynn suffered from o
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• Skiddaw
  ...ge once spoken hereabout, from ''sgwïðow'' meaning "shoulders" (like the Welsh ''sgwyddau'') from the shape of the mountain. Another proposed root is fro ...Lake. The eastern side of Skiddaw drains into Skiddaw Forest, much of the water reaching Candleseaves Bog. This marsh is the source of both the Dash Beck f
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• Nottingham
  ...ments/1105/TBTWelsh.pdf |title=Adobe PDF – Travelling by Train Guide – Welsh |format=PDF |date=|accessdate=2010-07-13}}</ref> The name of the city is fr *The National Water Sports Centre is based at Holme Pierrepont
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• Tenby
  |welsh=Dinbych-y-Pysgod The town's name derives from the Welsh language, in which the town is known as ''Dinbych-y-Pysgod'', meaning ''lit
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• Shrewsbury
  ...if grown from its original historic heart and trespassing over that broad water. Shrewsbury is the second largest town in the county, after [[Telford]]. In Welsh, the town's name is ''Amwythig'', meaning "scrubland fort"; a translation o
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• River Avon
  ...erives from the Old Welsh ''avon'' meaning simply "river", which in Modern Welsh is written "Afon". An early Brythonic Celtic origin of the word and the nam **[[Avon Water, Hampshire]]
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• Bath
  ...ough: in the centre of the city is the Roman Bath built on the gushing hot water springs which are its origin and that of its name. ...uncovered and restored, still receives though it ancient channels, the hot water of the spring and forms a centre-piece of the town. The entire structure a
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• Glastonbury
  ...ewers,<ref name=swdt>[http://www.somerset-waterways.org/somerset-waterways-water.html Somerset Waterways Development Trust]</ref> for use as a drainage ditc ...re Glastonbury is identified with the legendary island of Avalon. An early Welsh poem links Arthur to the Tor in an account of a confrontation between Arthu
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• River Taw
  ...res the large tidal ranges of the [[Bristol Channel]] and daily changes of water depth of 20 feet are common near its mouth. This effect can also be seen in ...between Bristol and Lands End, mainly as it was a handy landing point for Welsh coal shipped across the Bristol Channel which could be distributed around t
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• Cheddar Gorge
  ...http://www.bristolwater.co.uk/leisure/cheddar-info.asp | publisher=Bristol Water | title=Cheddar Reservoir Introduction | accessdate=2008-09-10}}</ref> By way of a 54-inch diameter pipe that takes water just upstream of the Rotary Club Sensory Garden, a public park in the gorge
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• Ochil Hills
  The name "Ochil" is from a Celtic word root comparable to the Welsh ''uchel'' meaning 'high'. ...]] (the Hillfoots Villages) grew up in the shadow of the Ochils to tap the water power. Some of the mills are open today as museums.
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• River Dee
  ...ers of the Dee pass from one end of the lake to the other unmixed with the water of the lake itself and remarkably a hydrographic survey was one made to tes ...nd during the summer months long stretches of the river bed run dry as the water disappears underground. A significant part of this lost flow re-emerges in
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• Salisbury
  ...ows to the south coast and into the sea at [[Christchurch]], Hampshire. Water meadows wet from the five rivers and their manifold channels are spread int ...e is derived from the British original; the English ''burg'' replacing the Welsh ''dun'', and this was corrupted in the Middle Ages to "Salisbury". In the
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• River Avon, Hampshire
  The name "Avon" is from Old Welsh, and simply means "River"; the modern Welsh for river is ''afon'', pronounced "av-on". ...-million pound project designed to benefit the habitats of species such as Water-crowfoot, Atlantic salmon, Brook lamprey, Sea lamprey, bullhead, Desmoulin'
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• Betws-y-Coed
  ...'' or ''Bettws'' for "prayer-house" is generally thought to have come into Welsh from the Old English ''bed-hus'', which is to say "prayer-house" or "orator ...si reservoir nearby is popular with walkers and anglers, and also provides water for the village.
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• Abergwyngregyn
  Abergwyngregyn was one of ten sites chosen for the Welsh Cultural Heritage Initiative in 2009.<ref>Ten 'iconic' sites win £2m cash The word Mŵd in early Welsh means 'vault' or 'chamber', and there is no evidence that there was ever a
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• Aberdaron
  ...years. The main produce locally was felt, produced by soaking the cloth in water and beating it with large wooden paddles until the wool formed a thick mat ...name="topographical"/> Limestone was also imported and offloaded into the water at high tide, then collected from the beach when the tide went out. Lime wa
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• Criccieth
  |welsh=Cricieth ...prisonment of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn in the 'castle of ''Cruceith''' (Middle Welsh orthography: ''Kastell Krukeith'').<ref>Thomas Jones (ed.), Brut y Tywysogy
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• Dolgarrog
  [[File:Water Pipelines 2 - geograph.org.uk - 252125.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pipelines]] The aluminium works (or "smelter") was originally planned in 1895. Water from reservoirs in the Snowdonia Mountains would provide the hydro-electric
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• Llanberis
  ...yn Padarn]] in [[Snowdonia]]. It takes its name from Saint Peris, an early Welsh saint.<ref>Parker, Mike; Whitfield, Paul (2003). ''The Rough Guide To Wales ...beris was 1,954. The census also revealed that 81% of the population speak Welsh fluently, with all of those aged 10–15 able to speak the language.
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• Llandygai
  ...ast syllable and not the last-but-one, which would be the usual pattern in Welsh. The name may also be spelled ''Llandegai''. All forms are in use today tho ...ch are kept at the church.<ref name="Breverton">T D Breverton, The Book of Welsh Saints (Cyhoeddiadau Glyndŵr, 2001)</ref>
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