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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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