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  • ...cknock''' or '''Brecon''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the mountains of Mid-Wales. ...npost - geograph.org.uk - 232881.jpg|250px|thumb|Brecon County signpost to the south-west of Builth Wells]]
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  • ...eing taken from the Welsh form of the county town's name, which has become the preferred form. ...n fastness and towns confined to the coastal lands. A large proportion of the population is Welsh-speaking.
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  • ...s. The hills are rugged green pasture, with deep river valleys along which the shire's villages are found. ...ture of both. The land of Herefordshire is predominantly agricultural and the county is well known for Hereford cattle and for its fruit and cider produc
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  • ...shire meets [[Cardiganshire]] to the north-east and [[Carmarthenshire]] to the east. ...950s, petrochemical and liquid natural gas industries have developed along the Milford Haven Waterway.
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  • ...h buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. ...le Ages, one of several frontier fortifications. It is also very close to the historic fort of [[Old Oswestry]].<ref name=gallery>[http://www.castles-of-
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  • ...ire]] is a historic royal borough on the [[Menai Strait]], at the mouth of the River Seiont. ..., one of the most complete mediƦval castles in Britain. Castle Square is the town's focal point. Castle Square was refurbished in 2009.
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  • | picture caption = Conwy Castle and the bridges ...the north coast of [[Caernarfonshire]]. The town faces [[Deganwy]] across the [[River Conwy]]. It is a popular tourist destination.
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  • ...f [[Brecknockshire]]. It often described as "the town of books" because of the vast number of second-hand bookshops found there. ...lies on the other side of the Dulas Brook in Herefordshire, forms part of the town area.
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  • ...ld''' is a town in [[Flintshire]], on the [[River Alyn]]. It forms part of the [[Mold Hundred]], which is named after it. ==Name of the town==
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  • | picture = The Three Horseshoes, Leominster. - geograph.org.uk - 149159.jpg | picture caption = The Three Horseshoes in Corn Square, Leominster
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  • ...shire]], and gives the county its name. It lies by the [[Radnor Forest]]. The population today is around 400. The village is said to have been built to replace [[Old Radnor]] perhaps as ear
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  • '''Carmarthen''' is the county town of [[Carmarthenshire]]. It stands on the [[River Towy]] 8 miles north of its mouth at [[Carmarthen Bay]]. ...ated by the mid 19th century as more dynamic economic centres developed in the South Wales coalfield.<ref name="Jenkins"/>
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  • ...nal infrastructure. It was granted city status on 1 September 2022 to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. ==The town==
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  • ...nni]], to the north-east the rich farmland of Bro Dysynni, and to the east the hills of Craig y Barcud and Craig Fach-Goch. ...ometimes called ''Towyn-on-Sea''. At the time of the 2001 census, 40.5% of the population were Welsh-speakers.
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  • ...o the Snowdonia National Park which covers not just he Snowdonia range but the wider mountainous fastness of Caernarfonshire and [[Merionethshire]]. ...nowdonia is [[Snowdon]], the highest mountain in [[Great Britain]] outside the [[Highlands]] of Scotland, rising to 3,560 feet above sea level.
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  • ...Garth Celyn''' it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, known as Llywelyn the Last. ...h beyond the dual carriageway is a fine view over the broad Lavan Sands in the [[Menai Strait]].
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  • ...The village lies mostly to the west of the [[River Glaslyn]], which forms the border with [[Merionethshire]]. ==The legend of Gelert==
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  • ...which is taken from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, after whom the parish church is named. ...population of the town was 3,037 according to the 2001 Census, and 65% of the inhabitants were Welsh-speakers.
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  • [[File:Flag of Powys.svg|right|thumb|200px|Banner of the House of Mathrafal]] ...the Dark Ages following the Roman withdrawal from Britain and endured into the Middle Ages.
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  • [[File:Flag of Wales 2.svg|right|thumb|350px|The flag of Wales]] ...and north, the [[Celtic Sea]] to the south and the English [[Midlands]] to the East.
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