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Carnarvon Street
Carnarvon and Caernarvon are forms of the name Caernarfon which are no longer used for the town in north Wales, but remain in use in other contexts. The first two forms are in English orthography and the third is the Welsh spelling, adopted in English since the 1970s. Most places and things named after Caernarfon use one of the former spellings. Places Australia ;Queensland * Carnarvon Range * Carnarvon Highway, state highway * Carnarvon National Park ** Carnarvon Gorge * Carnarvon Park, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region * Carnarvon Station Reserve ;South Australia * County of Carnarvon (South Australia), a cadastral unit of land administration on Kangaroo Island ;Western Australia * Carnarvon (biogeographic region), IBRA region * Carnarvon, Western Australia, coastal town ** Carnarvon Airport (Australia) * Carnarvon County, Western Australia * Carnarvon Range (Western Australia) * Carnarvon Tracking Station * Carnarvon xeric shrublands, deserts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caernarfon
Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is to the north-east, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and south-east. Carnarvon and Caernarvon are Anglicised spellings that were superseded in 1926 and 1974 respectively. Abundant natural resources in and around the Menai Strait enabled human habitation in prehistoric Britain. The Ordovices, a Celtic tribe, lived in the region during the period known as Roman Britain. The Roman fort Segontium was established around AD 80 to subjugate the Ordovices during the Roman conquest of Britain. The Romans occupied the region until the end of Roman rule in Britain in 382, after which Caernarfon became part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. In the late 11th century, William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a motte-and-bailey cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
