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 ...
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
English orthography is the writing system used to represent spoken English, allowing readers to connect the graphemes to sound and to meaning. It includes English's norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and ...
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
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Carnarvon Range
The Carnarvon Range is a mountain range in Central Queensland, Australia. It is a plateau section of the Great Dividing Range. The Carnarvon Range is 160 km in length.
Geography
North eastern parts of the range have formed a plateau kno ...
Carnarvon National Park
Carnarvon National Park is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in the Maranoa Region in Central Queensland, Australia. The park is 593 km northwest of Brisbane. It began life as a reserve gazetted in 1932 to protect Carnarvon ...
Carnarvon Park, Queensland
Carnarvon Park is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Carnarvon Park had a population of 3 people.
Geography
Carnarvon Park consists of two separate areas of land, separated by of land which is ...
County of Carnarvon (South Australia)
County of Carnarvon is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia which covers the full extent of Kangaroo Island. It was proclaimed in 1874 by Governor Musgrave in response to the demand for agriculture land on Kang ...
, a cadastral unit of land administration on Kangaroo Island
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Carnarvon (biogeographic region)
The Carnarvon xeric shrublands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Western Australia. The ecoregion is coterminous with the Carnarvon Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) bioregion.Carnarvon, Western Australia
Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately north of Perth, in Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo ...
Carnarvon xeric shrublands
The Carnarvon xeric shrublands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Western Australia. The ecoregion is coterminous with the Carnarvon Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) bioregion.OTC Earth Station Carnarvon
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Shire of Carnarvon
The Shire of Carnarvon is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, located about north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Carnarvon. The major indust ...
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsi ...
, Kowloon
New Zealand
* Carnarvon, former name of the small town of Himatangi
South Africa
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Carnarvon, Northern Cape
Carnarvon is a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
History
Carnarvon was established in 1853 on a route between Cape Town and Botswana that was followed by early explorers and traders. It was originally established as a ...
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 ...
, town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales
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Caernarfon Airport
Caernarfon Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Caernarfon) , formerly RAF Llandwrog, is located southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.
Operations
Caernarfon Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P866) that allows flights for the public transpor ...
Carnarvon (Pant) railway station
Carnarvon (Pant) was the temporary northern terminus of the Carnarvonshire Railway, located on the southern fringe of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.
The line from Afon Wen to Caernarfon was built from the country end, as were the other standard ...
a temporary terminus on the town's southern outskirts in the late 1860s
** Carnarvon (Morfa) railway station a temporary terminus on the town's southern edge in the late 1860s
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Carnarvon Castle railway station
Carnarvon Castle railway station was opened in 1856 by the narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge Nantlle Railway near the foot of what is today the Allt Y Castell which slopes down to Caernarfon's harbour area. It was the line's northern terminus ...
, northern passenger terminus of the Nantlle Railway in the mid-nineteenth century
** Caernarfon Town F.C., football team in the League of Wales
** CR Caernarfon, rugby union team in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four North League
* Caernarfon Bay, inlet of the Irish Sea defined by the Llŷn peninsula and Anglesey
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Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
Caernarfon was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region until the abolition of the seat. The constituency elected one Assembly Member by the ...
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Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)
Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in ...
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Caernarfonshire
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, also spelt Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire, one of thirteen historic counties of Wales
Caernarvon, Louisiana
Caernarvon is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The name of the community is from a plantation originally located here. The plantation's name is widely believed to be from a similarly named town and cast ...
Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Caernarvon Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. For the 2020 census the population was 4,605.
History
The Bangor Episcopal Church, Ann Cunningham Evans House, Edward Davies House, Pool Forge ...
People
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Earl of Carnarvon
Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history. The current holder is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon. The town and county in Wales to which the title refers are historically spelled ''Caernarfon,'' hav ...
, a title created more than once
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Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
Sir Robert Dormer of Wing, 2nd Baronet, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, 1st Viscount Ascott, 2nd Baron Dormer of Wing r Wenge'' (c. 1610 – 20 September 1643) was an English peer. He was the son of Sir William Dormer, and thus a grandson of Robert Dor ...
(1610–1643)
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Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon
Colonel Henry George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon DL, FSA (3 June 1772 – 16 April 1833), styled The Honourable Henry Herbert from 1780 to 1793 and Lord Porchester from 1793 to 1811, was a British peer, nobleman, and Whig politician.
Backg ...
(1772–1833)
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Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, FRS (8 June 1800 – 10 December 1849), styled Lord Porchester from 1811 to 1833, was a British writer, traveller, nobleman, and politician.
Background and education
Herbert was born in London ...
(1800–1849)
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Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, (24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890), known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the C ...
(1831–1890)
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George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of T ...
Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal ...
(1924–2001)
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George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon
George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 10 November 1956), styled Lord Porchester from 1987 to 2001, is a British peer and arable farmer.
His family seat, Highclere Castle, has achieved notability as the primary f ...
(born 1956)
Ships
* , Royal Navy cruiser
* , Royal Navy frigate, launched 1945
1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election
The 1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 April 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Caernarvon Boroughs.
Previous MP
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Liberal Membe ...