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Merionethshire
Merionethshire, or Merioneth ( or '), was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was located in the North West Wales, north-west of Wales. Name 'Merioneth' is an anglicisation of the Welsh placename ''Meirionnydd'' (for the geographical area) or ''Sir Feirionnydd'' (for the county), with a 'double' , but the variant with a single is sometimes found in older works The name is derived from that of the earlier ''cantref'' of Meirionnydd. This supposedly took its name from Meirion, a grandson of Cunedda, Cunedda Wledig, who was granted the lordship of the area.Morris. A. (1913) ''Cambridge County Geographies: Merionethshire'', Cambridge University Press, p.3 Geography Merionethshire was a maritime county, bounded to the north by Caernarfonshire, to the east by Denbighshire (historic), Denbighshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire, and to the west by Cardigan Bay. With a total are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merionethshire Brit Isles Sect 5
Merionethshire, or Merioneth ( or '), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was located in the north-west of Wales. Name 'Merioneth' is an anglicisation of the Welsh placename ''Meirionnydd'' (for the geographical area) or ''Sir Feirionnydd'' (for the county), with a 'double' , but the variant with a single is sometimes found in older works The name is derived from that of the earlier ''cantref'' of Meirionnydd. This supposedly took its name from Meirion, a grandson of Cunedda Wledig, who was granted the lordship of the area.Morris. A. (1913) ''Cambridge County Geographies: Merionethshire'', Cambridge University Press, p.3 Geography Merionethshire was a maritime county, bounded to the north by Caernarfonshire, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire, and to the west by Cardigan Bay. With a total area of 1,731 km2 (668 sq miles), it was one of the more sparsely populated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Merionethshire
The Merionethshire flag () is the flag of the historic Welsh county of Merioneth. It was registered with the Flag Institute as the official flag of the county on 2 January 2015. __TOC__ History The design is adapted from the seal used by the former county council. This in turn derived from the anachronistic description of a banner borne by the men of Merioneth at the Battle of Agincourt, in the 17th-century poem of the same name by Michael Drayton. Here he wrote of “three goats dancing "gainst a rising sun"; the shield was blue, the sun golden and the goats white. Speculation regarding this unusual arrangement suggests a connection with Cader Idris, where goats browsed and behind which the sun rose. The flag therefore both maintains a theme associated with Merioneth for six centuries and is also a highly distinctive design – no other flag features a sun in this position and the arrangement is uniquely Merioneth. See also * Notes References External links * Flag Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meirionnydd
is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a , a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. It is currently a committee area within the county Gwynedd. Kingdom (Meirion, with as a Welsh suffix of land, literally 'Land adjoined to Meirion') was a sub-kingdom of Gwynedd, founded according to legend by Meirion (derived from the Latin name ), a grandson of Cunedda, a warrior-prince who brought his family to Wales from the (the 'Old North', northern England and southern Scotland today), probably in the early 5th century. His dynasty seems to have ruled there for the next four hundred years. The kingdom lay between the River Mawddach and the River Dovey, spreading in a north-easterly direction. Cantref The ancient name of the was (or 'the of the Ordovices'). The familiar name coming from Meirion's kingdom. The of held the presumed boundaries of the previous kingdom but now as a fief of the Kingdom of Gwynedd where it continued to enjoy long spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tywyn
Tywyn (; ), formerly spelled Towyn, is a town, community, and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the location of the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross with the earliest known example of written Welsh, and the home of the Talyllyn Railway. History of the name The name derives from the Welsh ''tywyn'' ('beach, seashore, sand-dune'). The place-name element ''tywyn'' is found in many other parts of Wales, most notably Towyn near Abergele and Porth Tywyn (Burry Port). In Middle Welsh, the spelling was generally ''Tywyn''. In the Early Modern period, however, the spelling ''Towyn'' was common in Welsh in order to reflect a slight variation in pronunciation. That also came to be the usual spelling in English up to the latter part of the twentieth century. With the standardisation of the orthography of the Welsh language in the first part of the 20th century, the spelling ''Ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolgellau
Dolgellau (; ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It was the traditional county town of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Merionethshire until the county of Gwynedd was created in 1974. Dolgellau is the main base for climbers of Cadair Idris and Mynydd Moel which are visible from the town. Dolgellau is the second largest settlement in southern Gwynedd after Tywyn and includes the community of Penmaenpool. Etymology The name ''Dolgellau'' is a compound of 'water-meadow' and , the plural of 'a cell', giving the meaning 'water-meadow of cells'. The in the name was probably located within a bend at the confluence of the rivers Wnion and Aran. The may refer to monastic cells or merchant's stalls. The earliest recorded spelling (from 1254) is ''Dolkelew'', and a spelling ''Dolgethleu'' dates from 1294–5 (the ''thl'' is an attempt to represent Welsh ). Owain Glynd� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caernarfonshire
Caernarfonshire (; , ), previously spelled Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire, was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was located in the north-west of Wales. Geography The county was bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Strait, which separated it from Anglesey. The county was largely mountainous. A large part of the Snowdonian Range lay in the centre and south-east of the former county, which included Snowdon itself, the highest mountain in Wales at 1,085 m (3,560 ft). The south-west of the county was formed by the Llŷn peninsula, with Bardsey Island lying off its western end. The north of the county, between the mountains and Menai Strait, had much more subdued relief. The east of the county was part of Vale of Conwy, with the River Conwy forming much of the eastern boundary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire ( ) was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was named after its county town, Montgomery, Powys, Montgomery, which in turn was named after one of William the Conqueror's main counsellors, Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomerie, who was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. The area of what was Montgomeryshire, now constitutes the northern part of the Counties and county boroughs of Wales, county of Powys. The current area was 2,174 square km (839 square miles). The largest town was Newtown, Powys, Newtown, followed by Welshpool and Llanidloes. History The Treaty of Montgomery was signed on 29 September 1267, in the town of Montgomery, which had recently been established as an English incursion on the Welsh side of the border, to control a strategic border crossing. The surrounding region (on the Welsh side of the border) otherwise comprised the mediaeval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aran Fawddwy
Aran Fawddwy is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom. It is the highest point (List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point, county top) of the historic county of Merionethshire (for local government purposes, it lies within the current council area of Gwynedd). It is the highest peak in the Aran mountain range, the only peak in Wales outside North Snowdonia above 900m, and higher than anywhere in the United Kingdom outside Northern Snowdonia, the Scottish Highlands (and islands) and the Lake District. The nearest small settlements to the mountain are Dinas Mawddwy to the south, Llanymawddwy to the southeast, Llanuwchllyn on the shores of Bala Lake to the north, and Rhydymain to the west. The nearest settlements with around 2,000 people are Bala, Gwynedd, Bala and Dolgellau. On the eastern slopes of Aran Fawddwy is the small lake named Creiglyn Dyfi, the source of the River Dyfi. Its sister peak is Aran Benllyn at . There is also a mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties Of England And Wales In 1964 By Highest Point
List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point. In 1964 they are more or less the ancient counties, with the addition of the County of London and a number of historic divisions in place as administrative counties: Cambridgeshire into the Isle of Ely and Cambridgeshire; Hampshire into the Isle of Wight and Hampshire; Lincolnshire into the Parts of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey; Northamptonshire into Soke of Peterborough and Northamptonshire; Suffolk into East and West; Sussex into East and West; and Yorkshire into the East, North and West Ridings. Footnotes #The foot measurement is derived from the Ordnance Survey metre measurement, multiplied by 3.2808. References External linksCounty topsof the British Isles on Wikishire (by traditional counties)Hill Bagging {{Mountains of Great Britain and Ireland Counties Counties Highest points Historic counties by highest point Highest points A list of highest points typically contains the name, elevation, and locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barmouth
Barmouth (formal ; colloquially ) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from ''aber'' (estuary) and the river's name, ''Mawddach''. The English form of the name is a corruption of the earlier Welsh form ''Abermawdd''. The community includes the villages of Llanaber, Cutiau and Caerdeon. History The town grew around the shipbuilding industry, and more recently as a seaside resort. Notable buildings include the medieval tower house, the 19th century roundhouse prison and St John's Church. William Wordsworth, a visitor to Barmouth in the 19th century, described it thus: "With a fine sea view in front, the mountains behind, the glorious estuary running inland, and within compass of a day's walk, Barmouth can always hold its own against any rival." (Citadel of Light), which is loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
