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Denbighshire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Denbighshire , Welsh Sir Ddinbych, county, 326 sq...N Wales. In 1974, the old county of Denbighshire was divided between the nonmetropolitan...to Clwyd was restored as the county of Denbighshire in 1996.
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Clwyd
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Clwyd , former county, N Wales, created in 1974 from Flintshire and parts of Denbighshire and Merionethshire. It was dissolved in 1996 and divided among the unitary authorities of Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham, Conwy, and Powys.
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Salesbury, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Salesbury, William ( c. 1520– c. 1584). Welsh scholar. Born in Denbighshire and educated at Oxford, Salesbury studied law. He converted to protestantism and began writing in the Welsh language. His collection...
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Cheshire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...county in north-western England, resembles a hammock slung between the south-west Pennines (east) and Flint–Denbighshire uplands (west); the southerly morainic barrier is crossed by the midland gap, now followed by road, rail, and canal...
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Powys
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Norman control it was divided into a series of marcher lordships which were themselves integrated in 1536 into the counties of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire. It was not until the Local Government Act of 1972 that the name was revived and given, not completely...
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Wales
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...its long union with England. Wales comprises 22 administrative divisions (unitary authorities): Flintshire, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Conwy, the Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot...
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eisteddfod
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...part of the National Eisteddfod since 1819. The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, begun in 1947 at Llangollen, Denbighshire, is held annually in July, and features choral and folk music and dance performed by some 200 choirs and other artists...
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Rhyl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rhyl , town (1991 pop. 22,714), Denbighshire, N Wales, on the Irish Sea at the mouth of the Clwyd River. A seaside resort, it was at its height in the 1960s and 70s, but suffered when British travel abroad subsequently increased.
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Llangollen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Llangollen , town (1991 pop. 3,058), Denbighshire, NE Wales, at the head of the Vale of Llangollen on the Dee River. It is a resort for anglers and tourists interested in the...
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Gwynedd
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...548 sq km), NW Wales. Established as a county in 1974 through the union of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, and parts of Denbighshire and Merionethshire, Gwynedd was reduced in 1996 by the separation of Anglesey and the loss of its northeastern section to...
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