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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 52 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABERDOVEY (Aberdyfi: the Dyfi is the See also:county frontier)  , a seaside See also:village of Merionethshire, See also:North See also:Wales, on the See also:Cambrian railway . Pop . (1901) 1466 . It lies in the midst of beautiful scenery, 4 M. from Towyn, on the N. See also:bank of the Dyfi See also:estuary, commanding views of See also:Snowdon, Cader Idris, See also:Arran Mawddy and Plynlimmon . The Dyfi, here a mile broad, is crossed by a See also:ferry to Borth sands, whence a road leads to See also:Aberystwyth . The sub-merged " bells of See also:Aberdovey " (since Seithennin " the drunkard " caused the formation of See also:Cardigan See also:Bay) are famous in a Welsh See also:song . Aberdovey is a See also:health and bathing resort .

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