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BETHESDA
, an See also:urban See also:district of See also:Carnarvonshire, N
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See also:Wales, 5 M. from See also:Bangor, by a See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway
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It lies near the See also:lower end of the
See also:fine Nant Ffrancon (valley of the Ogwen stream)
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The scriptural name is due, as often in Wales, to the See also:village or See also:hamlet taking its See also:title from the See also:Nonconformist See also: 13-24, vii . 39 if., ix . 50) . See also:Josephus (See also:Bell . See also:Jud. ii . 19) tells of the rout of a See also:Roman See also:army under See also:Cestius See also:Gallus in A.D . 66 . The See also:Talmud states that many rabbis were See also:born in the place . It is now represented by See also:Beit 'Ur-el-foka and Beit 'Ur-et-tahta . |
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