COLWYN See also:

• BAY

BAY  , a watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Denbighshire, N . See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, on the Irish See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, 402 M. from See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester by the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western railway . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Colwyn See also:

• BAY

Bay and Colwyn (1901) 8689 . Colwyn Bay has become a favourite bathing-place, being near to, and cheaper than, the fashionable See also:

• LLANDUDNO

Llandudno, and being a centre for picturesque excursions . Near it is Llaneilian See also:

• VILLAGE

village, famous for its " cursing well " (St Ellian's, perhaps Aelianus') . The stream Colwyn joins the Gwynnant . The name Colwyn is that of lords of Ardudwy; a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Colwyn of Ardudwy, in the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, is believed to have repaired See also:

• HARLECH (perhaps for Hardd lech, fair slate, or Harleigh, an Anglicized variant)

Harlech See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, and is considered the founder of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales . Nant Colwyn is on the road from See also:

• CARNARVON
• CARNARVON, EARLDOM OF

Carnarvon to See also:

• BEDDGELERT (" Gelert's grave ")

Beddgelert, beyond Llyn y gader (gadair), " See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair See also:

• POOL

pool," and what tourists have. fancifully called See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, a roadside See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock resembling, or thought to resemble, the See also:

• GREAT

great statesman's See also:

• PROFILE

profile . Near this is Llyn y dywarchen (sod pool), with a floating See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island .