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COLWYN BAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 748 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAY  , a watering-See also:place of Denbighshire, N . See also:Wales, on the Irish See also:Sea, 402 M. from See also:Chester by the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district of Colwyn See also:Bay and Colwyn (1901) 8689 . Colwyn Bay has become a favourite bathing-place, being near to, and cheaper than, the fashionable See also:Llandudno, and being a centre for picturesque excursions . Near it is Llaneilian See also: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 Colwyn of Ardudwy, in the loth See also:century, is believed to have repaired See also:Harlech See also: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 to See also:Beddgelert, beyond Llyn y gader (gadair), " See also:chair See also:pool," and what tourists have. fancifully called See also:Pitt's See also:head, a roadside See also:rock resembling, or thought to resemble, the See also:great statesman's See also:profile . Near this is Llyn y dywarchen (sod pool), with a floating See also:island .

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