See also:CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
, a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Arfon See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Carnarvonshire, N
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See also:Wales, 14 M. by the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway from See also:Bangor, and 225 m.N.W. from London
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Pop
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(1901) 4681
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The See also:town is enclosed by a high See also:wall, roughly triangular, about 1 m. See also:round, with twenty-one dilapidated round towers, pierced by three See also:principal gateways with two strong towers
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The See also:castle in the See also:south-See also:east See also:angle, built in 1284 by See also:Edward I., was inhabited, in 1389, by See also:Richard II., who here agreed to abdicate
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Held for See also:Charles I. by See also:Archbishop See also:Williams, it was taken by See also:General Mytton in 1646
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Dismantled by the new proprietor, See also:Earl See also:Conway, it remains a ruin
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It is oblong, with eight massive towers, and has, within, a See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall 130 ft. in length, known as See also:Llewelyn's
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The parliamentary borough of Conway,returning, with five other towns,one member, extends over to the right See also:bank of the stream Conwy (Conway)
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In 1885 the See also:mayor of Conway was made a See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable
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See also:Llandudno with See also:Great and Little See also:Orme's Heads are at some 4 M. distance
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Two See also:bridges, a tubular for the railway (40 ft. shorter than that of the Menai) and a suspension, designed by See also:Stephenson (1846–1848) and See also:Telford (1822–1826) respectively, See also:cross the stream
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St See also:Mary's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is See also:Gothic; the Elizabethan Plas Mawr is the locale of the Royal See also:Cambrian See also:Academy of See also:Art
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There are still some fragments of the 1185 Cistercian See also:Abbey
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There are See also:golf links here and at Llandudno
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The Conwy stream, on which a steamboat runs from Deganwy (2 M. below Conway town) to Trefriw, opposite Llanrwst, in summer, has some See also:coasting See also:trade in See also:sulphur and slates
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It is about 30 in. See also:long, its valley (a haunt of artists) containing the towns last mentioned and Bettws y coed
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Its pearls are mentioned in See also:Drayton's Polyolbion and See also:Spenser's Faerie Queene
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See also:Pearl See also:fisheries existed at Conway for many centuries, dating back to the See also:Roman occupation
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See also:Tacitus, See also:Agricola, 12, says of See also:Britain " gignit et See also:Oceanus See also:margarita, sed subfusca ac liventia," as are those found to-See also:day
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Diganhwy (Dyganwy, Deganwy) is mentioned in the See also:Mabinogion (Geraint and Enid), if the See also:reading is See also:sound; it is certainly mentioned in the Annales Cambriae (years 812–822) and in the See also:Black See also:Book of Caerfyrddin (See also:Carmarthen), See also:xxiii
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Caer-hyn, 41 m. from Conway, is on the highroad from London to See also:Holyhead, and is the Conovium of the See also:Romans
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The site of the See also:camp can still be traced, consisting of a square, strengthened by four parallel walls, extending to a distance from the See also:main See also:work
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The camp is on a height, with the Conwy in front and a See also:wood on each flank
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At the See also:foot of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, near the stream, was a Roman See also:bath, with walls, See also:pavement and pillars
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See also:Camden's Britannia mentions tiles, with marks of the loth or See also:Antoninus's See also:legion, as being found here, perhaps mistakenly
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Gleini nadroedd (possibly amulets) and vitrum have been found here
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In Bwlch y ddwy faen (" two See also:rock See also:ravine "), on the way to Aber, are the remains of a Roman road and antiquities
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