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Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.
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Annales Cambriae
Annales Cambriae (Latin for The Annals of Wales) is the name given to a complex of Cambro-Latin chronicles compiled or derived from diverse sources at St David's in Dyfed, Wales.
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Armagh
Armagh is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.
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Asser
Asser (died c. 909) was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s.
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Beekeeping
Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans.
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Bishop of St David's
The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Cadw
Cadw (a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keep/preserve") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group.
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Caerleon
Caerleon (Caerllion) is a suburban town and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales.
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Celtic cross
The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland and Britain in the Early Middle Ages.
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Chapel of St Non
St Non's Chapel The Chapel of St Non is located on the coast near St David's in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
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Christian pilgrimage
Christianity has a strong tradition of pilgrimages, both to sites relevant to the New Testament narrative (especially in the Holy Land) and to sites associated with later saints or miracles.
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City
A city is a large human settlement.
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City status in the United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to a select group of communities:, there are 69 cities in the United Kingdom – 51 in England, six in Wales, seven in Scotland and five in Northern Ireland.
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Community (Wales)
A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.
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Councillor
A Councillor is a member of a local government council.
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Dewisland
The cantref of Pebidiog in ancient Dyfed The Hundred of Dewisland (often written "Dewsland") was a hundred in the north west of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Diocese
The word diocese is derived from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration".
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Diocese of St David's
The Diocese of St Davids covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan.
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Dyfed
Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974, as an amalgamation of the three pre-existing counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. It was abolished twenty-two years later, on 1 April 1996, when the three original counties were reinstated, Cardiganshire being renamed Ceredigion the following day. The name "Dyfed" is retained for certain ceremonial and other purposes. It is a mostly rural county in southwestern Wales with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel.
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Ecclesiastical capital
The religious capital or ecclesiastical capital of a region is a place considered pre-eminent by the adherents of a particular religion within that region.
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Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.
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Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 28 November 1290) was an English queen, the first wife of Edward I, whom she married as part of a political deal to affirm English sovereignty over Gascony.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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George Owen of Henllys
George Owen of Henllys (1552 – 26 August 1613) was a Welsh antiquarian, author, and naturalist.
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Gorsedd
A gorsedd plural gorseddau, is a community or meeting of modern-day bards.
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Henry Hicks (geologist)
Henry Hicks, MRCS, FRS (26 May 1837 – 18 November 1899) was a Welsh physician, surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), geologist, President of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).
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Henry II of England
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England and Lord of Ireland; at various times, he also partially controlled Wales, Scotland and Brittany.
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Home Office
The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order.
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Hostel
Hostels provide budget-oriented, sociable accommodation where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed, in a dormitory and share a bathroom, lounge and sometimes a kitchen.
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Hundred (county division)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.
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Irish Sea
The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.
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Lesotho
Lesotho officially the Kingdom of Lesotho ('Muso oa Lesotho), is an enclaved country in southern Africa.
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Letters patent
Letters patent (always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president, or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation.
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List of Church of England dioceses
There are 42 Church of England dioceses, each being an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop.
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List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom
This list displays the official cities in the United Kingdom with a population of less than 100,000 since the (2001) census.
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List of water sports
There are dozens of commonly played sports that involve water.
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Llanon
Llanon (also spelled Llan-non) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
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Mentorship
Mentorship is a relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories.
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Monmouth
Monmouth (Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is the historic county town of Monmouthshire, Wales.
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Municipal clerk
A clerk is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.
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Naas
Naas (Nás na Ríogh, or An Nás) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland.
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National Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.
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Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.
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Orléat
Orléat (Orlhat in Occitan) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département in Auvergne in central France.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Parish
A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.
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Patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person.
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Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire (or; Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.
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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales.
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Pembrokeshire Coast Path
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path (Llwybr Arfordir Sir Benfro), also often called the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, is a designated National Trail in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales.
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Pembrokeshire County Council
Pembrokeshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Penfro) is the governing body for Pembrokeshire, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
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Penny Cyclopaedia
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was a multi-volume encyclopedia edited by George Long and published by Charles Knight alongside the Penny Magazine.
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Pope Callixtus II
Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II (c. 1065 – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was pope of the western Christian church from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124.
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Porthclais
Porthclais is the small sheltered inlet port near St David's, a small city in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
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Portreeve
A portreeve or port warden is the title of an historical official in England and Wales possessing authority (political, administrative, or fiscal) over a town.
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Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)
Preseli Pembrokeshire is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.
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Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Preseli Pembrokeshire (Preseli Sir Benfro) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Pub
A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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River Alun, Pembrokeshire
The River Alun is a small river in northwestern Pembrokeshire, West Wales which rises near Tretio Common and flows southwestwards past the city of St David's to empty into St Bride's Bay at the rocky inlet of Porth Clais.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menevia is a Roman Catholic diocese in Swansea, Wales.
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Rome
Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).
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Rowan Williams
Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet.
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Rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Saint David
Saint David (Dewi Sant; Davidus; 500 589) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century; he was later regarded as a saint.
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Saint David's Day
Saint David's Day (Dydd Gŵyl Dewi) is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD.
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Saint Non
Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
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St Brides Bay
St Brides Bay (Bae Sain Ffraid) is a bay in western Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
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St David's (Pembrokeshire electoral ward)
St David's is the name of an electoral ward in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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St David's Cathedral
St Davids Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is situated in St Davids in the county of Pembrokeshire, on the most westerly point of Wales.
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St Davids Bishops Palace
St Davids Bishops Palace (also sometimes denoted as Bishop's Palace or Bishops' Palace) (Llys yr Esgob Tyddewi) is a ruined medieval palace located adjacent to St Davids Cathedral in the city of St Davids (Tyddewi), Pembrokeshire, one of the most important ecclesiastical sites in Wales.
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St Davids Lifeboat Station
St Davids Lifeboat Station (based in St Justinian, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station.
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Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.
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Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Vikings
Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Walking
Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.
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Welsh Marches
The Welsh Marches (Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.
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Welsh toponymy
The placenames of Wales derive in most cases from the Welsh language, but have also been influenced by linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English.
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Whitesands Bay (Pembrokeshire)
Whitesands Bay (Porth Mawr), shown as Whitesand Bay on some maps, is an EEC award-winning, Blue Flag standard, wide sandy beach situated on the St David's Peninsula in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, United Kingdom.
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William Barlow (archdeacon of Salisbury)
William Barlow or Barlowe (died 1625) was an English churchman and scientist.
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William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)
William Barlow (also spelled Barlowe; 13 August 1568) was an English Augustinian prior turned bishop of four dioceses, a complex figure of the Protestant Reformation.
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William the Conqueror
William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
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Worship (style)
His or Her Worship is an honorific prefix for mayors, Justices of the Peace and magistrates in present or former Commonwealth realms.
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Ysgol Dewi Sant
Ysgol Dewi Sant is a secondary school in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Davids
