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A499 road
The A499 road is the major road of the Llŷn peninsula in North Wales.
Aberdare
Aberdare (Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon.
Aberdaron
Aberdaron is a community, electoral ward and former fishing village at the western tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. Aberdaron and Aberdaron are surfing locations in Wales.
Abersoch
Abersoch is a village in the community of Llanengan in Gwynedd, Wales.
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales.
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Anne Griffith
Anne Griffith (1734–1821) was a Welsh practitioner of folk medicine who was an early user of foxgloves to treat heart conditions.
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Archbishop of Wales
The post of Archbishop of Wales was created in 1920 when the Church in Wales was separated from the Church of England and disestablished.
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Armeria maritima
Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.
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Arriva Buses Wales
Arriva Buses Wales (Bysiau Arriva Cymru) is a bus operator providing services in northern Wales and Chester in northern England.
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Atlantic herring
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae.
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Atlantic mackerel
The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), also known as Boston mackerel, Norwegian mackerel, Scottish mackerel or just mackerel, is a species of mackerel found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern Atlantic Ocean, where it is extremely common and occurs in huge shoals in the epipelagic zone down to about.
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Atlantic puffin
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family.
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Augustinians
Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.
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B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads.
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Bangor University
Bangor University (Prifysgol Bangor) is a public university in Bangor, Wales.
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Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd, North Wales.
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Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.
Bardsey Island
Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", is located off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
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Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.
Barnacle
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea.
Barry Morgan (bishop)
Barry Cennydd Morgan (born 31 January 1947) is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop from Neath, Wales who, from 2003 to Jan 2017, was Archbishop of Wales.
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Basal-cell carcinoma
Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma or rodent ulcer, is the most common type of skin cancer.
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Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country (Euskadi; País Vasco), also called the Basque Autonomous Community, is an autonomous community in northern Spain.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Beachgoing
Beachgoing or beach tourism is the cultural phenomenon of travelling to an ocean beach for leisure or vacation.
Before Present
Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.
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Birdwatching
Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
Black-legged kittiwake
The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.
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Boat racing
Boat racing is a sport in which boats, or other types of watercraft, race on water.
Bodferin
Bodferin is a former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
Bodyboarding
Bodyboarding is a water sport in which the surfer rides a bodyboard on the crest, face, and curl of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore.
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Bottlenose dolphin
The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins.
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Botwnnog
Botwnnog is a village and community in Gwynedd in Wales, located on the Llŷn Peninsula west-north-west of Abersoch.
Boulder clay
Boulder clay is an unsorted agglomeration of clastic sediment that is unstratified and structureless and contains gravel of various sizes, shapes, and compositions distributed at random in a fine-grained matrix.
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Brenda Chamberlain (artist)
Brenda Irene Chamberlain (17 March 1912 – 11 July 1971) was a Welsh artist, poet and writer.
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British Agricultural Revolution
The British Agricultural Revolution, or Second Agricultural Revolution, was an unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain arising from increases in labor and land productivity between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries.
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Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne,; Breizh,; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Brownhills
Brownhills is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England.
Bryncroes
Bryncroes is a hamlet and former civil parish in Gwynedd in Wales, and lies on the Llŷn Peninsula approximately 2 km west of Sarn Meyllteyrn.
Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales.
Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)
Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales.
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Caernarfonshire
Until 1974, Caernarfonshire (Sir Gaernarfon), sometimes spelled Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire, was an administrative county in the north-west of Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.
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Calcium oxide
Calcium oxide (formula: CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound.
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Calluna
Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.
Cambrian Line
The Cambrian Line (Llinell y Cambrian), sometimes split into the Cambrian Main Line (Prif Linell y Cambrian) and Cambrian Coast Line (Llinell Arfordir y Cambrian) for its branches, is a railway line that runs from Shrewsbury, England, westwards to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli in Wales.
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Cambrian News
The Cambrian News is a weekly newspaper distributed in Wales.
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Campsite
Campsite, campground, and camping pitch are all related terms regarding a place used for camping (an overnight stay in an outdoor area).
Cantref Llŷn
Llŷn was an ancient Welsh cantref in north-west Wales.
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.
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Cardigan Bay
Cardigan Bay (Bae Ceredigion) is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cavalier
The term "Cavalier" was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 –). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.
Celtic Christianity
Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.
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Celtic cross
A Celtic cross symbol The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages.
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Celtic deities
The gods and goddesses of the pre-Christian Celtic peoples are known from a variety of sources, including ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, cult objects, and place or personal names.
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Celts
The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.
Cetacea
Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Chicken
The chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets or for cockfighting. Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion, and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds.
Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christine Evans
Christine Evans (born 1943) is a poet of Welsh origin, born in the West Riding of Yorkshire and writing in English.
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Church in Wales
The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.
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Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.
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Clinker (boat building)
Clinker-built (also known as lapstrake) is a method of boat building in which the edges of hull planks overlap each other.
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Clough Williams-Ellis
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales.
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Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area.
Common kestrel
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.
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Common ling
The common ling (Molva molva), also known as the white ling or simply the ling, is a large member of the family Lotidae, a group of cod-like fishes.
Common murre
The common murre, also called the common guillemot or foolish guillemot, (Uria aalge) is a large auk.
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Commote
A commote (cwmwd, sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd)Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales Dictionary), p. 643 was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales.
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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Company limited by guarantee
A company limited by guarantee (CLG) is a type of company where the liability of members in the event the company is wound up is limited to a (typically very small) amount listed in the company's articles or constitution.
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Congregationalism
Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government.
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Conwy
Conwy, previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales.
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Court of quarter sessions
The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts that were traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388; they were extended to Wales following the Laws in Wales Act 1535.
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Cove
A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet.
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, (born 18 October 1946), is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021.
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Dafydd Nanmor
Dafydd Nanmor (fl. 1450 – 1490) was a Welsh language poet born at Nanmor (or Nantmor), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit company which supplies drinking water and wastewater services to most of Wales and parts of western England that border Wales.
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Deheubarth
Deheubarth (thus 'the South') was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia).
Devon
Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Dic Aberdaron
Dic Aberdaron (Richard Robert Jones; 1780–1843), also known as Dick of Aberdaron, was a Welsh traveller and polyglot.
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Dilys Cadwaladr
Dilys Cadwaladr (19 March 1902 – January 1979) was a Welsh-language poet and fiction writer.
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Distribution network operator
A distribution network operator (DNO), also known as a distribution system operator (DSO), is the operator of the electric power distribution system which delivers electricity to most end users.
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Domestic duck
Domestic ducks (mainly mallard, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, with some Muscovy ducks, Cairina moschata domestica) are ducks that have been domesticated and raised for meat and eggs.
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Domestic goose
A domestic goose is a goose that humans have domesticated and kept for their meat, eggs, or down feathers, or as companion animals.
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Dragoon
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.
Dwyfor
Dwyfor was one of the five local government districts of Gwynedd, Wales from 1974 to 1996, covering the Llŷn peninsula.
Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the Senedd, first created for the former Assembly's 2007 election.
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Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), held by Liz Saville Roberts of Plaid Cymru.
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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, was King of England from 1272 to 1307.
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Eisteddfod
In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music.
Elementary Education Act 1870
The Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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Estyn
Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales.
European conger
The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae.
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European seabass
The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), also known as the branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or loup de mer, is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the summer months and late autumn.
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European shag
The European shag or common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) is a species of cormorant.
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European stonechat
The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat.
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Fairy
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
Felt
Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together.
Fflur Dafydd
Fflur Dafydd (born 1 August 1978) is a Welsh novelist, singer-songwriter and musician.
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Fishguard
Fishguard (Abergwaun, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,400 (rounded to the nearest 100) as of the 2021 census.
Fishing village
A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Fulling
Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelled waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanolin) oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it shrink by friction and pressure.
Gabbro
Gabbro is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Gangani
The Gangani (Γαγγανοι) were a people of ancient Ireland who are referred to in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography as living in the south-west of the island, probably near the mouth of the River Shannon, between the Auteini to the north and the Uellabori to the south.
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
Great cormorant
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds.
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Gristmill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.
Gruffudd ap Cynan
Gruffudd ap Cynan (–1137) was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137.
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Gruffydd ap Rhys
Gruffydd ap Rhys (c. 1090 – 1137) was Prince of Deheubarth, in Wales.
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Guernsey
Guernsey (Guernésiais: Guernési; Guernesey) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy.
Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude (North Carolina) and moves toward Northwest Europe as the North Atlantic Current.
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales.
Gwynedd Council
Gwynedd Council, which calls itself by its Welsh name Cyngor Gwynedd, is the governing body for the county of Gwynedd, one of the principal areas of Wales.
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Henry I of England
Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.
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Heritage coast
A heritage coast is a strip of coastline in England and Wales, the extent of which is defined by agreement between the relevant statutory national agency and the relevant local authority.
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Hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.
Hillfort
A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.
Hillforts in Britain
Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain.
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His Majesty's Coastguard
His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.
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Hut circle
In archaeology, a hut circle is a circular or oval depression in the ground which may or may not have a low stone wall around it that used to be the foundation of a round house.
Iberdrola
Iberdrola is a Spanish multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao, Spain.
Igneous rock
Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.
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Inclosure Acts
The Inclosure Acts created legal property rights to land previously held in common in England and Wales, particularly open fields and common land.
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Independent politician
An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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Inquest
An inquest is a judicial inquiry in common law jurisdictions, particularly one held to determine the cause of a person's death.
Interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11November 1918 to 1September 1939 (20years, 9months, 21days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).
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Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers (an lucht siúil, meaning the walking people), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs (Shelta: Mincéirí), are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Isthmus
An isthmus (isthmuses or isthmi) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue.
Joseph Pearce
Joseph Pearce (born February 12, 1961), is an English-born American writer, and Director of the Center for Faith and Culture at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, before which he held positions at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan and Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida.
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Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.
Keep Wales Tidy
Keep Wales Tidy is a Welsh national voluntary environmental charity which works towards achieving "a clean, safe and tidy Wales".
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Kettle (landform)
A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, or pothole) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.
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King Arthur
King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain.
Kingdom of Gwynedd
The Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin:; Middle Welsh: Guynet) was a Welsh kingdom and a Roman Empire successor state that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.
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Last Glacial Period
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
Leinster
Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
Lewys Daron
Lewys Daron (fl. c. 1495 – c. 1530) was a Welsh-language professional poet from the Llŷn area of Gwynedd, Wales.
Lichen
A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.
Lime kiln
A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide).
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot.
List of Marilyns in the British Isles
This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.
Liverpool Daily Post
The Liverpool Post was a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
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Llanbedrog
Llanbedrog is a village and community on the Llŷn peninsula of Gwynedd in Wales.
Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea.
Llanfaelrhys
Llanfaelrhys is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, located on the Llŷn Peninsula.
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Llangwnnadl
Llangwnnadl is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
Llŷn Peninsula
The Llŷn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llŷn or italic) extends into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey.
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Llywydd of the Senedd
The Llywydd, or Presiding Officer in English, is the speaker of the Senedd in Wales, elected by members of the Senedd to chair their meetings (plenary sessions); to maintain order; and to protect the rights of Members.
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Lobster fishing
Lobsters are widely fished around the world for their meat.
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Local board of health
A local board of health (or simply a local board) was a local authority in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.
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Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
Machynlleth
Machynlleth is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire.
Maelrhys
Maelrhys is honoured as a saint on Bardsey Island in Wales.
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
Manx shearwater
The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.
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Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.
Mary Garman
Mary Margaret Garman Campbell (1898–1979) was the eldest of seven sisters known for their glamorous, bohemian lifestyles and their many love affairs with famous artists, writers, and musicians of interwar London.
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.
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Merseyside Maritime Museum
The Merseyside Maritime Museum is a museum based in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
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Mesolithic
The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.
Methodist Church of Great Britain
The Methodist Church of Great Britain is a Protestant Christian denomination in Britain, and the mother church to Methodists worldwide.
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Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)
Mid and West Wales is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Midwife
A midwife (midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery.
Mordred
Mordred or Modred (or; Welsh: Medraut or Medrawt) is a figure in the legend of King Arthur.
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water.
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Mynytho
Mynytho is a small village in the parish of Llanengan near the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in northwestern Wales.
National Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.
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National nature reserve (United Kingdom)
Some statutory nature reserves are designated by national bodies in the United Kingdom, and are known as national nature reserves.
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National school (England and Wales)
A National school was a school founded in 19th-century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.
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National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales
The National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales was established in 2001 in order to preserve and promote the audio-visual heritage of Wales.
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National Trust
The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Nefyn
Nefyn (archaically anglicised as Nevin) is both a small town and a community on the northwest coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales.
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).
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Nonconformist (Protestantism)
Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the state church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England.
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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North Wales
North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS; Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham in the north of Wales.
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North Wales Police
North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru) is the territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales.
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North Wales Weekly News
The North Wales Weekly News is one of a group of newspapers published weekly in Llandudno.
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Oat
The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural).
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
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Ordnance Survey
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Particulates
Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.
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Penllech
Penllech is a hamlet and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
Peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.
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Picnic
A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (''al fresco'') as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer or spring.
Pillow lava
Pillow lavas are lavas that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava underwater, or subaqueous extrusion.
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru (officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
Plas yn Rhiw
Plas yn Rhiw is an early 17th-century manor house in Y Rhiw, Gwynedd in northwestern Wales.
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Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius is a species of marine fish in the family Gadidae.
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Pollachius virens
Pollachius virens is a species of marine fish in the genus Pollachius.
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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.
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Porth Neigwl
Porth Neigwl, also known in English as Hell's Mouth, is a broad bay, about 3 miles (5 km) wide, on the south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales.
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Porthmadog
Porthmadog, originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, Wales, and the historic county of Caernarfonshire.
Portmeirion
Portmeirion is a folly*.
Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.
Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pC, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
Presbyterian Church of Wales
The Presbyterian Church of Wales (Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru), also known as the Calvinistic Methodist Church (Yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd Galfinaidd), is a denomination of Protestant Christianity based in Wales.
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Preserved counties of Wales
The preserved counties of Wales (siroedd cadwedig) are the eight current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty.
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Primary education in Wales
Primary education in Wales has a similar structure to primary education in England, but teaching of the Welsh language is compulsory and it is used as the medium of instruction in many schools.
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Prionotinae
Prionotinae is a subfamily of demersal, marine ray-finned fishes, part of the family Triglidae. The fishes in this subfamily are called sea robins and are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans, the other two Triglid subfamilies are called gurnards.
Prison ship
A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees.
Protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.
Pwllheli
Pwllheli is a market town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llŷn), north-west Wales.
Pwllheli railway station
Pwllheli railway station serves the small coastal town of Pwllheli, on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Quebec City
Quebec City (or; Ville de Québec), officially known as Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec.
R. S. Thomas
Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest noted for nationalism, spirituality and dislike of the anglicisation of Wales.
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Razorbill
The razorbill, razor-billed auk, or lesser auk (Alca torda) is a North Atlantic colonial seabird and the only extant member of the genus Alca of the family Alcidae, the auks.
Recreational boat fishing
Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank.
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Red-billed chough
The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax.
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Right of asylum
The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (asylum), is an ancient juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another entity which in medieval times could offer sanctuary.
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Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
Roy Campbell (poet)
Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, better known as Roy Campbell (2 October 1901 – 23 April 1957), was a South African poet, literary critic, literary translator, war poet and satirist.
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.
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Rutabaga
Rutabaga (North American English) or Swede (English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed).
Saint Cadfan
Cadfan (Catamanus), sometimes Anglicized as Gideon, was the 6th century founder-abbot of Tywyn (whose church is dedicated to him) and Bardsey, both in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Samson
Samson (Šīmšōn "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy.
Sarn Meyllteyrn
Sarn Meyllteyrn is a village and former civil parish (known at the time as Mellteyrn) in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
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School meal
A school meal (whether it is a breakfast, lunch, or evening meal) is a meal provided to students and sometimes teachers at a school, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day.
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
ScottishPower
Scottish Power Limited, trading as ScottishPower, is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Scree
Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall.
Seaweed
Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae.
Senedd
The Senedd, officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales.
Senedd constituencies and electoral regions
The Senedd constituencies and electoral regions are the electoral districts used to elect members of the Senedd (MS; Aelodau'r Senedd or AS) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), and have been used in some form since the first election of the then National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology.
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Sheep
Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
Shrewsbury
("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England.
Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.
Snowdonia
Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales.
South African poetry
The poetry of South Africa covers a broad range of themes, forms and styles.
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South Stack
South Stack (Ynys Lawd) is an island situated just off Holy Island on the northwest coast of Anglesey, Wales.
Spiny dogfish
The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order.
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Sponge
Sponges (also known as sea sponges), the members of the phylum Porifera (meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts.
St Fagans National Museum of History
St Fagans National Museum of History (Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru), commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people.
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St Hywyn's Church, Aberdaron
The Church of St Hywyn, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales, is a parish church dating from the 12th century.
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Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.
Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula.
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Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.
Teloschistes
Teloschistes is a genus of lichens in the family Teloschistaceae, of which it is the namesake.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, Breckland wild thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, or elfin thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa.
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Train station
A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.
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Transport for Wales Rail
Transport for Wales Rail Limited, branded as Transport for Wales and TfW Rail (and), is a Welsh publicly owned train operating company, a subsidiary of Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh Government-owned company.
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Tuberaria guttata
Tuberaria guttata, the spotted rock-rose or annual rock-rose, is an annual plant of the Mediterranean region which also occurs very locally in Wales and Ireland.
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Tudur Aled
Tudur Aled (c. 1465 – 1525) was a late medieval Welsh poet, born in Llansannan, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych).
Turnip
The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot.
Tylwyth Teg
Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for "Fair Family") is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of Welsh and Irish folklore Aos Sí.
Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus, the gorse, common gorse, furze or whin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Western Europe.
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Ultra high frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter).
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Underwater diving
Underwater diving, as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment.
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Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national government.
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University of Wales Press
The University of Wales Press (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru) was founded in 1922 as a central service of the University of Wales.
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Urn
An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal.
Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Wales Coast Path
The Wales Coast Path (Llwybr Arfordir Cymru) is a designated long-distance trail which follows, or runs close to, the coastline of Wales.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors.
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Warrenpoint
Warrenpoint (An Pointe) is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Welsh Ambulance Service
The Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Brifysgol GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) is the national ambulance service for Wales.
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Welsh Black cattle
The Welsh Black is a dual-purpose breed of cattle native to Wales.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.
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Wexford
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), formerly Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society in the UK, is a wildlife charity that is dedicated solely to the worldwide conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans).
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Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.
Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (archaic: Cualu) form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland.
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Woollen industry in Wales
The woollen industry in Wales was at times the country's most important industry, though it often struggled to compete with the better-funded woollen mills in the north of England, and almost disappeared during the 20th century.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored.
Y Rhiw
Y Rhiw is a small village on the south west tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.
Yellowhammer
The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia.
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Ystrad Tywi
Ystrad Tywi (Valley of the river Towy) is a region of southwest Wales situated on both banks of the River Towy, it contained places such as Cedweli, Carnwyllion, Loughor, Llandeilo, and Gwyr (although this is disputed).
1920s
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929.
See also
Surfing locations in Wales
- Aberdaron
- Adventure Parc Snowdonia
- Freshwater West
- Llangennith
- Newgale, Pembrokeshire
- Porthcawl
- Southerndown
- Whitesands Bay (Pembrokeshire)
References
Also known as Aberdaron Beach, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Afon Cyll-y-felin, Afon Daron, Anelog, Bodverin, Braich y Pwll, Braich-y-pwll, Carreg, Carreg Ddu, Castell Odo, Clip y Gylfinhir, Dinas Bach, Dinas Mawr, Gwynedd, Gwylan Islands, Llanvaelrhys, Maen Gwenonwy, Mynydd Anelog, Mynydd Bychestyn, Mynydd Carreg, Mynydd Mawr, Aberdaron, Mynydd Penarfynydd, Mynydd Rhiw, Mynydd Ystum, Mynydd y Graig, Mynydd y Gwyddel, Nant y Gadwen, Parwyd, Pen y Cil, Penycaerau, Pistyll y Gaseg, Porth Alwm, Porth Cadlan, Porth Iago, Porth Meudwy, Porth Oer, Porth Orion, Porth Ysgo, Porth y Pistyll, Porthoer, Porthor, Rhoshirwaun, Rhydlios, River Daron, Trwyn Bychestyn, Trwyn Talfarach, Trwyn y Penrhyn, Uwchmynydd, Whistling Sands, Y Parwyd, Ynys Gwylan-fach, Ynys Gwylan-fawr, Ynysoedd Gwylanod, Ysgo.
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