Abergavenny

Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "Mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. ^[1]

A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4).

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A40 road

The A40 is a major trunk road connecting London to Goodwick (Fishguard), Wales, and officially called The London to Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) in all legal documents and Acts.

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A4042 road

The A4042 is a trunk road that runs from Abergavenny to Newport in the United Kingdom.

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A4060 road

The A4060, also known as the East of Abercynon to East of Dowlais Trunk Road, is a trunk road in Wales.

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A465 road

The A465, the Neath to Abergavenny Trunk Road, is in Wales.

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A470 road

The A470, also referred to as the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road, is a long road in Wales that connects Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast.

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Abbeydore railway station

Abbeydore railway station was a station in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England.

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Abel Morgan (1673 – 16 December 1722) was a Welsh Baptist minister, best known for the posthumously published work Cyd-goriad Egwyddorawl o'r Scrythurau (English: The Joint Principles of the Scriptures) the First Biblical concordance to be written in the Welsh language and the second Welsh book printed in British America.

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Aber and Inver (placename elements)

Aber and Inver are common elements in place-names of Celtic origin.

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Abergavenny Brecon Road railway station

Abergavenny (Brecon Road) railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line serving the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

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Abergavenny Bridge

Abergavenny Bridge, (also known as Usk Bridge), crosses the River Usk at the boundary between Abergavenny and Llanfoist.

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Abergavenny Castle

Abergavenny Castle (Castell y Fenni) is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun in about 1087.

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Abergavenny fireworks display

The Abergavenny fireworks display is an annual organized fireworks display held each year on November 5, Guy Fawkes Night in Abergavenny, Wales.

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Abergavenny Food Festival

The Abergavenny Food Festival is an annual food festival which takes place in the town of Abergavenny in Wales each September.

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Abergavenny Hundred

Abergavenny was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire.

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Abergavenny Junction railway station

Abergavenny Junction railway station was a station situated near the junction made between the London and North Western Railway's Heads of the Valleys line and the West Midland Railway's Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, which served the town of Abergavenny in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

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Abergavenny Museum

Abergavenny Museum is a museum situated in the grounds of Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Abergavenny railway station

Abergavenny railway station (Y Fenni) is situated southeast of the town centre of Abergavenny, Wales.

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Abergavenny RFC

Abergavenny Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club team based in Abergavenny.

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Abergavenny Thursdays F.C.

Abergavenny Thursdays Football Club was a Welsh football team based in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Abergavenny Town F.C.

Abergavenny Town Football Club is a Welsh professional association football club based in the town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, who play in the Welsh Football League Division Three.

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Abergavenny town walls

Abergavenny's town walls are a sequence of defensive walls built around the town of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Abergavenny transmitting station

The Abergavenny transmitting station was originally built by the IBA in 1969 as a relay for BBC and ITV VHF 405-line analogue television.

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Adam Orleton

Adam Orleton (died 1345) was an English churchman and royal administrator.

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Afon Llia

The Afon Llia is a short river in Powys, Wales, and which is wholly contained within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Alexander Cordell

Alexander Cordell (9 September 1914 – 13 November 1997) was the pen-name of George Alexander Graber, a prolific Welsh novelist and author of thirty acclaimed works including Rape of the Fair Country, Hosts of Rebecca and Song of the Earth.

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Alice de Lusignan of Angoulême

Alice de Lusignan (or Alice of Angoulême) (born after October 1236 – May 1290) was the first wife of Marcher baron Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester and half-niece of King Henry III of England.

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Allt yr Esgair

Allt yr Esgair is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales.

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Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr

Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr was one of the daughters of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr, the disinherited prince of the old Welsh royal house of Powys Fadog, who led a major revolt in Wales between 1400 and ca.

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Amy Beth Hayes

Amy Beth Hayes (born 8 October 1982, Abergavenny, Wales) is a British actress.

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Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is an NHS Wales organisation in south Wales, headquartered in Caerleon.

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Anna Pavord

Anna Pavord (born 20 September 1940 in Abergavenny) is the gardening correspondent for The Independent and the author of a number of books on plants and gardening.

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Antiques Roadshow (series 26)

Antiques Roadshow is a British television series produced by the BBC since 1979.

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Antiques Roadshow (series 27)

Antiques Roadshow is a British television series produced by the BBC since 1979.

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Architecture of Wales

Architecture of Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the Medieval period to the present day, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture.

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Aston Cantlow

Aston Cantlow is a village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Alne north-west of Stratford and north-west of Wilmcote, close to Little Alne, Shelfield, and Newnham.

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Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover

Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover (21 March 1802 – 17 January 1896), born Augusta Waddington, was a Welsh heiress, best known as a patron of the Welsh arts.

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Augustine Baker

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Aust

Aust is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England, about north of Bristol and about south west of Gloucester.

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Östringen

Östringen is a town in Northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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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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Baker Street drill hall, Abergavenny

The Baker Street drill hall is a former military installation in Abergavenny in Wales.

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Bangladesh A cricket team in England in 2005

Bangladesh A toured England in July and August 2005 for first class and List A cricket matches against English domestic teams.

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Baron Bergavenny

The title Baron Bergavenny (or Abergavenny) was created several times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain, all but the first being baronies created by error.

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Barry Town United F.C.

Barry Town United Football Club (Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Y Barri) is an association football team based in Barry.

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Bat bridge

A bat bridge is a structure of varying construction crossing a new or altered road to aid the navigation of bats following the destruction of a hedgerow, and to cause the bats to cross the roadway at a sufficient height to avoid traffic.

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BBC Radio Cymru

BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Cymru Wales' Welsh-language national radio network.

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Beacons Way

The Beacons Way is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.

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Beaupréau

Beaupréau is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Becky James

Rebecca Angharad "Becky" James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling.

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Becky Morgan

Becky Morgan (born 5 September 1974) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

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Bedwellty Union Workhouse

The Bedwellty Union Workhouse was situated in Georgetown, Tredegar.

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Beer in Wales

Welsh beer is beer brewed in Wales.

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Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover

Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (8 November 1802 – 27 April 1867), known as Sir Benjamin Hall between 1838 and 1859, was a Welsh civil engineer and politician.

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Berkeley Smith

Berkeley Alexander Smith (8 December 1918 – 22 April 2003) was a broadcaster and a senior figure in the television world for nearly 40 years.

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Bert Dauncey

Frederick Herbert Dauncey (1 December 1871 – 30 October 1955) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and was capped three times for Wales.

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Bertha of Hereford

Bertha of Hereford, also known as Bertha de Pitres (born c.1130), was the daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, and a wealthy heiress, Sibyl de Neufmarché.

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Billy Gore

William Gore (19 November 1919 – 13 April 2010) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s.

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Black Hill (Herefordshire)

The Black Hill (also known as Crib y Garth) is a hill (elevation 2100 feet or 640m) in the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, England at.

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Black Mountains, Wales

The Black Mountains (Y Mynyddoedd Duon) are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.

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Blorenge

Blorenge or sometimes The Blorenge (Blorens) is a prominent hill overlooking the valley of the River Usk in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales.

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Bob Evans (rugby union)

Bob Evans (16 February 1921 – 14 April 2003) was a Welsh rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby for Monmouthshire.

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Borough status in the United Kingdom

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Borough Theatre

The Borough Theatre, Abergavenny is the principal theatre in the Monmouthshire town of Abergavenny in south east Wales.

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Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1882–1974

The following is a list of towns in England and Wales which were granted charters of incorporation conferring borough status under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 or the Local Government Act 1933.

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Breast-shaped hill

A breast-shaped hill is a mountain in the shape of a woman's breast.

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Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway

The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (B&MR) was a railway company in Wales.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

The Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales.

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Brecon Congregational Memorial College

Brecon Congregational Memorial College was a Congregational college in Brecon, Powys, Mid Wales.

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Bremia (fort)

Bremia is the name of the Roman fort in Llanio, West Wales.

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Brian Fitz Count

Brian fitz Count (also Brian of Wallingford) was descended from the Breton ducal house, and became an Anglo-Norman noble, holding the lordships of Wallingford and Abergavenny.

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Brian Savegar

Brian Savegar (24 August 1932 – 31 March 2007) was a production designer in the film and TV industry.

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Bryn Arw

Bryn Arw is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales.

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Bryngwyn

Bryngwyn is a village and rural location in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Building stones of Wales

The building stones of Wales are many and varied reflecting the diverse geology of the country.

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Burton, Abergavenny

Burton, 16–18 High Street, Abergavenny is a shop constructed for the Burton's tailoring company in 1937.

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Bwlch

Bwlch (meaning a pass in Welsh) is a small village and an electoral ward in Powys, southern Wales.

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Caerhowel Bridge

Caerhowel Bridge (Pont Caerhywel) is a two-arch cast-iron, Grade II listed bridge over the River Severn, west of Caerhowel, Powys, Wales.

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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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Caleb McDuff

Caleb McDuff (born 20 January 2008) is a British go-kart racer.

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Calum Antell

Calum Antell (born 13 June 1992) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Edinburgh City as a goalkeeper.

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Cambrian Way

The Cambrian Way is an unofficial long distance footpath in Wales (or Cambria) running from Cardiff to Conwy.

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Cameron Herring

Cameron Lee Herring (born 15 July 1994) is a Welsh cricketer.

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Cardiff Central bus station

Cardiff Central bus station was the main bus transport interchange in the Cardiff city centre until it closed on 1 August 2015.

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Cardiff Redhawks

The Cardiff Redhawks are a British ice hockey team that play in the First and Third Divisions of the British Universities Ice Hockey Association, formed in 2004.

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Castell Arnallt

The site of Castell Arnallt, sometimes known as Castle Arnold, is located near the village of Llanover in the Usk valley of Monmouthshire, Wales, some south east of Abergavenny.

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Celtic Trail cycle route

The Celtic Trail is a network of dedicated cycle routes in the National Cycle Network, crossing West, South and Mid Wales, and covering 377 miles in total.

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Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC (c. 16187 January 1694) was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier.

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Charles Spagnoletti

Charles Ernest Spagnoletti MInstCE, MIEE (12 July 1832 – 28 June 1915) was an electrical inventor and the first telegraph superintendent of the Great Western Railway (GWR).

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Charlie Martin

Charles Edward Capel Martin (21 April 1913 – 19 February 1998) was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire and died in Chelsea, London; he was an auto racing driver from Wales.

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Christian Davis

Christian Arthur Linghorne Davis (born 11 October 1992) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex.

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Church of Our Lady and St Michael, Abergavenny

The Church of Our Lady and St Michael, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a Roman Catholic parish church.

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Church of St Elli, Llanelly

The Church of St Elli, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, Wales is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century.

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Claire Clancy

Dame Claire Elizabeth Clancy DCB (born 14 March 1958) was Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, from February 2007 until April 2017.

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Claire Molloy

Claire Molloy is an Ireland women's rugby union international.

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Clydach Gorge

The Clydach Gorge (also known as Cwm Clydach) is a steep-sided valley in south-east Wales down which the River Clydach flows to the River Usk.

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Clydach, Monmouthshire

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Clytha Castle

Clytha Castle is a folly near Clytha between Llanarth and Raglan in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Clytha Park

Clytha Park, Clytha, Monmouthshire, is a 19th-century Neoclassical country house, "the finest early nineteenth century Greek Revival house in the county." The wider estate encompasses Monmouthshire's "two outstanding examples of late eighteenth century Gothic", the gates to the park and Clytha Castle.

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Coed Morgan

Coed Morgan is a village and rural area in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.

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Coed-y-Cerrig National Nature Reserve

In the shadow of the Black Mountains, Coed-y-Cerrig National Nature Reserve is located at the bottom of a deep valley, about six km north of Abergavenny and three km west of Llanfihangel Crucorney in Wales.

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Conway Street drill hall, Brecon

The Conway Street drill hall is a former military installation in Brecon, Wales.

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Corn Du

Corn Du is a mountain immediately to the southwest of Pen y Fan and the second highest peak in South Wales at 873 m (2,864 ft), situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Coverage of Google Street View

Google Street View was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and until November 26, 2008, featured camera icon markers, each representing at least one major city or area (such as a park), and usually the other nearby cities, towns, suburbs, and parks.

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Crawshay Bailey

Crawshay Bailey (1789 – 9 January 1872) was an English industrialist who became one of the great iron-masters of Wales.

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Crawshay Bailey, Junior

Crawshay Bailey Junior (1841 – 17 April 1887) was one of the great landowners of Wales towards the end of the 19th century.

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Crickhowell

Crickhowell (Crug Hywel, also spelled Crughywel, or Crucywel) is a small town in southeastern Powys, Wales.

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Crickhowell Castle

Crickhowell Castle (Castell Crucywel) is a Grade I listed building in Crickhowell, Wales, now largely ruined.

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Cross Ash

Cross Ash is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Cwmbran

Cwmbran (Cwmbrân, also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a new town in Wales.

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Cwmdu, Powys

Cwmdu or Llanfihangel Cwmdu is a small village situated in the heart of the Black Mountains in Powys, Wales.

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Cwmyoy

Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales (Cwm Iou) for the valley and parish, (Cwm-iou) for the village.

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Cymreigyddion Society

The Cymreigyddion Society (Cymdeithas y Cymreigyddion) was a London-based Welsh social, cultural and debating society, which existed from 1794 or 1795 until about 1855.

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Cymreigyddion y Fenni

Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion y Fenni, which translates as the Abergavenny Welsh Society, is a Welsh language society in Abergavenny.

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Dafydd ap Rhys O Fenai

Dafydd ap Rhys O Fenai was a 16th-century Welsh poet from the Abergavenny area.

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Dafydd Gam

Sir Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (c. 1380 – 25 October 1415), better known as Dafydd Gam or Davy Gam, was a Welsh nobleman, a prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr.

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Dafydd Jones (footballer)

Dafydd Rhys Jones (born 5 June 1998) is a Welsh football midfielder.

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Dai Llewellyn

Sir David St Vincent "Dai" Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (2 April 1946 – 13 January 2009), was a Welsh socialite and playboy.

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Dave Richards (footballer, born 1993)

David Matthew Richards (born 31 December 1993) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for League Two club Crewe Alexandra.

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David Davies (Baptist minister)

David Davies born 2 March 1794, Steynton, Pembrokeshire, and christened ("registered") at Narberth (20.4.1794), where his father officiated.

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David Jones (barrister)

David Jones (1765–1816) was a Welsh barrister.

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David Lewis (Jesuit priest)

David Lewis (1616 – 27 August 1679) was a Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr who was also known as Charles Baker.

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David Lewis (lawyer)

David Lewis (– 27 April 1584) was a lawyer, judge, and the first Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.

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David Rees (mathematician)

David Rees FRS (29 May 1918 – 16 August 2013) was a professor of pure mathematics at the University of Exeter, having been head of the Mathematics / Mathematical Sciences Department at Exeter for many years.

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David Thomas (bishop)

David Thomas (22 July 1942 – 11 May 2017) was a Welsh Anglican bishop.

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Dick Richardson (boxer)

Dick Richardson (1 June 1934 – 15 July 1999) was a heavyweight boxer from the Maesglas area of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom

The digital switchover is the name given to the process by which analogue terrestrial television in the United Kingdom was replaced with digital terrestrial television.

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Dilys Breese

Dilys Breese (born 2 June 1932, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire; died 22 August 2007) was a natural history television producer for the BBC and an ornithologist with the British Trust for Ornithology, who commemorate her contribution by awarding the Dilys Breese Medal, funded by her bequest to them.

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Diocese of Monmouth

The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales.

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District of Monmouth

Monmouth district (Trefynwy) was one of five districts of Gwent in Wales between 1974 and 1996.

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Dolbadarn Castle

Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in North Wales.

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Dorian Jones

Dorian Jones (born 27 September 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fly half having previously played for Cross Keys RFC and Ebbw Vale RFC.

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Eaglesham

Eaglesham is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated about 10 miles south of Glasgow, to the southeast of Newton Mearns, south of Clarkston, and southwest of East Kilbride.

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Edla Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Edla Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Griffiths), is the Duchess of Marlborough, wife of Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough, and a British peeress.

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Edward Neville

Sir Edward Neville (died 8 December 1538) was an English courtier.

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Edward Proger

Edward Proger (16 June 1621 or 1618 – 31 December 1713) was a Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire/Breconshire, Page of Honour to King Charles I, Groom of the Bedchamber for King Charles II and Lord of the Manor of West Stow.

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Edward Whitting

Edward Jewel Whitting (1 September 1872 – 8 March 1938) was an English cricketer who made one first-class appearance in 1892.

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Edward Williams (minister)

Edward Williams (1750–1813) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, theological writer, and tutor.

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Edwin Richards (field hockey)

Edwin William Gruffydd Richards (sometimes referred to as Edward; 15 December 1879 – 10 December 1930) was a Welsh field hockey player from Abergavenny who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal as a member of the Wales team.

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Eifion Evans (church historian)

Rev Dr Eifion Evans (1931 – 1 November 2017) was a Welsh pastor and church historian.

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Eirene White, Baroness White

Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White (née Jones; 7 November 1909 – 23 December 1999) was a British Labour politician and journalist.

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Ellis Shipp (rugby union)

Ellis Shipp (born 14 August 1997) is a Welsh rugby union player and professional dominoes player who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons regional team as a hooker having previously played for Cross Keys RFC and Bedwas RFC Whilst his primary sporting activities have centred around his Rugby career.

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Eluned Parrott

Eluned Parrott (born 1974) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician.

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English exonyms

An English exonym is a name in the English language for a place (a toponym), or occasionally other terms, which does not follow the local usage (the endonym).

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Esperantist of the Year

The Esperantist of the Year (Esperantisto de la Jaro) is an honorary designation bestowed each year by the editors of the Esperanto-language monthly La Ondo de Esperanto (English: The Wave of Esperanto).

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Ethel Lina White

Ethel Lina White (1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes (1938), was based.

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Eva de Braose

Eva de Braose (fl. 1238–July 1255) was one of the four co-heiresses of William de Braose.

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Eva Lechner

Eva Lechner is an Italian cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and mountain bike racer who has won at least one national title in all three disciplines.

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Ewyas

Ewyas (Ewias) was a possible early Welsh kingdom which may have been formed around the time of the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century.

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Ewyas Harold

Ewyas Harold is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire, England, near the Welsh border with present-day Monmouthshire and about halfway between the towns of Abergavenny and Hereford.

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Fenni

The Fenni were an ancient people of northeastern Europe, first described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in AD 98.

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FitzRoy Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan

FitzRoy John Somerset, 5th Baron Raglan (6 November 1927 – 24 January 2010) was a British peer, the son of FitzRoy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan and the Hon. Julia Hamilton.

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Foel Fraith

Foel Fraith is a hill in the Black Mountain in the county of Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales.

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Folly Tower, Pontypool

The Folly Tower - (Tŵr Ffoledd) - is a folly located within the grounds of a working farm, close to Pontypool Park, Torfaen, South Wales (Grid ref). It is a prominent local landmark above the A4042 Pontypool to Abergavenny road and overlooks Pontypool to the west and rural Monmouthshire to the east.

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Foxhunter

Foxhunter (1940–1959) was a champion show jumping horse ridden by Harry Llewellyn, best known for their part in securing Great Britain's only gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics (in the Team Jumping equestrian event).

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Francis Pym

Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, MC, PC (13 February 1922 – 7 March 2008) was a British politician.

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Frederick Belson

Frederick Charles Belson (13 February 1874 – 10 August 1952) was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Clifton and Bath, and county rugby for Somerset.

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Frederick John Alban

Sir Frederick John Alban (11 January 1882 – 2 May 1965) was a chartered accountant, administrator, and writer.

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Gareth David-Lloyd

Gareth David Lloyd (born 28 March 1981), known professionally as Gareth David-Lloyd, is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Ianto Jones in the British science fiction series Torchwood.

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Garreg Las

Garreg Las is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog in the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) in Carmarthenshire, southern Wales.

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Garrick Palmer

Garrick Salisbury Palmer (born 20 September 1933 in Portsmouth) is an English painter, wood engraver, photographer and teacher.

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Geoffrey Crawshay

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Geology of Monmouthshire

The geology of Monmouthshire in southeast Wales largely consists of a thick series of sedimentary rocks of different types originating in the Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Triassic and Jurassic periods.

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George de Cantilupe

George de Cantilupe (1252–1273) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was Lord of Abergavenny from the Marches of South Wales under Edward I of England.

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George Ernest Hamilton

George Ernest Hamilton CE (ca.1800 – 8 October 1872) was a British civil engineer who played a leading role in development of the Colony of South Australia.

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George Littlewood Hirst

George Littlewood Hirst (5 May 1890 – 30 July 1967) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

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George Nares

Vice-Admiral Sir George Strong Nares KCB FRS (24 April 1831 – 15 January 1915) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer.

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George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny

George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny KG, PC (c.1469 – 1535), the family name often written Neville, was an English nobleman and courtier who held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

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Georgia Mackenzie

Georgia Mackenzie (born 19 May 1973) is a British actress born in Abergavenny, South Wales.

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Geraint Jones

Geraint Owen Jones (born 14 July 1976) is a former England and Papua New Guinea international cricketer.

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Geraint Rhys Jones

Geraint Rhys Jones (born 23 August 1987) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fly half or full back.

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Gerald Wibberley

Gerald Percy Wibberley, CBE (15 April 1915 – 8 November 1993) was a British agricultural economist.

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Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester

Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 3rd Lord of Glamorgan, 9th Lord of Clare (2 September 1243 – 7 December 1295) was a powerful English noble.

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Gilbert Ledward

Gilbert Ledward (London 23 January 1888 – 21 June 1960 London), was an English sculptor.

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Gilwern

Gilwern is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Glamorgan

Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire, (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county of Wales.

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Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 2005

Glamorgan County Cricket Club started their 2005 season as defending totesport League champions, but the 2005 season ended without a trophy - instead, they suffered relegation in the first class form.

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Gobannium

Gobannium was a Roman fort and civil settlement or Castra established by the Roman legions invading what was to become Roman Wales and lies today under the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire in south east Wales.

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Gobannus

Gobannus (or Gobannos, the Gaulish form, sometimes Cobannus) was a Gallo-Roman god, whose name, denoting "the smith", is normally taken to identify him as patron of smiths.

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Gofannon

Gofannon is a Middle Welsh reflex of Gobannus, one of the deities worshipped by the ancient Celts.

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Golf in Wales

Golf is a popular sport in Wales.

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Google Street View in Europe

In Europe, Google Street View began on 2 July 2008 with the route of Tour de France being covered in parts of France and Italy.

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Gospel Pass

The Gospel Pass (Welsh: Bwlch yr Efengyl) is the highest road pass in Wales.

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Govilon

Govilon (Gofilon) is a small Welsh village located between Llanfoist and Gilwern near Abergavenny in north Monmouthshire.

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Goytre (Monmouthshire)

Goytre is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire

This is a list of the 53 Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire

This is a list of the 244 Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys is a BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo.

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Grosmont, Monmouthshire

Grosmont (Y Grysmwnt or Rhosllwyn) is a village and community near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Gunter Mansion

Gunter Mansion, 37–39 Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a house of the early 17th century.

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Gustav Heckmann

Gustav Heckmann (22 April 1898 – 8 June 1996) was a German philosopher and teacher.

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Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust

Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust was an NHS Trust in South East Wales.

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Gwilym Davies (minister)

Gwilym Davies CBE (24 March 1879 – 26 January 1955) was a Welsh Baptist minister, who spent much of his life attempting to enhance international relations through supporting the work of the League of Nations and its successor, the United Nations.

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Gwladus Ddu

Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark Eyes"), full name Gwladus ferch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a Welsh noblewoman who was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and married two Marcher lords.

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Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam

Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam (died 1454) was a Welsh noblewoman, the daughter of Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel, otherwise known as Dafydd Gam, who was killed at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

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GWR pagoda platform shelter

The archetypal Pagoda Platform Shelter was a distinctively-shaped corrugated iron structure used by passengers waiting at railway stations in Wales and southern England.

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GWR road motor services

The Great Western Railway road motor services operated from 1903 to 1933, both as a feeder to their train services, and as a cheaper alternative to building new railways in rural areas.

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Hamelin de Ballon

Hamelin de Ballon (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.), (b ca. 1060, died 5 March 1105/6, was an early Norman Baron and the first Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Over Gwent and Abergavenny; he also served William Rufus.J. Horace Round, "The Family of Ballon and the Conquest of South Wales", Studies in Peerage and Family History (1901), pp. 181-215.

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Harold Day (Royal Navy officer)

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Harold Day (17 April 1897 – 5 February 1918) was a Welsh World War I flying ace credited with 11 confirmed aerial victories.

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Harry Llewellyn

Sir Harry Morton Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, CBE (18 July 1911 – 15 November 1999) was a British equestrian champion.

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Henry de Abergavenny

Henry de Abergavenny (died 1218) was Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff, both in South Wales.

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Henry Watkins (priest)

Henry William Watkins was an Anglican priest, academic and author.

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Herbert Armitage James

Herbert Armitage James, CH (3 August 1844 – 15 November 1931) was a Welsh cleric and headmaster of three leading public schools, who ended his "remarkable scholastic career", as it was later described by Austen Chamberlain, by becoming President of St John's College, Oxford.

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Hereford Sixth Form College

Hereford Sixth Form College is a co-educational state funded sixth form college in Hereford, England.

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Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway

The Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway (HH&BR) was a railway company that built a line between Hereford in England and a junction with the Mid-Wales Railway at Three Cocks Junction.

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Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (judge)

Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (born Hudson, New York, December 10, 1814; died San Francisco, California, October 31, 1893) was a lawyer, judge, journalist, and author.

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History of Gwynedd during the High Middle Ages

The history of Gwynedd in the High Middle Ages is a period in the History of Wales spanning the 11th through the 13th centuries.

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HMS Abergavenny (1795)

HMS Abergavenny was originally the Earl of Abergavenny, an East Indiaman sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). As an East Indiaman she made two trips to China between 1790 and 1794. The Royal Navy bought her in 1795, converted her to a 56-gun fourth-rate ship of the line, and renamed her. One year later the East India Company built a new and much larger ship which was also named the ''Earl of Abergavenny'' and which sank off Weymouth Bay in 1805. HMS Abergavenny was sold for breaking in 1807.

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House of Neville

The House of Neville (also the House of Nevill) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later Middle Ages.

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Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen

Major-General Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen, CB, CMG, KStJ (15 July 1851 – 18 October 1933), known as Sir Ivor Herbert, Bt, between 1907 and 1917, was a British Liberal politician and British Army officer in the Grenadier Guards,His name is given as "Colonel Ivor Herbert, of the Grenadier Guards" in 1896 in an article about his grandmother's death.

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James Durand

James Durand (1775 – 22 March 1833) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.

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James Herbert (died 1709)

Sir James Herbert (c.1644 – 6 June 1709), of Coldbrook Park, Monmouthshire, was a Welsh politician.

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James Lewis (rugby player)

James Lewis (20 November 1987) is a Welsh rugby union player for London Welsh RFC.

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Jared Rosser

Jared Rosser (born 21 February 1997) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Dragons regional team as a winger Rosser made his debut for the Dragons regional team in 2017 having previously played for Bedwas RFC and Ebbw Vale RFC.

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Jeff Nuttall

Jeffrey Addison "Jeff" Nuttall (8 July 1933 – 4 January 2004) was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, anarchist and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture.

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Jeremy Winston

Jeremy Hugh Winston (20 May 1954 – 21 November 2011) was an Anglican priest.

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Jesuits, etc. Act 1584

An act against Jesuits, seminary priests, and such other like disobedient persons, also known as Jesuits, etc.

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Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Jews in Wales

The history of the Jews in Wales begins in the Middle Ages.

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Joe Turner (writer)

Andrew (Joe) Turner is a British script writer working in the fields of radio and television.

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John Davies (Independent minister and magazine editor)

John Davies (1823 - 1874) was a Welsh Methodist minister.

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John de Breton

John de Breton (died c. 12 May 1275) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

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John Evan Thomas

John Evan Thomas, FSA (15 January 1810 – 9 October 1873) was a Welsh sculptor, notable for many sculptures both in Wales and elsewhere in the UK, such as his portrait sculptures in London.

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John Hanbury (1664–1734)

John Hanbury, Esq. (1664–1734) was one of a dynasty of ironmasters responsible for the industrialisation and urbanisation of the eastern valley through which runs the Afon Llwyd (in English "grey river") in Monmouthshire around Pontypool.

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John James (priest)

The Ven. John Daniel James, MA was Archdeacon of Llandaff from his appointment in 1930 until his death.

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John Laviers Wheatley

John Laviers Wheatley (23 January 1892 – 17 November 1955) was a British painter, art teacher and museum director who also served as a war artist in both World War One and in World War Two.

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John Leonard Knapp

John Leonard Knapp (9 May 1767 - 29 April 1845) was an English botanist and naturalist.

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John Nash (architect)

John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was an English architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London under the patronage of the Prince Regent, and during his reign as George IV.

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John Nevell

Vice Admiral John Nevell, Neville, Nevill or Nevil, (died 17 August 1697), was an officer in the Royal Navy.

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John Ogilby

John Ogilby (also Ogelby, Oglivie; November 1600 – 4 September 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer.

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John Osmond

John Osmond (born 1946) was the director of the independent Welsh think-tank, the Institute of Welsh Affairs until May 2013.

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John Petts (artist)

John Petts (10 January 1914 – 26 August 1991) was born in London, but is considered a Welsh artist, known for his engravings and stained glass.

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John Scudamore (landowner)

Sir John Scudamore was a 15th-century English landowner from Herefordshire who acted as constable and steward of a number of Royal castles in South Wales.

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John Tombes

John Tombes (c.1603? – 22 May, 1676) was an English clergyman of Presbyterian and Baptist views.

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John Wedgwood (horticulturist)

John Wedgwood (baptised 2 April 1766 — 26 January 1844), the eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm 1790–1793 and again 1800–1812.

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John Williams (VC)

John Williams VC (born John Fielding 24 May 1857 – 25 November 1932), was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Joseph Booth (rugby player)

Joseph "Joe" Booth (1873 – 28 April 1958) was a Welsh-born rugby union forward who originally played club rugby for Pontymister and international rugby for Wales.

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Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge

Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge (21 July 1890 – 28 August 1969) known as "The Bird" or "Birdie", was a Welsh born British Army officer and international rugby union player who was capped for South Africa and was a member of the Barbarians in that side's first international, played against Wales in 1915.

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Jules Williams

Julian Lloyd "Jules" Williams (born 23 July 1968) is a British writer, director, producer and "intuitive counsellor".

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Julian Winn

Julian Winn from Abergavenny, Wales (born 23 September 1972) is a former Welsh competitive cyclist who was formerly directeur sportif at the UCI Continental cycling team Endura Racing.

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Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick

Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick (1314 – 4 August 1369) was the wife of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick KG, an English peer, and military commander during the Hundred Years War.

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Kemeys Commander

Kemeys Commander (Cemais Comawndwr) is a village in Monmouthshire, in South East Wales.

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Kentchurch

Kentchurch is a small village in Herefordshire, England.

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Kilpeck

Kilpeck is a small village in Herefordshire, England.

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King Henry VIII Grammar School

King Henry VIII Grammar School, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire was one of a series of schools founded during the Reformation in England and Wales in 1542 from property seized from monasteries and religious congregations.

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King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny

King Henry VIII School Abergavenny (Ysgol y Brenin Harri VIII) is an English-language comprehensive school situated in the town of Abergavenny, in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Kingdom of Gwent

Gwent (Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk.

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Kristian House

Kristian House (born 6 October 1979 in Canterbury, England) is a British former racing cyclist who rode for the team from 2008 to 2015, and joined in 2016.

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Lambing Live

Lambing Live is a farming programme which was broadcast live on BBC Two in five parts, beginning on Sunday 7 March 2010.

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Lawrence Davies

Lawrence Davies (born 3 September 1977) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Leonard Watkins

Leonard Watkins (7 December 1859 - 7 February 1901) was a Welsh international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales.

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Leonora Philipps

Leonora Philipps (4 November 1862 – 30 March 1915), sometimes known as Nora Philipps, was a British feminist activist.

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List of Air Training Corps squadrons

The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom.

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List of Army Cadet Force units

The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom.

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List of battalions of the South Wales Borderers

This is a list of battalions of the South Wales Borderers.

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List of bus stations in Wales

This is a list of bus stations in Wales.

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List of Carnegie libraries in Europe

This is an incomplete list of Carnegie libraries in Europe.

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List of castles in Wales

This is a list of castles in Wales, sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" in view of their high density.

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List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills

City of Seven Hills usually refers to Rome.

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List of clergy educated at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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List of closed railway stations in Britain: B

The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known.

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List of communities in Wales

This is a list of communities in Wales sorted by principal area.

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List of country houses in the United Kingdom

This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.

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List of cycle routes in Wales

The following is a list of cycleways in Wales.

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List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom

This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom.

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List of dissenting academies (1660–1800)

This is a list of dissenting academies, English and Welsh educational institutions run by Dissenters to provide an education, and often a vocational training as a minister of religion, outside the Church of England.

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List of earthquakes in the British Isles

The following is an extensive list of earthquakes that have been detected in the British Isles.

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List of foods named after places

Lists of foods named after places have been compiled by writers, sometimes on travel websites or food-oriented websites, as well as in books.

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List of former county courts in Wales

Sixty county courts in Wales have closed since the modern system of county courts in England and Wales was established by the County Courts Act 1846.

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List of founding Fellows, Scholars and Commissioners of Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford, was founded by Elizabeth I in 1571 at the instigation of a Welsh clergyman, Hugh Price.

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List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom

The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British place names, refer to Toponymy in Great Britain.

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List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds

Glamorgan County Cricket Club was established on 6 July 1888.

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List of golf courses in the United Kingdom

A list of golf courses in the United Kingdom.

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List of hoards in Great Britain

The list of hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

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List of horse mills

This is a list of horse mills that exist or are known to have existed.

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List of hospitals in Wales

The following is a list of currently operating hospitals in Wales.

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List of Latin place names in Britain

This list includes places in Great Britain (including neighbouring islands such as the Isle of Man), some of which were part of the Roman Empire, or were later given Latin place names in historical references.

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List of localities in Wales by population

This is a list of localities in Wales by population according to the 2016 estimate data, by the Office for National Statistics Major urban areas are sub-divided to provide results about localities within them.

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List of M.I. High characters

This is a list of all significant characters from the TV series M.I. High, a BBC children's spy-fi adventure series shown primarily on the CBBC channel.

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List of museums in Wales

This list of museums in Wales contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

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List of National Cycle Network routes

This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network within the United Kingdom.

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List of places in Monmouthshire

This is a list of places in Monmouthshire, Wales, sorted alphabetically.

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List of post towns in the United Kingdom

This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies, sorted by the postcode area (the first part of the outward code of a postcode).

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List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom

This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies.

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List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network

Primary destinations are locations that appear on route confirmation signs in the United Kingdom.

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List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom.

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List of restaurants in Wales

The number of restaurants in Wales has significantly increased since the 1960s, when the country had very few notable places to eat out.

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List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973

This is a list of the municipal boroughs, urban districts, and rural districts in Wales immediately prior to the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974.

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List of Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire has 200 Scheduled monuments.

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List of the Beatles' live performances

This is a chronological list of the Beatles' known live performances under the name "The Beatles".

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List of theatres in Wales

The following is a list of active theatres and concert halls in Wales.

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List of towns in Wales

This is a link page for towns in Wales, 170 in total.

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List of tramroads in South Wales

Numerous horse-drawn tramroads were constructed in South Wales during the Industrial Revolution, chiefly between the years 1790 and 1830 and connected with the iron and coal-mining industries.

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List of UK dialling codes covering Wales

This is a list of geographic UK dialling codes covering Wales that are currently in use.

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List of United Kingdom locations: Aa-Ak

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List of United Kingdom locations: X-Z

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List of Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club grounds

Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club was established in 1988, with it joining the Minor Counties Championship in the same year as a replacement for the Somerset Second XI who had withdrawn from the Minor Counties Championship at the end of the previous season.

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List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom

This is a list of Prisoner of War (POW) Camps located in the United Kingdom during World War II.

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Llanarth, Monmouthshire

Llanarth is a privately owned estate village within a conservation area in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

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Llancayo

Llancayo is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanddewi Rhydderch

Llanddewi Rhydderch is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales at.

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Llanddewi Skirrid

Llanddewi Skirrid (Llanddewi Ysgyryd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanellen

Llanellen (Llanelen) is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanelli

Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"), the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-northwest of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen.

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Llanelly

Llanelly (Llanelli) is the name of both a parish and community in the principal area of Monmouthshire, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales.

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Llanfair Kilgeddin

Llanfair Kilgeddin (Llanfair Cilgedin) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Llanfoist

Llanfoist (Llan-ffwyst) is a village, near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llanfoist Fawr

Llanfoist Fawr is a community in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, and is 23.8 miles (38.3 km) from Cardiff and 126.3 miles (203.2 km) from London.

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Llangattock Lingoed

Llangattock Lingoed (Llangatwg Lingoed) is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Llangattock-Vibon-Avel

Llangattock-Vibon-Avel (Llangatwg Feibion Afel) is a rural parish in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.

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Llangua

Llangua (Llangiwa) is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanover

Llanover (Llanofer) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llanthony

Llanthony (Llanddewi Nant Honddu) is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanthony Priory

Llanthony Priory (Priordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni) is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep sided once glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Llantilio Crossenny

Llantilio Crossenny (Llandeilo Gresynni) is a small village and much larger community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.

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Llantilio Pertholey

Llantilio Pertholey (Llandeilo Bertholau) is a community (parish) and small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Llanvapley

Llanvapley (Llanfable) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanvetherine

Llanvetherine (Llanwytherin) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llanvihangel Crucorney

Llanvihangel Crucorney (Llanfihangel Crucornau) is a small village in the community (parish) of Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llanvihangel Gobion

Llanvihangel Gobion (Llanfihangel-y-gofion) is a village and rural parish of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llanvihangel railway station

Llanvihangel railway station was a former station which served the Monmouthshire village of Llanvihangel Crucorney.

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Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern

Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern (Llanfihangel-Ystum-Llywern) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Llanwenarth

Llanwenarth is a small village and parish in the Usk Valley of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Llanwenarth Baptist Chapel

Llanwenarth Baptist Chapel, Govilon, Monmouthshire is the oldest Baptist chapel in Wales.

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Llanwenarth House

Llanwenarth House is a small country house, formerly a hotel, located off the B4246 road, west of Govilon and Llanfoist, just south of Abergavenny in the Usk valley of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Local Government Act 1933

The Local Government Act 1933 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and revised existing legislation that regulated local government in England (except the County of London) and Wales.

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Longtown Castle

Longtown Castle, also termed Ewias Lacey Castle in early accounts, is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Longtown, Herefordshire.

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Longtown, Herefordshire

Longtown is a linear village and parish in Herefordshire, England.

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Loretta de Braose, Countess of Leicester

Loretta de Braose, Countess of Leicester (c. 1185 - c. 1266) was one of at least five daughters and four sons who survived to adulthood of William de Braose, lord of Bramber in Sussex and Radnor, Abergavenny and Brecon in Wales (d. 1211) and his wife, Maud de St. Valery.

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Luke Garrett

Luke Garrett (born 11 January 1995) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a prop forward having previously played for Cross Keys RFC.

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Madley

For people with the surname, see Madley (surname). Madley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire.

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Madoline Thomas

Madoline Thomas (born Madoline Mary Price; 2 January 1890 – 30 December 1989) was a Welsh actress whose career encompassed stage, film and television roles.

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Maindiff Court Hospital

Maindiff Court Hospital is a Community Hospital near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, operated by the Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board.

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Malcolm Nash

Malcolm Nash (born 9 May 1945) is a Welsh cricket coach and former first-class cricketer.

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Marcher Lord

A Marcher Lord was a noble appointed by the King of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.

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Marches Way

The Marches Way is a partially waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom.

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Mardy, Monmouthshire

The Mardy (Y Maerdy) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.

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Maria Jane Williams

Maria Jane Williams (c.1795 – 10 November 1873) was a 19th-century Welsh musician and folklorist born at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath in Glamorgan, South Wales.

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Mark Wallace (cricketer)

Mark Alexander Wallace (born 19 November 1981, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a former Welsh cricketer; a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.

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Marquess of Abergavenny

Marquess of Abergavenny (pronounced Abergenny), in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 14 January 1876, along with the title Earl of Lewes (pronounced "Lewis"), in the County of Sussex, for the 5th Earl of Abergavenny, a member of the Nevill family.

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Mary Penry

Mary Penry (12 November 1735 — 17 May 1804) was a Welsh-born woman in colonial Pennsylvania.

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Matt Powell

Matthew Powell (born 8 May 1978 in Abergavenny, Wales) is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who played for Worcester Warriors at scrum-half.

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Matthew Jay

Graham Matthew Jay (10 October 1978 – 25 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter.

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Maud de Braose

Maud de Braose, Lady of Bramber (c. 1155 – 1210) was an English noble, the spouse of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful Marcher baron and court favourite of King John of England.

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Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway

The Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway, also known as the Heads of the Valleys line, was a railway line which operated between 1860 and 1958 between the Monmouthshire town of Abergavenny and the Glamorgan town of Merthyr Tydfil in South East Wales.

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Mike Powell (Welsh cricketer)

Michael John Powell (born 3 February 1977, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire) is a Welsh retired cricketer.

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Monmouth

Monmouth (Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is the historic county town of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Monmouth (Sir Fynwy) is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster).

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Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)

Monmouth Boroughs (also known as the Monmouth District of Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire.

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Monmouth cap

The Monmouth cap was an item of woollen headgear fashionable between the 15th and 18th centuries, and associated with the town of Monmouth in south east Wales.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire, also known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county.

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Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (Camlas Sir Fynwy a Brycheiniog) is a small network of canals in South Wales.

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Monmouthshire County Council

(Monmouth constituency).

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Monmouthshire Libraries

Monmouthshire Libraries are a collection of six libraries in Monmouthshire, Wales owned by Monmouthshire County Council.

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Monmouthshire Regiment

The Monmouthshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army and the Territorial Army.

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Monmouthshire Way

The Monmouthshire Way is a circular long-distance footpath of 116 miles that explores the historic county of Monmouth.

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Monnow Bridge

Monnow Bridge (Pont Trefynwy), in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge.

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Moseley School

Moseley School (incorporating Spring Hill College) is a large comprehensive school in the Moseley area of Birmingham, England.

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Murage

Murage was a medieval toll for the building or repair of town walls in England, Wales and Ireland.

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Nant-y-derry

Nant-y-derry (Nant-y-deri) is a village in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, located six miles south east of Abergavenny and four miles northwest of Usk.

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Nathan Buck (rugby player)

Nathan Buck (born 17 August 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons regional team having previously played for Pontypool United and Cross Keys.

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National Cycle Route 42

National Cycle Route 42 is a part of the National Cycle Network running from Glasbury in Mid Wales to Gloucester in England.

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National Cycle Route 8

The route passes through the heart of Wales, and is also known by its Welsh name Lôn Las Cymru (English: Wales' Blue Lane).

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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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National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup

| The National Hunt Challenge Cup is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain for amateur riders which is open to horses aged five years or older.

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National Provincial Bank

National Provincial Bank was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1833 until its merger into the National Westminster Bank in 1970; it continued to exist as a dormant non-trading company until it was voluntarily struck off the register and dissolved in 2016.

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Nevill Hall Hospital

Nevill Hall Hospital is a district general hospital in Abergavenny, north Monmouthshire, Wales.

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New Inn

New Inn is a village and community of approximately 3,000 households directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

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New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919

The New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919 was a rugby union team which represented New Zealand after the end of the First World War.

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Newcastle, Monmouthshire

Newcastle (Castell-newydd) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales.

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Nicholas Harrhy

Nicholas Harrhy (born 14 September 1982) is a Welsh football (soccer) player who currently plays for Cinderford Town F.C. in the Southern League Premier Division.

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Nicholas Jones (journalist)

Nicholas Jones (born 1942) is a British broadcasting and newspaper journalist, author and political commentator.

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Nicky Grist

Nicky Grist (born 1 November 1961) is a British former rally co-driver, born in Ebbw Vale.

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Norman Cross

Norman Cross lies near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

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North Gwent Deanery

The North Gwent Deanery, a Roman Catholic deanery in the Archdiocese of Cardiff in Wales, covers several churches in North Gwent and the surrounding area.

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North Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Northern Monmouthshire was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire.

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NP postcode area

The NP postcode area, also known as the Newport postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Newport, Wales.

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Octavius Morgan

Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan DL, JP, FRS, FSA (15 September 1803 – 5 August 1888), known as Octavius Morgan, was a British politician, historian and antiquary.

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Octavius Vaughan Morgan

Octavius Vaughan Morgan (1837 – 26 February 1896) was a Welsh-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.

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Offa's Dyke Path

Offa's Dyke Path (Welsh: Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is a long-distance footpath following closely the Wales–England border.

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Oldcastle, Monmouthshire

Oldcastle (Yr Hencastell) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Oliver Thornton

Oliver Thornton (born 10 September 1979) is a stage actor and singer who is best known for his contributions to musical theatre in London's West End.

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On the Black Hill

On the Black Hill is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year.

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Owain Glyndŵr

Owain Glyndŵr (c. 1359 – c. 1415), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) but to many, viewed as an unofficial king.

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Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers (born 20 September 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright and TV presenter.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Pan-Celticism

Pan-Celticism (Pan-Chelteachas), also known as Celticism or Celtic nationalism is a political, social and cultural movement advocating solidarity and cooperation between Celtic nations (both the Gaelic and Brythonic branches) and the modern Celts in North-Western Europe.

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Pandy

A pandy is another name (in Wales) for a fulling mill.

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Pandy railway station

Pandy railway station was a railway station which served the Monmouthshire village of Pandy.

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Pandy, Monmouthshire

Pandy is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Pant-y-Goitre Bridge

Pant-y-Goitre Bridge crosses the River Usk between Abergavenny and Usk near the village of Llanfair Kilgeddin.

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Pantysgawn

Pantysgawn, also known as Pant-Ysgawn, is a Welsh cheese made from goat's milk.

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Pat McCarthy (footballer)

Patrick McCarthy (born April 1888 - unknown) was a Welsh footballer.

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Paul Woods (rugby)

Paul Woods (28 October 1950 –) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and rugby union coach.

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Pearl Vardon

Pearl Joyce Vardon (5 April 1915 in Jersey, Channel Islands – 1972, London) was a British broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II.

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Pen y Clawdd Castle

Pen y Clawdd Castle is a ditched mound with a double moat, roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of approximately 28m to 30m and about 2.4m high.

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Pen-y-Fal Hospital

Pen-y-Fal Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, opened in 1851 and closed in 1996.

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Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny

Pen-y-Pound is a cricket ground in Abergavenny, Wales.

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Penelope Fillon

Penelope Kathryn Fillon (née Clarke; born 31 July 1955) is the wife of French politician and former Prime Minister of France François Fillon.

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Penmaenmawr

Penmaenmawr is a town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, which was formerly in the parish of Dwygyfylchi.

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Penpergwm

Penpergwm is a village in south Wales, situated along the A40 road, 3.9 miles south-east of Abergavenny and 19 miles west of Monmouth.

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Penpergwm railway station

Penpergwm railway station was a former station which served the Monmouthshire village of Penpergwm.

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Peter Law

Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006) was a Welsh politician.

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Peveril William-Powlett

Vice Admiral Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett KCB KCMG CBE DSO (5 March 1898 – 10 November 1985) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station.

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Philip Evans and John Lloyd

Saints Philip Evans and John Lloyd were Welsh Roman Catholic priests.

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Philip Pugh

Philip Pugh (1679 – 12 July 1760) was a Welsh minister.

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Picws Du

Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans (or, in Welsh Bannau Sir Gaer) in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales.

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Pontrilas

Pontrilas is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales.

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Pontrilas railway station

Pontrilas railway station was a former station which served the Herefordshire villages of Pontrilas and Ewyas Harold, and was a little distance from Grosmont, in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Portskewett Pier railway station

Portskewett Pier railway station was a railway station on the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway.

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Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny

The Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is a parish church in the centre of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Rachel James

Rachel Sarah James (born 1988) is a Welsh racing cyclist specializing in track cycling.

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RAF Madley

Royal Air Force Madley, or more simply RAF Madley, was a RAF station situated south west of Hereford in Herefordshire, England.

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Raglan, Monmouthshire

Raglan (Rhaglan) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Raymond Williams

Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh Marxist theorist, academic, novelist and critic.

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Reg Gammon

Reginald William "Reg" Gammon (9 January 1894 – 22 April 1997) was an English painter and illustrator.

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Reginald de Braose

Reginald de Braose (died June 1228) was one of the sons of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Matilda, also known as Maud de St. Valery and Lady de la Haie.

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Resistance (Sheers novel)

Resistance is an alternative history novel by Welsh poet and author Owen Sheers.

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Rhys Jones (rugby player)

Rhys Jones is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Richard Cope

Richard Cope (1776–1856) was an English congregationalist minister and religious writer.

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Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare

Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 15 April 1136) 3rd Lord of Clare, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman.

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Richard Herbert of Coldbrook

Sir Richard Herbert (d. 1469) of Coldbrook Park, near Abergavenny was a 15th-century Welsh knight, and the lineal ancestor of the Herberts of Chirbury.

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Richard Lucas (priest)

Richard Lucas (1648/1649 – 29 June 1715) was a Welsh clergyman and writer of devotional works.

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Richard Morgan (Tudor judge)

Sir Richard Morgan SL PC (died May 1556) was a Welsh lawyer, judge and politician of the mid-Tudor period.

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Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (jure uxoris), 6th Earl of Salisbury, (22 November 1428 – 14 April 1471), known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, and military commander.

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Richard Powell (rugby player)

Richard 'Dick' Powell (1864-11 January 1944) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Abergavenny and Newport.

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River Gavenny

The River Gavenny (Afon Gafenni) is a short river in Monmouthshire in south Wales.

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River Trothy

The River Trothy (Afon Troddi) is a river which flows through north Monmouthshire, in rural south east Wales.

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River Usk

The River Usk (Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Rob Davies (table tennis)

Robert Rhys Davies (born 14 August 1984) is a British Paralympic table tennis player.

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Robert Evans (writer)

Robert Neil Evans (born 30 April 1977) is a BAFTA nominated playwright and actor.

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Robert Jones (VC)

Robert Jones VC (19 August 1857 – 6 September 1898) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Robert Lewis (rugby player)

Robert Lewis (born 20 November 1987) is a Welsh rugby union player.

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Rockfield, Monmouthshire

Rockfield is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Roman sites in Great Britain

There are many Roman sites in Great Britain that are open to the public.

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Rosa Lee

Rosa Mabel Lee (born 1884) was a statistician, the first woman scientist to be employed by the Marine Biological Association and the first woman to work as a government fishery scientist in the United Kingdom.

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Rose Thomas (field hockey)

Roseanne "Rose" Thomas (born 5 May 1992) in Abergavenny, Wales is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Wales and Great Britain.

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Russell Grant

Russell John Dammerall Grant (born 5 February 1951) is a British astrologer and media personality.

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Russell Taylor (rugby player)

Albert Russell Taylor (2 December 1914 - 9 October 1965) was a international rugby union player.

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Ryan Watkins

Ryan Edward Watkins (born 9 June 1983 in Abergavenny) is a Welsh cricketer.

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Sam Cross

Sam Cross (born 26 August 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Wales and club rugby for the Ospreys as a flanker.

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Samuel Jones (academy tutor)

Samuel Jones (1681/2–1719) was an English Dissenter and educator, known for founding a significant Dissenting academy at Tewkesbury.

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Sŵnami

Sŵnami (pronounced) are a Welsh indie rock group from Dolgellau, north-west Wales, who sing predominantly in Welsh.

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Scott Ellaway

Scott Tereance Ellaway (born August 8, 1981) is a Welsh conductor and advocate for broadening access to classical music.

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Seisyll ap Dyfnwal

Seisyll ap Dyfnwal was a 12th-century Welsh Lord of Gwent Uwchcoed (Upper Gwent).

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Sharla Passariello

Sharla Louise Passariello (born 14 January 1992) is a footballer who plays for the Welsh national team and UMF Selfoss.

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Sir Henry Jackson, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, KC, DL (23 July 1831 – 8 March 1881) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry from 1867 to 1868, and from 1874 to 1881, when he became a High Court judge.

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Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet (c. 1665 – 22 August 1720), of Broadway, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire and Coldbrook Park, Monmouthshire, was a Welsh politician.

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Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet

Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet (c. 1623 – 1692) of Llangibby (Llangybi), Monmouthshire, was a Welsh gentry landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1692.

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Skenfrith

Skenfrith (Ynysgynwraidd) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales.

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Sound system (DJ)

A sound system is a group of DJs and audio engineers contributing and working together as one, playing and producing music over a large PA system or sound reinforcement system, typically for a dance event or party.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.

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South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys (Cymoedd De Cymru) are a group of industrialised valleys in South Wales.

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St James House, Monmouth

St James House is a grade II listed building in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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St John's Church, Abergavenny

St John's Church was the parish church for Abergavenny, Monmouthshire until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when the priory church of St Mary's Priory became the parish church.

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Stephen Terry

Stephen Terry is a professional chef from Wales, who was taught by Marco Pierre White in his kitchen "Harvey's" and currently owns, and is Head Chef at, the Hardwick Restaurant in Abergavenny, Wales.

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Strictly Come Dancing (series 2)

Strictly Come Dancing returned for its second series on 23 October 2004 on BBC One.

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Strongwoman

A strongwoman is a woman who performs feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics.

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Stuart Rowlands

Stuart Rowlands is a public relations and publicity corporate sports/events specialist.

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Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire

Sugar Loaf, sometimes called The Sugar Loaf (Mynydd Pen-y-fâl or Y Fâl), is a mountain situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Sunshine Radio (FM)

Sunshine Radio is a British radio station which broadcasts to Herefordshire and Monmouthshire areas of the West Midlands and South Wales respectively from its studios in Hereford.

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Suzanne Packer

Suzanne Packer (born Suzanne Jackson on 20 September 1958) is a Welsh actress who is best known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the long-running television series Casualty from September 2003 until August 2015.

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Sydenham Edwards

Sydenham Teast Edwards (1768 – 8 February 1819) was a natural history illustrator.

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Tair Carn Uchaf

Tair Carn Uchaf (Welsh for "Upper Three Cairns") is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny

The Angel Hotel is an AA 4-star Grade II listed hotel and inn at 15 Cross Street, in Abergavenny, Wales.

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The Checkers (restaurant)

The Checkers, is a restaurant with rooms in Montgomery, Powys, Wales.

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The Skirrid Mountain Inn

The Skirrid Mountain Inn is a public house in the small village of Llanfihangel Crucorney, just a few miles north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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The Tithe Barn, Abergavenny

The Tithe Barn, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a tithe barn of late medieval origins which forms part of a group of historic buildings in the centre of the town.

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The Walnut Tree (restaurant)

The Walnut Tree is a restaurant in Llanddewi Skirrid, Monmouthshire, Wales, run by chef Shaun Hill and holds a Michelin star.

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Thomas Bowen (Independent minister)

Thomas Bowen (1756–1827) was a Welsh Independent minister.

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Thomas Christopher Banks

Thomas Christopher Banks (1765–1854), who for a while styled himself by the bogus title "Sir T.C. Banks, Baronet of Nova Scotia" was a British genealogist and lawyer.

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Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick

Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 14 February 1313 – 13 November 1369) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

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Thomas Edwards (author)

Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch), (1779–1858), was a Welsh writer and lexicographer, born in Northop in Flintshire, Wales.

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Thomas Henry Wyatt

Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect.

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Thomas Hopper (architect)

Thomas Hopper (1776–1856) was an English architect of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, much favoured by King George IV, and particularly notable for his work on country houses across southern England, with occasional forays further afield, into Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Thomas Monaghan

Thomas Monaghan VC (Tomás Ó Manacháin; 18 April 1833 – 10 November 1895) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, during the Indian Mutiny Monaghan was born at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Thomas Phillips Price

Thomas Phillips Price (14 June 1844 – 28 June 1932) was a Welsh landowner, mine owner and Liberal politician.

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Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc)

The Reverend Thomas Price (2 October 1787 – 7 November 1848) (known by the bardic name of Carnhuanawc) was a historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century.

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Thomas Vaughan (died 1483)

Sir Thomas Vaughan (c. 1410 – June 1483) was a Welsh statesman and diplomat, who rose to prominence before and during the Wars of the Roses.

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Thomas Watkins

Thomas David Watkins (c.1876 – ?) is a fictional character in the ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah.

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Tich Gwilym

Tich Gwilym (10 September 1950 – 19 June 2005), born Robert Gwilliam, was a Welsh rock guitarist who was most notable for his Hendrix inspired version of the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, considered one of the most famous renditions of the song.

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Tintern

Tintern (Tyndyrn) is a village on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about north of Chepstow.

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Tintern cheese

Tintern is a blended mature creamy Cheddar cheese flavoured with fresh chives and shallots, made by Abergavenny Fine Foods.

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Tom Collings

Thomas William Ralph Collings (2 December 1938 – 8 July 2014), known as Tom Collings, was a British-born Canadian Anglican bishop.

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Tom Wall (artist)

Tom Wall (30 May 1941 – 5 October 1992) was a British landscape painter and educator.

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Tony James (Welsh footballer, born 1978)

Anthony James (born 9 October 1978) is a retired Welsh footballer who last played as a centre-back for English club Hereford.

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Transport in Wales

Transport in Wales is heavily influenced by the country's geography.

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Travel to work area

A Travel to Work Area or TTWA is a statistical tool used by UK Government agencies and local authorities, especially by the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentres, to indicate an area where the population would generally commute to a larger town, city or conurbation for the purposes of employment.

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TrawsCambria

TrawsCambria is the brand name for a network of medium and long distance express bus routes in Wales sponsored by the Welsh Government.

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Tregare

Tregare (Tre'r-gaer) is an ancient parish on the northern border of the Raglan hundred of Monmouthshire in southeast Wales.

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Trunk roads in Wales

Trunk roads in Wales were first created in the Trunk Roads Act of 1936 when the UK Ministry of Transport took direct control over 30 of the principal roads in Great Britain from English, Welsh and Scottish local authorities.

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Ty-Cooke Farmhouse, Mamhilad

Ty-Cooke Farmhouse, Mamhilad, Monmouthshire is a large farmhouse dating from 1710.

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Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta'

Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta', sometimes known as the Huntingdon Elm, is an old English hybrid cultivar raised at Brampton, near Huntingdon, by nurserymen Wood & Ingram in 1746, allegedly from seed collected from an ''Ulmus'' × ''hollandica'' hybrid at nearby Hinchingbrooke Park.

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Usk Castle

Usk Castle (Castell Brynbuga) is a castle site in the town of Usk in central Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Usk Valley Walk

The Usk Valley Walk is a waymarked long distance footpath in south east Wales, from Caerleon to Brecon.

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Vale of Ewyas

The Vale of Ewyas (Dyffryn Ewias) is the steep-sided and secluded valley of the Afon Honddu, in the Black Mountains of Wales and within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Vulcana

Kate Williams (1874 – 1946), sometimes called Kate Roberts, better known by her stage name Vulcana, was a Welsh strongwoman born of Irish parents in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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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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Walter Devereux (died 1402)

Sir Walter Devereux of Bodenham and Weobley was a prominent knight in Herefordshire during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV.

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Waun Lefrith

Waun Lefrith is a top of Picws Du and is also the westernmost of the Carmarthen Fans or Bannau Sir Gaer, a group of peaks within the Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du) of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog).

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Welsh literature in English

Anglo-Welsh literature and Welsh writing in English are terms used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers.

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Welsh Manuscripts Society

The Welsh Manuscripts Society, also known as the Society for the Publication of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, was an organisation formed in Abergavenny, Wales, in 1837.

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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 Marches line

The Welsh Marches line (in Welsh: Llinell y Mers), known historically as the North and West Route, is the railway line running from Newport in south-east Wales to Shrewsbury in the West Midlands region of England by way of Abergavenny, Hereford and Craven Arms and thence (by some definitions) to Crewe via Whitchurch.

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Welsh Premier Women's Football League

The Welsh Premier League is the top level women's football league in Wales.

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Werner Heubeck

Werner Wolfgang Heubeck, CBE (24 October 1923 – 19 October 2009), UTV, 19 October 2009.

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Will Fyffe

Will Fyffe, CBE (16 February 1885 – 14 December 1947) was a Scottish music hall artist, a star of the 1930s and 1940s, on stage, screen and records.

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William ap Thomas

Sir William ap Thomas Kt (died 1445) was a Welsh nobleman, politician, knight, and courtier.

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William Beesley

William Beesley VC (5 October 1895 – 23 September 1966) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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William Bradshaw (bishop)

William Bradshaw (10 April 1671 – 16 December 1732) was a Welsh churchman, who in the course of his career served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and Bishop of Bristol.

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William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny

William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, KG (c. 1343 – 8 May 1411) was an English peer.

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William de Braose (died 1230)

William de Braose (c. 1197 – 2 May 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere.

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William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber (fl. 1135–1179) was a 12th-century Marcher lord who secured a foundation for the dominant position later held by the Braose family in the Welsh Marches.

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William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.

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William Devereux (1219–1265)

William Devereux (1219 to 1265), was an important Marcher Lord, and held Lyonshall Castle controlling a strategically vital approach to the border of Wales.

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William Evans (Wil Ifan)

William Evans (22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), better known by his bardic name of Wil Ifan, was a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1947 to 1950.

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William Griffiths (field hockey)

William Salterlee Griffiths (26 June 1922 – 27 October 2010) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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William Hayward Roberts

William Hayward Roberts (baptised 1734 – 1791) was an English born schoolmaster, poet and biblical critic, cleric and Provost of Eton College.

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William Jones (1755–1821)

William Jones (18 November 1755 – 12 October 1821) was a Welsh evangelical clergyman, who was a friend and correspondent of the prominent Welsh cleric Thomas Charles.

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William Parry (tutor)

William Parry (1754–1819) was a Welsh Congregational minister and tutor.

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William Prichard (priest)

William Prichard (c. 1563 – 1629) was a Welsh clergyman and academic at the University of Oxford.

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William Tresawna

William Samson Tresawna (14 April 1880 – 21 August 1945) was an English cricketer.

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William Wroth

William Wroth (1576–1641), a minister of the Church of England, is generally credited with the establishment of the first Independent Church in Wales in 1639.

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Women's suffrage in Wales

Women's suffrage in Wales has historically been marginalised due to the prominence of societies and political groups in England which led the reform for women throughout the United Kingdom.

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Y Bandana

Y Bandana is a Welsh language alternative rock band that formed in Caernarfon in 2007.

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Y Fenni cheese

Y Fenni is a variety of Welsh cheese, consisting of Cheddar cheese blended with mustard seed and ale.

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Y Gaer

Y Gaer is a Roman fort situated near modern-day Brecon in Mid Wales, United Kingdom.

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Y Garn Goch

Y Garn Goch is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) in the east of Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Y Graig

Y Graig, three miles west of Abergavenny, is the site of an abandoned settlement, known to have been occupied in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Yeoman

A yeoman was a member of a social class in late medieval to early modern England.

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You, Me and the Alarm Clock

You, Me and the Alarm Clock is a solo mini-LP by John Bramwell (I Am Kloot).

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Ysbyty’r Tri Chwm

Ysbyty’r tri Chwm is a community hospital in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, catering for the mental health needs of people over 65.

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Ysgyryd Fach

Ysgyryd Fach is a hill one mile east of Abergavenny in the county of Monmouthshire, south Wales.

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Ysgyryd Fawr

Ysgyryd Fawr (Skirrid) is an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales, and forms the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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11th Infantry Division (United States)

The 11th Division, an infantry division of the United States Army, was activated twice during the First World War.

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17th century in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the century 1601 - 1700 to Wales and its people.

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1838 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1838 to Wales and its people.

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1850s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1850–1859 to Wales and its people.

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1860 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1860 to Wales and its people.

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1860s in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1860 - 1869 to Wales and its people.

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1913 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1913 to Wales and its people.

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1945 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1945 to Wales and its people.

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2012 Summer Olympics torch relay

The 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from 19 May until 27 July, prior to the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

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2013–14 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2013-14 season was Bristol City's 116th season as a professional football club.

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2013–14 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Cardiff City Football Club's first season in the Premier League, and their first in the top division in 51 years.

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2014 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2014 to Wales and its people.

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2014–15 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Bristol City's 117th season as a professional football club and their second consecutive season in the 3rd Division of the Football League since their relegation from the Championship.

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2016 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2016 to Wales and its people.

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38th (Welsh) Infantry Division

The 38th (Welsh) Division (initially the 43rd Division, later the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division and then the 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division) of the British Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abergavenny

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