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Llanishen (Welsh Llanisien llan church + Isien Saint Isan) is a district and community in the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. [1]

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Arthur Butler Phillips Mee

Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, 21 October 1860–died Llanishen, 15 January 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

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Arthur John Ensor

Arthur John Ensor (2 January 1905 – 18 January 1995) was a British-Canadian painter and industrial designer.

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Barry Railway Company

The Barry Railway Company was a railway and docks company in South Wales, first incorporated as the Barry Dock and Railway Company in 1884.

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Bill Clement (rugby union)

William Harries Clement OBE MC TD (9 April 1915 – 10 February 2007) was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Llanelli and was capped six times for Wales.

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Birchgrove, Cardiff

Birchgrove (Llwynfedw) is a district of the city of Cardiff stretching between Llanishen and the Gabalfa interchange, along the A469 Caerphilly road.

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Bob Kucera

Robert Charles "Bob" Kucera APM (born 6 November 1944) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2008, representing the seat of Yokine.

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Burke Shelley

John Burke Shelley (born 10 April 1950) is a Welsh bass guitarist and vocalist of the Welsh rock band Budgie.

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Bus transport in Cardiff

Bus transport in Cardiff, the capital and most populous city in Wales, forms the major part of the city's public transport network, which also includes water, air travel and an urban rail network.

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Business park

A business park or office park is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together.

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Capital City Green

Capital City Green is the branding of the bus service 27 Cardiff, operated by Cardiff Bus.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff Central (Canol Caerdydd in Welsh) is a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff.

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Cardiff Corinthians F.C.

Cardiff Corinthians F.C. are a football club from Cardiff, Wales.

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Cardiff Deanery

The Cardiff Deanery is a Roman Catholic deanery in the Archdiocese of Cardiff that oversees several churches in the city of Cardiff.

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CF postcode area

The CF postcode area, also known as the Cardiff postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Aberdare, Bargoed, Barry, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Ferndale, Hengoed, Llantwit Major, Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfil, Mountain Ash, Penarth, Pentre, Pontyclun, Pontypridd, Porth, Porthcawl, Rhoose, Sully, Tonypandy, Treharris, Treorchy in Wales.

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City of Cardiff Council

The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff (Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.

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City of Cardiff Council election, 1995

The first election to the City of Cardiff Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held on 4 May 1995.

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City of Cardiff Council election, 1999

The second election to the City of Cardiff Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held on 6 May 1995.

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City of Cardiff Council election, 2004

The third election to the City of Cardiff Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held on 10 June 2004.

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City of Cardiff Council election, 2008

The Cardiff Council election in 2008 was held on 1 May, along with other local elections in the UK.

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Cycling in Cardiff

Cycling in Cardiff, capital of Wales, is facilitated by its easy gradients and large parks.

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Cyncoed

Cyncoed is a community in the north of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.

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Diocese of Llandaff

The Diocese of Llandaff is an Anglican (Church in Wales) diocese that traces its roots to pre-Reformation times as heir of a Catholic bishopric.

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Education and Learning Wales

ELWa was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body responsible for post-16 learning in Wales, active from 2000 to 2006.

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Edward England (potato importer)

Edward England (December 1859 – 30 August 1917) was a Welsh businessman, entrepreneur and merchant, who was the director of Edward England Potato Importers Ltd from 1887, until his sudden death three decades later.

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Geography of Cardiff

The centre of Cardiff is relatively flat and is bounded by hills on the outskirts to the east, north and west.

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Heath, Cardiff

Heath (Y Mynydd Bychan) is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales.

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Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford

Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford, Earl of Pembroke, KG (Welsh: Siasbar ab Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur ap Goronwy) (c. November 1431 – 21/26 December 1495) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and a leading architect of his nephew's successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485.

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Joanna Penberthy

Joanna Susan Penberthy (born 1960) is a is a British Anglican bishop.

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John Davies (author)

John Davies (23 October 1868 – 15 March 1940) was a Welsh author from Betws yn Rhos, near Abergele.

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John Fraser Noel

John Fraser Noel (1942-1966) was an engineer from Cardiff, Wales, who died in Antarctica in 1966.

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Kenyon Jones

Kenyon William James "Ken" Jones (5 September 1911 – 16 December 1998) was a Welsh rugby union international player.

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Kibbor

Kibbor is one of the hundreds of Glamorgan created by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 corresponding approximately to the commote of Kwmwd Kibwr (Ceibwr in contemporary Welsh) of the former Senghenydd cantref Cantref Breinyawl with the addition of Llandaff.

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Lee Jarman

Lee Jarman (born 16 December 1977) is a former Welsh footballer.

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Leisure centres in Cardiff

Most leisure centres in Cardiff, capital of Wales, are owned by Cardiff Council.

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Libraries in Cardiff

Public libraries in Cardiff are owned and operated by Cardiff Council.

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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 people from Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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List of places in Cardiff

This is a listing of places in Cardiff, county and capital city of Wales.

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List of places of worship in Cardiff

This is a list of places of worship in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

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List of railway stations in Cardiff

This is a list of railway stations in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

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List of Royal Ordnance Factories

This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories.

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List of sports governing bodies in Wales

The governing bodies of sports in Wales perform an organisational, regulatory or sanctioning function at a national level in Wales, some tracing their history to the 19th Century.

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List of United Kingdom locations: Llanf-Llann

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Listed buildings in Cardiff

There are around 1000 listed buildings in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.

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Lisvane

Lisvane (Llys-faen) is an affluent community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, located north of the city centre.

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Llan (placename)

Llan and its variants (lan; lann; lhan) are a common placename element in Brythonic languages.

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Llanedeyrn

Llanedeyrn (Llanedern.) is a district and community in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales, located around 3.5 miles from the city centre.

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Llanishen (electoral ward)

Llanishen is the name of an electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

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Llanishen Golf Club

Llanishen Golf Club is a golf course in Thornhill, north of Llanishen on the northern outskirts of Cardiff, Wales.

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Llanishen High School

Llanishen High School (Ysgol Uwchradd Llanisien) is an English speaking-medium secondary school based in Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales and has approximately 1700 students, making it the largest single-site secondary school in Cardiff.

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Llanishen Methodist Church

Llanishen Methodist Church, also known as Century Chapel, is a listed place of worship in Llanishen, a suburb of Cardiff in Wales.

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Llanishen railway station

Llanishen railway station (Llanisien) is a railway station serving the areas of Llanishen and Lisvane in Cardiff, south Wales.

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Llanishen Reservoir

Llanishen Reservoir (Cronfa Ddŵr Llanisien) is a Victorian reservoir in North Cardiff in Wales.

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Llanishen RFC

Llanishen Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Llanishen on the outskirts of Cardiff.

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Media in Cardiff

As the capital of Wales, media in Cardiff plays a large role in the city and nationwide.

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Media of Wales

The media in Wales provide services in both English and Welsh, and play a role in modern Welsh culture.

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Meurig Dafydd

Meurig Dafydd (–95) was a Welsh bard, genealogist and historian, at one time one of the leading literary figures in Glamorgan.

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Monmouthshire County Council

(Monmouth constituency).

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Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom

In October 1952, the United Kingdom (UK) became the third country to independently develop and test nuclear weapons.

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Pentwyn, Cardiff

Pentwyn is a district, community and electoral ward in the east of Cardiff, Wales, located northeast of the city centre.

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Rail transport in Cardiff

Rail transport in Cardiff has developed to provide connections to many other major cities in the United Kingdom, and to provide an urban rail network for the city and its commuter towns in southeast Wales.

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Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina (Rhiwbeina) is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

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Rhymney line

The Rhymney line is a commuter rail line running from Cardiff Central through the Rhymney valley via Heath and Llanishen in the north of the city, to Caerphilly, Bargoed and Rhymney.

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Richard Marquand

Richard Marquand (22 September 1937 – 4 September 1987) was a Welsh film director, best known for directing 1983's Return of the Jedi.

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Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)

Sir Richard Williams (born by 1502 – 1544), also known as Richard Cromwell, was a Welsh soldier and a courtier in the court of Henry VIII.

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Royal Ordnance

Royal Ordnance plc was formed on 2 January 1985 as a public corporation, owning the majority of what until then were the remaining United Kingdom government-owned Royal Ordnance Factories (abbreviated ROFs) which manufactured explosives, ammunition, small arms including the Lee–Enfield rifle, guns and military vehicles such as tanks.

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Royal Ordnance Factory

Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) was the collective name of the UK government's munitions factories in and after World War II.

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S4C

S4C (from the Welsh Sianel Pedwar Cymru, meaning "Channel 4 Wales") is a Welsh-language British public-service TV channel broadcast throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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Saint Isan

Saint Isan was a 6th-century saint of South Wales and Patron Saint of Llanishen near Cardiff, Wales.

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South Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales.

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South Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Southern Monmouthshire was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire.

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Sport in Cardiff

Sport in Cardiff is dictated by, amongst other things, its position as the capital city of Wales, meaning that national home sporting fixtures are nearly always played in the city.

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St Edeyrn's Church

St Edeyrn's Church is a listed Anglican church within the boundary of Old St Mellon's, Cardiff, though giving its name to the nearby area of Llanedeyrn.

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St Isan's Church

St Isan's Church is a listed Anglican church in the suburb of Llanishen, Cardiff.

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St John Ambulance in Wales

St John Cymru-Wales (Also called St John Ambulance Wales and the Priory of Wales for the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem) is a charity (registered in England and Wales) dedicated to the teaching and practice of first aid.

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Structure of the British Armed Forces in 1989

At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the British Armed Forces structure was as follows.

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Thomas Lewis (industrialist)

Thomas Lewis (died 1764) was one of the founders of the Dowlais Ironworks, one of the largest ironworks in Wales.

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Thornhill, Cardiff

Thornhill (Welsh Draenen Pen-y-graig draen thorn + -en one + pen top + 'y' the + craig rock) is a northern suburb in the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, south of Caerphilly.

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Ty Glas railway station

Ty Glas railway station is a railway station serving business and industrial sites in Llanishen and Heath, Cardiff, Wales.

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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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Welsh Bowling Association

The Welsh Bowling Association (WBA) is the governing body for men's outdoor bowling clubs in Wales.

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1953 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1953 for the United Kingdom were announced on 30 December 1952, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1953.

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1954 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1954 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1962 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1962 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1965 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1965 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1968 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1968 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1969 Birthday Honours

The 1969 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

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1971 Birthday Honours

The 1971 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

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1994 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1994 were appointments by most of the sixteen Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries.

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References

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

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