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- proper noun A
maritime traditional county ofWales , bounded to the north byCaernarfonshire , to the east byDenbighshire , to the south byMontgomeryshire andCardiganshire , and to the west by Cardigan Bay.
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The documents describe how residents of Llandrillo in Merionethshire, near the Berwyn mountains, first reported strange lights streaking across the sky.
UFO files from National Archive allow believers to revisit 'Welsh Roswell' 2010
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On Christmas Day itself, a 'plygain' carol service would be held between 3am-6am in the local church, and this custom continues in some parts of Wales notably in Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire to this day.
Nadolig Llawen Valleys Mam 2007
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On Christmas Day itself, a 'plygain' carol service would be held between 3am-6am in the local church, and this custom continues in some parts of Wales notably in Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire to this day.
Archive 2007-12-16 Valleys Mam 2007
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He was a native of Anglesea, but resided for some time in Merionethshire, and whilst there composed a song about the
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Pensilvany country, to a cousin of his of the same name residing in the neighbourhood of this very town of Bala in Merionethshire, where you and
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Merionethshire, called Dwy Fawr and Dwy Fach, or the great and little Dwy, whose waters pass through those of the lake of Bala without mingling with them, and come out at its northern extremity.
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He was archdeacon of Merionethshire, but occasionally resided at Bangor for the benefit of his health.
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On all such occasions I gave great satisfaction to my humble friends, and was generally treated with hospitality; and once in particular, near the village of Llan-y-styndw (or some such name), in a sequestered part of Merionethshire, I was entertained for upwards of three days by a family of young people with an affectionate and fraternal kindness that left an impression upon my heart not yet impaired.
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Merionethshire, and Carnarvonshire, I took lodgings in a small neat house in B —.
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Two days after my arrival In Merionethshire was celebrated the birthday of Robert
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Various
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