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I next passed through Nant Derven, and in about three-quarters of an hour after leaving Tregaron reached a place of old renown called Llan
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About five centuries after his death the crown of canonization having been awarded to Dewi, various churches were dedicated to him, amongst which was that now called Llan
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I passed by a place called Llan something, standing lonely on its hill.
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Here, three miles from Cowbridge, he built a church and a monastery, which was called Llan-carvan, or the Church of Stags, and sometimes Nancarvan, that is, the Vale of Stags.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The chief PJace in England where this Fife is taken, i$ fFinander-Meer j but in FFales they arc to be had in five different Places, namely Llan --
The Art of Angling 1781
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'Llan' means 'the holy place of,' and the rest of the name will be that of the saint who taught or preached there: of whom, I believe, only David appears in the Catholic calendar.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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With a 'Llan' and a 'pen,' but it breeds good men,
Songs Of Action Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1898
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With a 'Llan' and a 'pen,' but it breeds good men,
Songs of Action Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1898
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With a 'Llan' and a 'pen,' but it breeds good men,
Songs of Action Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Now he named some other place whose name began with "Llan --" as my home.
A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex 1884
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