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See also:AMLWCH (llwch= " See also:lake ") , a See also:market See also:town of See also:Anglesey, See also:North See also:Wales, situated on slightly rising ground on the N. See also:coast of the See also:island, 15 M. N.W. of See also:Beaumaris and 262 M. from See also:London, by the London & North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2994. Originally it owed its whole importance to the See also:copper mines of the Parys (probably, See also:Parry's) See also:mountain, as, before ore was discovered in See also:March 1768, it was a small See also:hamlet of fishermen. The mines once produced 3000 tons of See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal annually, copper smelting being largely carried on, but have now almost ceased working. Though apparently not mentioned by See also:Ptolemy, they were perhaps See also:Roman. See also:Robert Parys, See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain of North Wales under See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV., is often given as their godfather. The poor See also:harbour called the " See also:port," protected by a See also:breakwater, has been cut out of the See also:rock (See also:shingle). Amlwch is the See also:terminus of the See also:branch railway from Gaerwen to Amlwch, formerly the Anglesey Central Railway See also:Company. Porthllechog, or See also:Bull See also:Bay (so called from the Bull Rock), at a mile's distance, is a small but favourite watering-See also:place. Beyond, on the coast, some 3 m. distant, are the remains of a See also:British fort and of the Llanllaianau monastery, opposite the See also:Middle See also:Mouse islet and See also:close to Llanbadrig old See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and Cemmaes. See also:Industries include See also:slate See also:quarrying, See also:shipbuilding, See also:iron and See also:brass foundries, See also:alum, See also:vitriol, manure, See also:guano and See also:tobacco See also:works. At Llanllaianau was found, in 1841, a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:coffin, holding a well-preserved See also:skeleton of 72 ft. in length. The coffin was apparently of See also:Aberdovey (Aberdyfi) See also:limestone, much corroded. At Llangefni, not far from Amlwch, in 1829, and at Llangristiolus, 3 M. distant from Llangefni, about 1770, were found human bones of a high antiquity, between Glan Hwfa and Fron, and at See also:Capel, respectively. The town has an old See also:Anglican church (St Eleth's).
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