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district of Colwyn Bay and Colwyn (1901) 8689. Colwyn Bay has become a favourite bathing-place, being near to, and cheaper than, the fashionable See also:

LLANDUDNO

Llandudno, and being a centre for picturesque excursions. Near it is Llaneilian See also:

VILLAGE

village, famous for its " cursing well " (St Ellian's, perhaps Aelianus'). The stream Colwyn joins the Gwynnant. The name Colwyn is that of lords of Ardudwy; a See also:

Lord Colwyn of Ardudwy, in the loth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, is believed to have repaired See also:

HARLECH (perhaps for Hardd lech, fair slate, or Harleigh, an Anglicized variant)

Harlech See also:

castle, and is considered the founder of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales. Nant Colwyn is on the road from See also:

Carnarvon to See also:

BEDDGELERT (" Gelert's grave ")

Beddgelert, beyond Llyn y gader (gadair), " See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair See also:

POOL

pool," and what tourists have. fancifully called See also:

Pitt's See also:

head, a roadside See also:

rock resembling, or thought to resemble, the See also:

GREAT

great statesman's See also:

PROFILE

profile. Near this is Llyn y dywarchen (sod pool), with a floating See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island.

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