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See also:KIDWELLY (Cydweli) , a decayed See also:market-See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Carmarthenshire, See also:Wales, situated (as its name implies) near the junction of two streams, the Gwendraeth Fawr and the Gwendraeth Fach, a See also:short distance from the shores of See also:Carmarthen See also:Bay. Pop. (1901), 2285. It has a station on the See also:Great Western railway. The See also:chief attraction of Kidwelly is its magnificent and well-preserved See also:castle, one of the finest in See also:South Wales, dating chiefly from the 13th See also:century and admirably situated on a knoll above the Gwendraeth Fach. The See also:parish 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 of St See also:Mary, of the 14th century, possesses a lofty See also:tower with a See also:spire. The quiet little town has had a stirring See also:history. It was a See also:place of some importance when See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de Londres, a See also:companion of Fitz See also:Hamon and his conquering knights, first erected a castle here. In 1135 Kidwelly was furiously attacked by Gwenllian, wife of See also:Griffith ap Rhys, See also:prince of South Wales, and a See also:battle, fought See also:close to the town at a place still known as See also:Maes Gwenllian, ended in the See also:total defeat and subsequent See also:execution of the Welsh princess. Later, the extensive lordship of Kidwelly became the See also:property through See also:marriage of 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, See also:earl of See also:Lancaster, and to this circumstance is due the exclusive See also:jurisdiction of the town. Kidwelly received its first See also:charter of See also:incorporation from Henry VI.; its See also:present charter dating from 1618. The decline of Kidwelly is due to the See also:accumulation of See also:sand at the mouth of the See also:river, and to the consequent prosperity of the neighbouring See also:Llanelly.
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