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See also:LLANDILO, or LLANDEILO FAWR , a See also:market See also:town and See also:urban See also:district of See also:Carmarthenshire, See also:Wales, picturesquely situated above the right See also:bank of the See also:river Towy. Pop. (19o1) 1721. Llandilo is a station on the See also:Mid-Wales See also:section of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway, and a See also:terminus of the Llandilo-See also:Llanelly See also:branch See also:line of the See also:Great Western. The large 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 Teilo has a See also:low embattled Perpendicular See also:tower. Adjoining the town is the beautiful See also:park of See also:Lord Dynevor, which contains the ruined keep of Dinefawr See also:Castle and the See also:residence of the Rices (Lords Dynevor), erected See also:early in the 17th See also:century but modernized in 1858. Some of the loveliest scenery of See also:South Wales lies within reach of Llandilo, which stands nearly in the centre of the Vale of Towy.
The name of Llandilo implies the town's early See also:foundation by St Teilo, the great See also:Celtic missionary of the 6th century, the friend of St See also:David and reputed founder of the see of See also:Llandaff. The See also:historical See also:interest of the See also:place centres in its proximity to the castle of Dinefawr, now commonly called Dynevor, which was originally erected by Rhodri Mawr or his son Cadell about the See also:year 876 on the steep wooded slopes overhanging the Towy. From See also:Prince Cadell's days to the See also:death of the Lord Rhys, last reigning prince of South Wales, in 1196, Dinefawr continued to be the recognized See also:abode of South Welsh See also:royalty. The castle ruins remain in the See also:possession of the Rices, Lords Dynevor, heirs and descendants of Prince Cadell. At one See also:period residence and park became known as New-town, a name now obsolete. Some See also:personal See also:relics of the celebrated See also:Sir Rhys ap See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, K.G. (1451–1527), are preserved in the See also:modern See also:house. Dinefawr Castle and its estates were granted away by 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 VIII. on the See also:execution for high See also:treason of Sir Rhys's See also:grandson, Rhys ap See also:Griffith, but were restored to the See also:family under See also:Queen See also:Mary.
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