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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 829 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LLANDUDNO , a seaside resort in the Arfon See also:

parliamentary See also:division of See also:Carnarvonshire, See also:North See also:Wales, in a detached portion of the See also:county See also:east of the Conwy, on a See also:strip of sandy See also:soil terminating in the massive See also:limestone of See also:Great See also:Orme's See also:Head. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 9279. The See also:town is reached by the See also:London & North-Western railway, and lies 227 M. N.W. of London. A See also:village in 185o, Llandudno is to-See also:day one of the most flourishing watering-places in North Wales. Sheltered by the Great Orme on the N.W. and by the Little Orme on the E., it faces a wide See also:bay of the Irish See also:Sea, and is backed by See also:low sandhills. A Marine Drive encircles the Great Orme. The Little Orme has caverns and abounds in sea birds and rare See also:plants. See also:Close to the town are the Gloddaeth See also:woods, open to visitors. On the Great Orme are old circular buildings, an See also:ancient fortress, a " rocking-See also:stone " (crgd Tudno) and the 7th-See also:century See also:church of St Tudno, restored in 1885. Druidical and other See also:British antiquities are numerous in the district. At Deganwy, or Diganwy, 2 M. from Llandudno, is a See also:castle, Dinas Gonwy (Conwy fort), known to See also:English historians as Gannoc, dating from the 11th or (according to the Welsh) earlier than the 9th century.

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