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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RHYL , a watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district of Fiint, N. See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, practically equidistant by See also:

RAIL

rail from See also:

Bangor (291 m.) and See also:

Chester (30 m.), and 209 M. from See also:

LONDON

London on the London & See also:

North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 8473. It is situated near the mouth of the Clwyd. Formerly, like See also:

LLANDUDNO

Llandudno, a small fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village, the See also:

TOWN

town has now all the appointments of a popular resort. In See also:

winter the See also:

GALES (mod. Calvi)

gales often fill the streets to the See also:

DEPTH

depth of several feet, with drifts of See also:

sand from the surrounding See also:

DUNES

dunes, which, however, are noted in summer for the dry and bracing See also:

air. The neighbouring See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is interesting from its scenery and antiquities. Among the institutions of the town may be mentioned the See also:

Queen Alexandra See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital (1902), and several hydropathic establishments and convalescent homes. The See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary harbours See also:

COASTING

coasting vessels, and some See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding is carried on. On the See also:

BEACH

beach towards Prestatyn can be seen the remains of a submerged See also:

FOREST

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