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Conwy (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 17 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.2833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 50 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Conway river estuary; was one of the chain of fortified towns built by Edward I across newly-conquered Wales in 13th cen.; site where Richard II was turned over to Henry IV, Bolingbroke in 1399; still famed as medieval walled town. |
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| Conwy (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Conway (C,V,English,U)
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| Aberconway (H,V,English,U)
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Wales (country) (P) |
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Conwy (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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fortified in 1283 |
| town (C) |
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| fortified settlement (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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