PWLLHELI (" salt pit;" or " pool ")
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PWLLHELI (" salt pit;" or " pool ") , a municipal and contributory parliamentary borough 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)
(Carnarvon district ), seaport and market-town of Carnarvonshire, North Wales, 20 M. S. of Carnarvon and 270 M. from London by rail . Pop. (1901), 3675. It is on the north side of Cardigan Bay, on the shore of Tremadoc Bay, with a sandy beach 4 M. in length and good bathing. It is the terminus of the Cambrian railway (the London & North-Western railway being 4 M. distant at Afonwen junction). Pwllheli commands a good' view of Merionethshire and of the Snowdon range, with the entire sweep of Cardigan Bay, Carreg yr ymbill (gimlet stone) at the mouth of the harbour, Abersoch and St Tudwal's Islands. Many hundred acres of land have been reclaimed from the sea here and along the coast of the bay; there are costly embankments and good harbourage. The coastis locally noted for fisheries (especially of lobsters and oysters) and some ship-building is carried on. Pwllheli was incorporated by Edward the Black Prince. At Nevin (Nefyn), 6 m. distant, Edward I. held a tournament or revel, in 1284, on a magnificent scale, to commemorate his conquest of Wales.
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