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Postmark from the village St Mary's Church. The long name was supposedly contrived in 1869 as an early publicity stunt to give the station the longest name of any railway station in Britain. [17] According to Sir John Morris-Jones the name was created by a local tailor, whose name he did not confide, letting the secret die with him.
No, that's not a typo, that is an actual town in northern Wales. At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world.
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...
The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (23 characters, including hyphens). The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters). The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy" (28 characters)
Nearby is the village with the longest name in Europe, ... The AONB is about 221 sq. m (85 sq mi) and is the largest in Wales, covering a third of the island.
English name derived from Norse meaning "Ongull's island", Welsh name related to (but probably predated) Roman Latin Mona: Bangor-on-Dee: Bangor Is-coed English name refers to the village's proximity to the River Dee. Welsh name means "Bangor (a settlement within a wattle fence) below the wood/trees" Bardsey: Ynys Enlli
In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch [citation needed]. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh ...
This is a list of islands of Wales, the mainland of which is part of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Welsh islands by area. The list includes tidal islands such as Sully Island but not locations such as Shell Island which, though they are termed islands, are peninsulas.