historic county of Merionethshire

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historic county traditional county

The historic county of Merionethshire was a traditional administrative and geographic county in north-west Wales, known for its mountainous landscapes, Welsh-speaking communities, and coastal towns along Cardigan Bay.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Merionethshire 0
county of Merioneth 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic county ⓘ
traditional county ⓘ
borders Cardigan Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPart Cadair Idris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Snowdonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown Bala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corwen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dolgellau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ffestiniog NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harlech NERFINISHED ⓘ
Machynlleth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tywyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Cardigan Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Meirionnydd NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticFeature predominantly Welsh-speaking population ⓘ
hasLandscape mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature coastal areas ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
hasNotableIndustry sheep farming ⓘ
slate quarrying ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasNotableSite Harlech Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTopographicCharacter rural and sparsely populated ⓘ
historicCountyCode MER NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicCountyTown Dolgellau NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicLanguage Welsh ⓘ
historicStatus administrative county ⓘ
geographic county ⓘ
knownFor Welsh-speaking communities ⓘ
coastal towns along Cardigan Bay ⓘ
mountainous landscapes ⓘ
languageOfName Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn north-west Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion north Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Irish Sea (via Cardigan Bay) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName Meirionnydd NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedBy Local Government Act 1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
successorTerritory Clwyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gwynedd NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod pre-1974 local government county in Wales ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial purposes (historic) ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ
local government (historic) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DOLGELLAU → administrativeCentreOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Dolgellau
CORWEN → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Corwen
Dyffryn Ardudwy → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Y Bermo → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency) → represents → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: county of Merioneth