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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BALA	Merionethshire	BALA , a small town, a subdistrict, and a district, in Merioneth. The town is in Llanycil parish; stands at the foot of Bala lake, and on the Ruabon and Dolgelly railway, 14 miles SW by W of Corwen; and has a rail way station with telegraph. An artificial mount called Tomen-y	Imperial
  BALA-LAKE, Lynn-Tegid, or Pemble-Mere	Merionethshire	Bala; is 4 miles long, 1 mile broad, and more than 100 feet deep receives the river Dwfrdwy at its head, and discharges the Dee from its foot. Its shores are gravelly; it. borders are wooded, easy slopes; its flanks, hills of no great beauty, overlooked by interesting mountains. It waters abound with pike, and contain perch, roach, eels char, and gwyniad. The fishery belonged anciently to Basingwerk abbey; and is now the property of Sir W W. Wynn, who has a fishing-lodge at the head, called Glan-y	Imperial
  BWLCH-Y-GROES	Merionethshire Montgomeryshire	Y-GROES , a mountain pass on the mutual border of Merioneth and Montgomery; 8 miles S of Bala, on the road	Imperial
  DOLGELLY	Merionethshire	Bala; and is at the terminus of the extension of the Llangollen, Corwen, and Bala railway, authorised in 1865, and in operation in 1869. It has magnificent mountain environs, and is a great resort of tourists. Some Roman coins have been found in its vicinity, proving it to have been known to the Romans. Part of an old house is in it, where Owen Glendower held important meetings at the forming of his alliance with Charles VI. of France. A body of royalist troops attempted to fortify it in the wars of Charles I. The town consists chiefly of mean	Imperial
  Glan-y-llyn	Merionethshire	Glan-y-llyn , seat, at head of Bala lake, Merioneth, 3½ miles SW. of Bala.	Bartholomew
  LLANFAWR, or LLANFOR	Merionethshire	Bala district, Merioneth. The village stands on the river Dee, n ea r its efflux from Bala lake, and adjacent to the Corwen, Bala, and Dolgelly railway,-which was in course of formation in 1867,-1 mile NE of Bala; and has fairs on 14 Aug. and 20 Sept.—The parish is divided into the townships of Bettws, Ciltalgarth, Garn, Llan, Nantllerdiog, Penmaen, Rhiwaedog-Isafon, Rhiwaedog-Uwchafon, and Uchedre. Post town, Bala, under Corwen. Acres, 20,030. Real property, £8,235. Pop. in 1851,1,719; in 1861,1,531. Houses, 308. Most of the property	Imperial
  Llawr-y-Bettws	Merionethshire	Llawr-y-Bettws , eccl. dist., Gwyddelwern, Llandderfel, and Llanfor pars., Merioneth, 2 miles NE. of Bala, pop. 436.	Bartholomew
  LLAWR-Y-BETTWS	Merionethshire	Y-BETTWS , a chapelry in Llanfawr parish, Merioneth; 2 miles NE of Bala r. station. It was constituted in 1865; and its Post	Imperial
  MERIONETH, or MERIONETHISHIRE	Merionethshire	Bala; others are Talyllyn, Elider, Treweryn, Y-cwm-bychan, Bodlyn, Cwm-Howel, Glyn, Arrenig, and Y-cae; and there are about	Imperial
  Rhos-y-Gwalia	Merionethshire	Rhos-y-Gwalia , eccl. dist., Llanfor par., Merioneth, near Bala, pop. 339.	Bartholomew
  SARN-HIR WAY	Brecknockshire	road; " and is given also toa cross-way from Tommen-y-Mur, past Bala, to Clawd-Coch on the Sarn-Sws way.	Imperial

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