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Page 43
... port of Liverpool , unlike many ports in the northwest , has not been silted up . Liverpool was seen by King John at the be- ginning of the 13th century as a convenient embarkation point for conquering Ireland . Until then the ill ...
... port of Liverpool , unlike many ports in the northwest , has not been silted up . Liverpool was seen by King John at the be- ginning of the 13th century as a convenient embarkation point for conquering Ireland . Until then the ill ...
Page 574
... Port Talbot , Welsh GASTELL - NEDD PORT TALBOT , county borough , southern Wales . Encompassing the Swansea Bay coast from the Kenfig Burrows in the south to the eastern outskirts of Swansea in the north , it ex- tends inland across an ...
... Port Talbot , Welsh GASTELL - NEDD PORT TALBOT , county borough , southern Wales . Encompassing the Swansea Bay coast from the Kenfig Burrows in the south to the eastern outskirts of Swansea in the north , it ex- tends inland across an ...
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... port . Its main historical fame lies in the town of Caerleon ( " City of the Legions " ) . From the 4th century BC to AD 75 the place was a strong- hold of the Silures , the tribe that controlled what later became Monmouthshire . When ...
... port . Its main historical fame lies in the town of Caerleon ( " City of the Legions " ) . From the 4th century BC to AD 75 the place was a strong- hold of the Silures , the tribe that controlled what later became Monmouthshire . When ...
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