Place:Conwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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NameConwy
Alt namesAberconwaysource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
Aberconwysource: Family History Library Catalog
Conwaysource: Wikipedia
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish, Borough (municipal)
Coordinates53.283°N 3.833°W
Located inCaernarvonshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Conwy, Wales     (1996 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Aberconwy Abbey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Conwy, previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the northern coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census. and is a popular tourist destination. The size of the resident population in Conwy County Borough on 30 June 2015 was estimated to be 116,200 people. The town itself has a population of 4,065.

The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'.

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