historic county of Merionethshire

E862011

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
historic county of Merionethshire canonical 8
county of Merioneth 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Y Bermo → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Dyffryn Ardudwy → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Corwen → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
subject linked to: CORWEN
Dolgellau → administrativeCentreOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
subject linked to: DOLGELLAU
Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency) → represents → county of Merioneth ⓘ
linked to: historic county of Merionethshire
Statutum Walliae → createdAdministrativeUnit → county of Merioneth ⓘ
linked to: historic county of Merionethshire
Llyn Ystradau → locatedIn → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Glyndyfrdwy → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Afon Barlwyd → locatedIn → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ
Talsarnau → partOf → historic county of Merionethshire ⓘ