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Barry Island, the Glossary

Barry Island (Ynys y Barri) is a district, peninsula and seaside resort, forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.^[1]

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Beaches of the Vale of Glamorgan
Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan
Landforms of the Vale of Glamorgan
Peninsulas of Wales

Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Baldwin of Forde

Baldwin of Forde or FordSharpe Handlist of Latin Writers pp.

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Barry Docks

Barry Docks (Dociau'r Barri) is a port facility in the town of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, a few miles southwest of Cardiff on the north shore of the Bristol Channel.

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Barry Island Pleasure Park

Barry Island Pleasure Park is an amusement park situated on the coast at Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, about south west of the capital city Cardiff, Wales.

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Barry Island railway station

Barry Island railway station is a railway station, south-west of Cardiff Central, serving Barry Island (Ynys y Barri) in South Wales.

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Barry Railway Company

The Barry Railway Company was a railway and docks company in South Wales, first incorporated as the Barry Dock and Railway Company in 1884.

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Barry Town Council

Barry Town Council is an elected town council serving Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the largest towns in Wales.

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Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry (Y Barri) is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Baruc

Baruc (Barrwg; also known as Barruc, Barrog or Barry) was a 6th-century Welsh saint.

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Baruc (electoral ward)

Baruc is the name of an electoral ward in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Bay of Fundy

The Bay of Fundy (Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.

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Being Human (British TV series)

Being Human is a British supernatural comedy-drama television series created and written by Toby Whithouse and first broadcast on BBC Three in 2009.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Bloody New Year

Bloody New Year (also known as Time Warp Terror and Horror Hotel) is a 1987 British supernatural horror film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood, Mark Powley, Catherine Roman and Julian Ronnie.

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Book of Llandaff

The Book of Llandaff (Liber Landavensis; Llyfr Llandaf, Llyfr Llan Dâv, or Llyfr Teilo), is the cartulary of the cathedral of Llandaff, a 12th-century compilation of documents relating to the history of the diocese of Llandaff in Wales.

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Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren, literal translation: "Severn Sea") is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales (from Pembrokeshire to the Vale of Glamorgan) and South West England (from Devon, Somerset to North Somerset).

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Butlin's

Butlin's is a chain of large seaside resorts in the United Kingdom, incorporated as Butlins Skyline Limited.

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Cadoc

Saint Cadoc or Cadog (Cadocus; also Modern Welsh: Catawg or Catwg; born or before) was a 5th–6th-century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learning, where Illtud spent the first period of his religious life under Cadoc's tutelage.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Celtic Britons

The Britons (*Pritanī, Britanni), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were an indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others).

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Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

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CF postcode area

The CF postcode area, also known as the Cardiff postcode area, is a group of 35 postcode districts for post towns: Cardiff, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Aberdare, Bargoed, Barry, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Ferndale, Hengoed, Llantwit Major, Maesteg, Mountain Ash, Penarth, Pentre, Pontyclun, Pontypridd, Porth, Porthcawl, Rhoose, Sully, Tonypandy, Treharris and Treorchy in south Wales.

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Cold Knap

Cold Knap is a district of Barry in South Wales. Barry Island and Cold Knap are Beaches of the Vale of Glamorgan.

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Colonization

independence. Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of exploitation and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by colonialism.

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Delta and the Bannermen is the third serial of the 24th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 2 to 16 November 1987.

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Diocese of Llandaff

The Diocese of Llandaff is an Anglican (Church in Wales) diocese that traces its roots to pre-Reformation times as heir of a Catholic bishopric.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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Everyman's Library

Everyman's Library is a series of reprints of classic literature, primarily from the Western canon.

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Father (honorific)

Father has been used as both title and honorific in various languages, synonyms and historical contexts.

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Flat Holm

Flat Holm (Ynys Echni) is a Welsh island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately from Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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Flatline (Doctor Who)

"Flatline" is the ninth episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.

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Fred West

Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, the majority with his second wife, Rose West.

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Gavin & Stacey

Gavin & Stacey is a British sitcom written by James Corden and Ruth Jones about two families: one in Billericay, Essex; one in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Gerald de Barri

Gerald de Barri or Gerald of Barry, was a mediaeval Bishop of Cork.

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis; Gerallt Cymro; Gerald de Barri) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian.

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Glamorgan

Until 1974, Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.

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Historic counties of Wales

The historic counties of Wales (siroedd hynafol) were the thirteen sub-divisions used in Wales from either 1282 and 1535, up to their abolishment in 1974, being replaced by eight counties.

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Human

Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.

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Illtud

Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Glamorgan, Wales.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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John Leland (antiquary)

John Leland or Leyland (13 September, – 18 April 1552) was an English poet and antiquary.

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Joint Nature Conservation Committee

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation.

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Llandough, Penarth

Llandough (/lænˈdɒk/; Llandochau Fach ɬan'doːχaɨ vaχ) is a village, community and electoral ward in the Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg), Wales, approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south west of Cardiff city centre, and approximately 1.3 miles (2 km) north west of Penarth.

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Local government in Wales

Local government in Wales is primarily undertaken by the twenty-two principal councils.

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Long barrow

Long barrows are a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE, during the Early Neolithic period.

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Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales.

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Mesolithic

The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Microlith

A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimetre or so in length and half a centimetre wide.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Postcodes in the United Kingdom

Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes).

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Richard Taylor (skater)

Richard Taylor (6 July 1981 – 8 August 2004) was a Welsh inline skating and freestyle skiing champion.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Romano-British culture

The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia.

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Scott Mills (radio show)

Scott Mills was a British radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022.

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Seaside resort

A seaside resort is a city, town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast.

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Serenus de Cressy

Dom Serenus Cressy, O.S.B., (originally born Hugh Paulinus de Cressy), (– 10 August 1674) was an English convert to Catholicism and Benedictine monk, who became a noted scholar in Church history.

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Silures

The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe or tribal confederation of ancient Britain, occupying what is now south east Wales and perhaps some adjoining areas.

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Silvery

Silvery are a London-based 4-piece indie rock band, signed to Blow Up Records (the label of the Britpop night club Blow Up).

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St Andrews Major

St Andrews Major is a village and parish in the community of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Barry and Cardiff in south-eastern Wales.

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St Lythans

St Lythans (Llwyneliddon) is an affluent hamlet and former parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just outside western Cardiff.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Sub-Roman Britain

Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement.

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Submarine (2010 film)

Submarine is a 2010 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins.

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The Doctor Dances

"The Doctor Dances" is the tenth episode of the first series in the reboot of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 May 2005.

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The Empty Child

"The Empty Child" is the ninth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 21 May 2005.

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The Mad Woman in the Attic

The Mad Woman in the Attic is the second serial of the third series of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen.

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Tidal range

Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide.

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Tinkinswood

Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber (Siambr Gladdu Tinkinswood), also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 6,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Island

Also known as Barry Island (Vale of Glamorgan), Barry Island, Wales, Ynys y Barri.

, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Llandough, Penarth, Local government in Wales, Long barrow, Media Wales, Mesolithic, Microlith, Neolithic, Normans, Nova Scotia, Peninsula, Postcodes in the United Kingdom, Richard Taylor (skater), River Severn, Roman Britain, Romano-British culture, Scott Mills (radio show), Seaside resort, Serenus de Cressy, Silures, Silvery, St Andrews Major, St Lythans, Stone Age, Sub-Roman Britain, Submarine (2010 film), The Doctor Dances, The Empty Child, The Mad Woman in the Attic, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Tidal range, Tinkinswood, Tumulus, Vale of Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan Council, Vikings, Wales, Ward (electoral subdivision), Wenvoe, Woodham Brothers.

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See also

Beaches of the Vale of Glamorgan

Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan

Landforms of the Vale of Glamorgan

Peninsulas of Wales

References