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Hay (Wales)


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  • Codes

    • e-uk-wl
  • Variants

    • Hay-on-Wye (Wales)
    • Gelli (Powys, Wales)
    • Gelli Gandryll (Wales)
    • La Haye (Wales)
    • Haya (Wales)
    • Y Gelli (Powys, Wales)
  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Cities and towns
    • Descriptor

        Populated place
    • Descriptor

        Community (Welsh local government)
    • Associated Locale

        Great Britain
    • Associated Locale

        Welsh Borders (England and Wales)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Associated Language

        Welsh
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  • Sources

    • found: Collins, Paul. Sixpence House, 2003:CIP galley (Haw-on-Wye, Wales, known as the "Town of Books")
    • found: Geonames search, Feb. 21, 2002(Hay, ppl, United Kingdom, Wales, 52°04ʹ00ʺN 003°07ʹ00ʺ)
    • found: Hay-on-Wye WWW site, Apr. 22, 2004(Hay-on-Wye lies on the Welsh side of the Welsh/English border, although postal addresses are often given as "Herefordshire" [England])
    • found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 52°04ʹ00ʺN 003°07ʹ00ʺW)
    • found: Collins, Paul. Sixpence House, 2004, cover viewed online 30 April 2020:page 4 of cover (Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books"; village in Welsh countryside)
    • found: GEOnet, 21 April 2020(name: Hay (approved); geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: Powys (English and Welsh); latitude, longitude: DMS: 52° 04ʹ 00ʺ N, 003° 07ʹ 00ʺ W; DD: 52.066667 [N], -3.116667 [W]; feature designation: populated place)
    • found: Hay-on-Wye website, 30 April 2020:welcome page (Welcome to Hay-on-Wye; Hay-on-Wye Town Council; Visit Hay) - http://www.hay-on-wye.co.uk/
    • found: Hay-on-Wye Town Council website, 30 April 2020:main page (Hay-on-Wye Town Council; TEI header: Hay Town Council; address: Hay Town Council, Council Chamber, Broad Street, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5BX; e-mail: [email protected]; image caption: Hay on Wye; image with bilingual sign: Y Gelli, Hay-on-Wye) - http://www.haytowncouncil.gov.uk/
    • found: Wikipedia, 30 April 2020:Hay-on-Wye (Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll or just Y Gelli), often abbreviated to just "Hay" (the community uses the short version); small market town and community in historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) in Wales, currently administered as part of unitary authority of Powys; a Welsh community with Town Council; often described as "the town of books"; both National Book Town of Wales and site of annual Hay Festival; name first referred to between 1135 and 1147 as Haya; in 1299, name La Haye used; by 16th century, simply called Hay; river as suffix is later addition; border with England defined by Dulas Brook; the adjacent village of Cusop lies on English side of Dulas Brook; Royal Mail depot in Hay is sub-office of Hereford, therefore although in Wales has English postal address, part of HR3 postcode; coordinates: DMS 52° 4ʹ 30ʺ N, 3° 7ʹ 30ʺ W, decimal 52.075 [N], -3.125 [W]) - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hay-on-Wye&oldid=950420047
    • found: Wikidata, 30 April 2020:Hay-on-Wye (Hay-on-Wye (Q174734); also known as: Y Gelli Gandryll; description: market town in the traditional county and district of Brecknockshire in Wales; instance of: market town; country: United Kingdom; located in the administrative territorial entity: Hay [Community]; coordinate location: 52°4ʹ33ʺN, 3°7ʹ53ʺW; historic county: Brecknockshire) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q174734
    • found: Wikidata, 30 April 2020:Hay (Hay (Q24670729); description: community in Powys, Wales; instance of: community; country: United Kingdom; located in the administrative territorial entity: Powys; coordinate location: 52°4ʹ14.05ʺN, 3°7ʹ55.34ʺW) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24670729
    • found: Wikipedia, 30 April 2020:Community (Wales) (Community (Wales); a division of land in Wales that forms lowest tier of local government in Wales; Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England; until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes; civil parishes were abolished by section 20 (6) of Local Government Act 1972, replaced by communities by section 27; Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally) - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_(Wales)&oldid=920979938
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  • Change Notes

    • 2003-02-21: new
    • 2020-05-01: revised
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