Abberley Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Village off the A451, SW of Stourport‐on‐Severn, home of the poet William Walsh, friend of Dryden and Addison,
Abbotsford Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Home (1812–32) of Sir Walter Scott, who transformed the little farm of Clartyhole, once belonging to the
Aber Reference library
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Small village 5 m. E of Bangor on the A55. Here Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, had his court
Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938) Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
(1881–1938),
poet: lives in Dymock 1911–14; teaches at Leeds (University). Emblems of Love 1913.
Abercynon Reference library
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Former mining village at the confluence of the rivers Cynon and Taff, 4 m. N of Pontypridd on the A470.
Aberdaron Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Fishing village at the end of the Llŷn peninsula. R. S. Thomas was appointed vicar of Aberdaron in 1967.
Aberdeen Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
The ‘granite city’ on the Don and the Dee, a cathedral and university city and prosperous port on the NE
Aberedw Reference library
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Small village on the B4567, 5 m. SE of Builth Wells, in the valley of the Wye. The rocky, wooded
Aberfeldy Reference library
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Town on the A924 and the A9, 14 m. SW of Pitlochry. Robert Burns is thought to have written ‘The
Aberfoyle Reference library
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Village off the A81, 27 m. N of Glasgow, at the entrance to The Trossachs. A plough hangs in a
Abergavenny Reference library
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Market town on the A40 at the confluence of the rivers Gavenny and Usk. In the 19th c. it was
Abergele Reference library
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Small coastal resort on the A55, 12 m. E of Llandudno. The Calvinist Methodist minister and writer Robert Ambrose Jones
Abergwili Reference library
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Little village on the A40, 2 m. NE of Carmarthen. A minor road leads steeply up to the N and
Aberystwyth Reference library
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Seaside resort and university town on Cardigan Bay, on the A487. The National Library of Wales (founded 1907), on
Abingdon Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Old town on the Thames, once the county town of Berkshire, 7 m. S of Oxford on the A34. It
Abinger Hammer Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Village on the A25, 5 m. SW of Dorking. West Hackhurst, the house on the brow of the steep hill
Abney Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Village off the B6001, 3 m. SW of Hathersage. Cockey Farm (½ m. S) was the birthplace in 1750 of
Abse, Dannie (1923– ) Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
(1923– ),
poet and memoirist: b. Cardiff; educ. Cardiff and London (Camberwell). Ash on a
Accents and Asian American Representation in Contemporary Culture Reference library
Shilpa S. Davé
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature and Culture
Accrington Reference library
The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
Small Lancashire mill town 18 m. N of Manchester. Manchester‐born novelist Jeanette Winterson was adopted and raised here in Accrington,
