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Whereas divers considerable persons among Þ e Welsh Friends have requested me Þ t all Þ e Lands Purchased of me by those of North Wales and South Wales, together with Þ e adjacent counties to Þ m, as Haverfordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire, about 40,000 acres, may be lay d out contiguously as one Barony, alledging Þ t Þ e number allready ...
North Wales Elementary School is part of the North Penn School District. The building was North Wales High School from 1927 until North Penn High School was built in the 1950s; it then became an elementary school. The original elementary school from the 1900s was located at the current site of Borough Hall. [citation needed]
Wales and the adjacent English counties are shown in capitals. Bottom: Relief map showing the major hills. The Mid Cheshire Ridge is a discontinuous ridge of low hills running north–south from Beacon Hill (north of Helsby Hill) to Bickerton Hill. Most other high ground falls within the Peak District in the east of the county.
Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.
One of the original counties at the formation of Pennsylvania: The English city of Chester in the county of Cheshire: 549,784: 760 sq mi (1,968 km 2) Clarion County: 031: Clarion: 1839: Parts of Venango and Armstrong Counties: Clarion River, itself so named for its clarity 36,970: 609 sq mi (1,577 km 2) Clearfield County: 033: Clearfield: 1804
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The region was on the boundary of Northumbria, Mercia and north Wales so turbulent times continued. In 616, Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeated armies from the kingdoms of Powys and Gwynedd at the Battle of Chester and probably established the Anglo-Saxon position in the area from then on.
Compared to north Wales, relatively few castles are found in Cheshire since many, such as Holt Castle, were built on the western side of the River Dee. Most of these castles were motte-and-baileys and were originally of turf and timber construction, although they were sometimes later replaced by stone structures if a long-term castle was needed ...