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St. Davids
Language; Encyclopedias
An interesting old cathedral town in Pembrokeshire, on the streamlet Alan, and not 2 m. from St. Brides Bay; its cathedral, rebuilt after 1180 in the Transition Norman style, was at one time a famous ...
Tarifa
Language; Encyclopedias
An interesting old Spanish seaport, the most southerly town of Europe, 21 m. SW. of Gibraltar, derives its name from the Moorish leader Tarif, who occupied it 710 A.D.; held by the Moors for more ...
Tiverton
Language; Encyclopedias
An interesting old town of Devonshire, pleasantly situated between the Exe and Loman, 12 m. N. by E. of Exeter; possesses public baths, assembly rooms, almshouses, and a 17th-century grammar-school; ...
Tipton
Language; Encyclopedias
An iron-manufacturing town of Staffordshire, 8½ m. NW. of Birmingham.
Tasmania
Language; Encyclopedias
An island and colony of Britain, lying fully 100 m. S. of Australia, from which it is separated by Bass Strait; about the size of Scotland; the beauty of its mountain and lake scenery has won it the ...
Texel
Language; Encyclopedias
An island of North Holland, situated at the entrance to the Zuider Zee and separated from the mainland by a narrow strait called the Marsdiep, the scene of several memorable naval engagements between ...
Syra
Language; Encyclopedias
An island of the Cyclades group, in the Aegean Sea, 10 m, by 5 m., with a capital called also Hermoupolis; on the E. coast is the seat of the government of the islands, and the chief port.
