ABERYSTWYTH

Specialty Definition: Aberystwyth

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Aberystwyth (from the Welsh `mouth of the Ystwyth') is a historic market town, administrative centre, and seaport of Cardiganshire (or Ceredigion), Wales, near the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol, about midway down the length of Cardigan Bay. Aberystwyth was a contributory parliamentary borough until 1885, when its representation was merged in that of the county. In modern times Aberystwyth has become a Welsh educational centre. The population is around 12,000, but is swelled by an additional 7000 students associated with the original University College of Wales, the College of Librarianship Wales and the Welsh Agricultural College.
A railway links Aberystwyth with Shrewsbury, and a steam train can be taken to Devil's Bridge. Aberystwyth is a major tourist centre and a cultural link between the north and south of Wales. It has a pier and a fine sea-front which stretches from Constitution Hill at the north end of the Marine Terrace to the mouth of the harbour. The town is relatively modern, but contains a number of historic buildings, including the remains of the castle and the "imposing but fantastic structure" of the old buildings of the University College of Wales near the Castle Hill. The new campus lies to the east of the town.
Much of the finest scenery in mid-Wales lies within easy reach of Aberystwyth including the wilderness of the Cambrian mountains whose valleys contain forests and meadows which have little changed in centuries. The town is generally regarded as the capital of west Wales, and several institutions have regional offices there. Perhaps the most important of the public bodies located in Aberystwyth is the National Library of Wales (founded 1907).
The history of Aberystwyth may be said to date from the building of a fortress on the present Castle Hill, in 1109. Edward I rebuilt Strongbow's castle in 1277, after its destruction by the Welsh. Between the years 1404 and 1408 Aberystwyth Castle was in the hands of Owen Glendower, but finally surrendered to Prince Harry (the future King Henry V of England, and shortly after this the town was incorporated under the title of Ville de Lampadarn, the ancient name of the place being Llanbadarn Gaerog, or the fortified Llanbadarn, to distinguish it from Llanbadarn Fawr, the village one mile inland. It is thus styled in a charter granted by Henry VIII, but by Elizabeth I's time the town was invariably termed Aberystwyth in all documents. In 1647 the Parliamentarian troops razed the castle, so that its remains are now inconsiderable, though portions of three towers still exist.
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Aberystwyth Town F.C.

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Aberystwyth Town F.C. is a football team, playing in the League of Wales.
The club was founded in 1884, and plays at Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, where their ground accommodates 5500 spectators (300 seated).

The teams' first choice strip is green shirts with black and white trim, black shorts and socks.
The second choice strip is yellow shirts with blue trim, blue shorts and socks.

History
The club's early days were marked by friendly matches, the club did not join a league until 1896 when it joined the Welsh League for a year, before reverting to playing friendlies again. They were members of the Montgomeryshire and District League in 1904, winning several championships. With the creation of the Welsh National League in 1921, Aber joined the Central Section, where they were quite successful, winning the title six times in the 1920s, and winning the Mid-Wales League title in 1933 and 1950. Aberystwyth won the Welsh Amateur Cup in 1931 and 1933, and were losing finalists in 1935 and 1972.
The club joined the Welsh League (South) in 1951, although they continued to also field a team in the Mid-Wales League, and for a while in the Cambrian Coast League. Aberystwyth returned to the Mid-Wales competition in 1963 but did not win the league championship until 1984, after having finished as runners-up six times. They retained the title in 1985. Aberystwyth were firmly established as one of premier clubs in Mid-Wales and in 1987 they returned to the Welsh League (South). They were three times runners-up before they became founder members of the League of Wales in 1992. Aberystwyth achieved their best LoW position - 3rd - in their first season.
Biggest victories and losses

Biggest win: 21-1 v. Machynlleth in 1934.
Biggest defeat: 1-20 v. Caersws in 1962.
Biggest League of Wales win: 6-0 v. Briton Ferry Athletic, and Llanidloes Town, both in 1993.
Biggest League of Wales defeat: 1-8 v. Barry Town in 1997.
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University of Wales Aberystwyth

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The University of Wales Aberystwyth was founded in 1872 and was the first university institution to be established in Wales. As of 2003, the university had 7,000 students. It is often known simply as "Aber" to its students.
See also: University of Wales, Aberystwyth

External link

Official university home page
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Commercial Usage: ABERYSTWYTH

Domain	Title
Books	The Pre-Cambrian and Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Wales: report of a symposium held at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in honour of Professor O. T. Jones and Sir William Pugh (reference) Ecological Effects of In-Situ Sediment Contaminants: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Aberystwyth, Wales, 1984 (Developments in hydro (reference) The Biology of Fructans: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Fructan, Aberystwyth, Uk, Reprinted from the New Phytologist, 123, 1993 (reference) The revival of a "scientific" and erudite historiography in the earlier Renaissance : an inaugural lecture delivered at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth on 21 November, 1973 (reference) From the Grass Roots: A Lifetime in the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (reference) (more book examples)
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Digital Photo Gallery: ABERYSTWYTH

"Windy Pier 1" by Cerys Jones
Commentary: "Aberystwyth pier on a windy night."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Usage Frequency: ABERYSTWYTH

"ABERYSTWYTH" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABERYSTWYTH" is used about 267 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	267	18,030

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Expression: ABERYSTWYTH

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ABERYSTWYTH": aberystwyth-based, Aberystwyth-chester-birmingham, Aberystwyth-manchester.
	Ending with "ABERYSTWYTH": Shrewsbury-aberystwyth.
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Anagrams: ABERYSTWYTH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-r-s-t-t-w-y-y"
	-4 letters: barytes, bathers, batters, battery, berthas, betrays, bewrays, brawest, breaths, breathy, hatters, shatter, swarthy, swather, swatter, thawers, threats, thwarts, wastery, wreaths, wreathy, yatters.
	-5 letters: barest, baryes, baryte, basher, baster, bather, bathes, batter, bertha, berths, betray, bettas, bewray, brashy, bratty, breast, breath, byways, earths, earthy, estray, haters, hatter, hawser, hayers, hearts, hearty, rawest, rehabs.
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