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Gower (or Gwyr), peninsula, forming W. part of Glamorgan, 15 miles long, average breadth 5 miles; its coast line is bold, rocky, and deeply indented; was colonised in the reign of Henry I. by a company of Flemings, whose descendants still occupy the greater part of the peninsula, and remain to a great extent distinct in race.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "peninsula" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place names: | GOWER | GOWER OR GWYR | GWYR |
| Place: | Gower |
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