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TEIFI, or Teivy (The), a river of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke. It rises in the NE mountains of Cardigan; runs south-westward, past Tregaron and Lampeter, to the boundary with Carmarthen; divides that county and the county of Pembroke from the county of Cardigan westward to the sea between Cardigan island and Cardigan head; and has a total course of about 50 miles. Drayton says,-
Sith I must stem thy stream, clear Teivy, yet before
The Muse vouchsafe to seize the Cardiganian shore.
She of thy source will sing in all the Cambrian coast:
Which of thy castors once, but now canst only boast
Thy salmons, of all floods, most plentiful in thee.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Cardiganshire Ancient County Carmarthenshire Ancient County Pembrokeshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | TEIFI | TEIFI OR TEIVY THE | TEIVY | THE TEIFI | THE TEIVY |
| Place: | Teifi |
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