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Cantref logo #21002• (n.) A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales.
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cantref logo #21003(from the article `Caernarvonshire`) In the early Middle Ages the region was divided into three cantreds, or districts (Arllechwedd, Arfon, and Llyn). The cantreds eventually became part ... The kingdoms were normally divided for purposes of royal administration into cantrefs. These in turn consisted of groups of maenors occupied by the...
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