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Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Welshpool features in Trivial Fact of the Day
Welshpool was known as Pool until 1835. Its name was changed to avoid confusion with Poole in Dorset.
Pool Quay, just a little downstream from Welshpool, being the head of navigation on the Severn. Though it would only be a small boat on a full river that got that far.
Pool Quay, just a little downstream from Welshpool, being the head of navigation on the Severn. Though it would only be a small boat on a full river that got that far.
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