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Conwy , previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and administrative center of Conwy Borough in north Wales. The walled town and castle are on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town was formerly in Gwynedd and previously in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.

The population of the wider County Borough of Conwy was estimated by the ONS at 116,200.

The name "Conwy" is derived from the Old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally named "Cynwy".

Conwy Castle and the town walls were built at the behest of Edward I of England between 1283 and 1289 as part of his conquest of the principality of Wales. The church standing in Conwy has been marked as the oldest structure in Conwy and has stood within Conwy's walls since the 14th century. However, the oldest structure is part of the city walls, at the southern end of the east side. Here, one wall and the tower of the llys (palace/manor house) belonging to Llywelyn the Great and his grandson Llywelyn ap Gruffydd were incorporated into the wall. Built on a rocky slope, it has a prominent apsidal tower.

The walls are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, King Edward's Castles and Town Walls in Gwynedd.

People born within Conwy's town walls are called "Jackdaws", after the jackdaws that live on the walls there. The Kawka Society existed until 2011.

The town's population in 1841 was 1,358 people

Abbey
Conwy was the original site of Aberconwy Abbey, founded by Llywelyn the Great. Edward and his troops took over the abbey grounds and moved the monks up the Conwy valley to a new site at Maenan, founding Maenan Abbey. The parish church of St Mary & All Saints still retains some parts of the original abbey church in the east and west walls.

suspension bridge
Conwy has other tourist attractions. Conwy Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford to replace the ferry, was completed in 1826 and spans the River Conwy next to the castle. Telford designed the bridge's supporting towers to match the turrets of the castle. The bridge is now open to pedestrians only and, together with the toll collector's house, is in the care of the National Trust.

On the waterfront stands a house entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest house in Great Britain measuring 3.05 × 1.8 meters. It was continuously inhabited from the 16th century (and at one point was even inhabited by a family) until 1900, when the owner (a 1.8-meter fisherman - Robert Jones) was forced to move out for hygiene reasons. . The rooms were too small for him to fully stand in them. The house is still owned by his descendants and visitors can look around for a small fee of £1


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