{1} _Sir Ffon_, is the name still applied to this county by the Welsh,
as well in their conversational as in their written communications.
{3} _Porth-aeth-hwy_, means the passage which had been crossed before.
{34} Frydd, pronounced frith, means an enclosure gained from a common.
{46} Llewellyn was married to the Princess Joan, daughter of King John.
{48} Trifaen signifies the three summits. Benclog, the head of the
rock,—Braich-ddu, the black arm,—Nant Francôn, the valley of beavers.
{50a} The bridge of the caldron.
{50b} The swift river.
{50c} The station in the wood.
{58a} The gap of the Irishman.
{58b} This part of the defile is called “Cwm Glâs,” i.e. the Blue Vale.
{59} Tent stone.
{66} The blue well.
{68} Pronounced Thlangothlan, the church of Saint Collen.
{77} Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby.
{83} The glen of the Marten.
{91} In the introduction, by the Hon. Daines Barrington, to the memoirs
of the Gwydyr family, is the following passage relating to this
foundation:—“In 1610, Sir John Wynne erected at Llanrwst some almshouses
(to which he gave the name of Jesus Hospital) for the reception of twelve
poor men, and drew up regulations for the management of his benefaction.
He also endowed this charity very liberally with the rectorial tithes of
Eglwys Fach, which are now valued at two hundred pounds per annum.”
{93} See Pont-y-Pair.
{101} 1281 this should have been.
{104} See Caernarvon Castle.
{108} A health to the top beam of the house.
{119} Aber glâs lyn, the mouth or embouchure of the blue lake.
{122} The ash of St. Asaph.