worthy of
Attention—
Rivers and
noted Bridges.
Star, Angel, King’s Oxford Oxford Halls, 1
Arms, and Roebuck Colleges, and
Libraries,
Heythrop (Earl
of Shrewsbury),
Nuneham
Courtney (Earl
Harcourt),
Blenheim
Plough, Fleece, and Gloucester 40 Cheltenham Pump Rooms and 6
George Hotel Walks, Rooms,
seat of Earl of
Fauconberg,
Cleavehill,
Dowdeswell, &c.
&c.
Hop Pole, Star and 9 Tewkesbury Cathedral 9
Garter
Bell, Booth-Hall, 10½ Gloucester Ditto, Pin 11
King’s Head Manufactory,
Isle of Alney,
Gaol, Severn,
Drawbridge,
called Westgate
Bush, Full Moon, 34 Bristol Ditto, St. Mary 13
Talbot, &c. &c. Redcliffe
Church, St.
Vincent’s Rocks
and Clifton,
King’s Weston,
and Lord de
Clifford’s,
Lamplighters’
Hall, and
King’s Road
Bear 12 Newnham Garden Cliff at 23
Westbury,
Flaxley Abbey,
Churchyard,
View from
White Swan 7 Lidney Iron-works, 25
Pitchcock’s
Beaufort Arms, Three Monmouth 8 Chepstow Castle, Church, 25, 322
Cranes Piercefield,
one mile from
Chepstow,
Llancaut
Cliffs, Wye,
and New Bridge
King’s Head, 16 Newport (Between C. and 28
Westgate, and Parrot N. Caldecot
Castle,
Caerwent
Pavement, Ruins
of Caerleon),
Usk, New
Bridge, Castle
— Monmouth, 29
Ragland Castle
and Church,
Usk, Llangibby
Castle, View,
Caerleon, St.
Julians
Angel, Cardiff Arms, Glamorgan 11¼ Cardiff Tredegar House, 34
&c. boundary of
England and
Wales, Cardiff
Castle, Gaol,
Bridge, and
Taff
3 Landaff Cathedral, St. 37
Fajans
Boar’s Head 7 Caerphily Castle, Thorn 39
Hill, and View
Treherne’s Hotel 17 Merthyr Vale of 41
Glamorgan,
Pont-d-Pridd
Iron-works the
largest in the
kingdom
Angel 14 Pont Neath Falls of 47
Vechan Scotenogarm,
Lower and Upper
Culliepste,
Lady’s Cascade,
Porthogo
Cavern, Bwr
Maen, Purthen
and Neath
Rivers
Ship and Castle 11 Neath (Between P. N. 50
and Aberdulas
and Melincourt
Waterfalls, the
Knole) Abbey,
Castle, and
Copper-works
Mackworth Arms 9 Swansea (View at 53
Britton Ferry,)
Castle,
Pottery, Tawe,
Harbour, and
Piers, New Walk
and Rooms
Pot-House 20 Cheriton Oystermouth 57
Castle, Oxwich
Bay, Penrice,
King Arthur’s
Stone
Ditto Caermarthen 16 Kidwely Llanelly 59
Church, Kidwely
Castle
Ivy Bush, Boar’s 10 Caermarthen Castle, Tin 60
Head Works, Bridge
over the Towy
Castle 12¼ Llaugharne Llaugharne 67
Castle,
Caermarthen Bay
Cobourg Hotel Pembroke 16 Tenby (Between L. and 68
T. Green
Bridge, a
curious
excavation in
the Rock)
Castle, Church,
Rocks, Walls,
&c.
Green Dragon 10 Pembroke Castle, Bridge, 73
sail round
Milford Haven,
to Hubberstone,
Tour by Mr.
Fenton, &c. &c.
Hotel 16 Milford Dock Yards, 82
Observatory,
&c.
— Tenby 83
Blue Boar, Castle 20 Haverfordwest Carew Castle, 87
Cresseley,
Landshipping,
Picton Castle,
Slebitch and
Church, Priory
at the end of
the Parade
Black Lion 16 St. David’s (Between H. and 89
R. Castle, St.
Bride’s Bay)
Cathedral,
Bishop’s
Palace; Rocking
Stone, two
miles from St.
David’s
16 Fishguard In your way, 95
take the place
where the
French landed,
Gwain River
7 Newport Two miles from 97
N. Druidical
Monuments
Black Lion Cardigan 11 Cardigan Velindre, Tin 100
Works,
Kilgerran
Castle, River
Tyvi, Castle,
Church, St.
Doegmal’s Abbey
Good Accommodation 22 Aberaeron Druidical 101
Monuments and
Castle
Talbot, Gogerthan 15 Aberystwith Fine Views, 102
Arms Llanrysted,
Llanryan
Bridge, Castle,
and walk round,
Lead Mines
Havod Arms 12 Havod Devil’s Bridge, 112
Fall of the
Rhyddol, of the
Mynach, Havod
House and
Grounds
Eagles Montgomery 27 Machynlleth Plinlimmon, 121
source of the
Severn, &c.
Owen Glyndwr’s
Mansion, Dovey
River, Bridge
Blue Lion Merioneth 10 Talylyn (Between M. and 123
T. Dyflas
River) Cader
Idris, Pool of
Three Grains
Lion, Ship, Angel 16 Dolgelly Beautiful 124
situation,
Avon-vwar
River,
excursions to
the Vale of the
Dee, Caer Gai
at the end of
the Lake of
Bala, and Dinas
y Mowddwy
Corsy-Gedol Arms 8 Barmouth From D. to B. 134
extremely
interesting,
pleasant walks
on the sands,
and likewise on
the hills over
the town
Inn 10 Harlech Castle, a 137
golden Torques
dug up in 1682
(between B. and
H. Corsy Gedol)
Barmouth By Dolgelly to 139
Travellers’
Rest, Fall of
Doly Melynllyn,
Ditto Cayne and
Moddach, Vale
of Festiniog
Merioneth 28 Tan-y-bwlch by Tan-y-bwlch 146
Dolgelly and Hall, Vale of
Falls Festiniog,
River Dayryd,
Maentwrog,
Tremadoc
Caernarvon Criccaeth Tany-yr-alet, 149
Castle,
excursion by
sea to the Isle
of Bardsey,
pass a Bay
called Hell’s
Mouth
Bardsey Fine view of 151
the coast,
Abbot’s House
and Chapel
Crown and Anchor 45 Pwlheli About five 157
miles from P.
Carn-Madryn, an
ancient
fortress
Goat, a good Inn 20 Beddgelert Several 164
Cromlechs,
Penmorfa,
Tremadoc, and
embankments,
Morva Lodge,
Pont Aber
Glaslyn
6 Snowdon Beddgelert 170
Church and
Vale, V. of
Nanhwynan, and
Dinas Emrys,
Pass of
Drwsycoed,
ascent and view
from Snowdon
Anglesea Arms and 12 Caernarvon Vale of 185
Goat Llanberries,
Dolbadern
Castle, Two
Lakes, Caunant
Mawr, and Caer
cwm-y Glô,
bridge over the
Seiont, Castle,
Chapel, ruins
of Segontium,
ancient Fort on
the Seiont, &c.
&c.
Anglesea 6 Plâs Newydd Fine view of 191
the Menai, the
elegant new
mansion,
Cromlechs and
Carnedd,
Saunderson’s
Cottage
Penrhyn Arms, Caernarvon 4 Bangor, from P. Beautiful 199
Castle, and Albion N. situation of,
Hotel Cathedral, view
from the
Church-yard,
recent
improvements,
Bridge over the
Menai, &c.
Bull’s Head Anglesea Beaumaris Fine views from 210
the new road,
Castle, Church,
Baron Hill, the
Friars,
Priestholme
Island
Ty Mawr 16 Amlwch Dulas and Red 217
Wharf Bay,
pretty village
and church of
Pentraeth,
Llanelian,
Pary’s Mountain
Eagle and Child and 20 Holyhead The Church, and 218
Hibernian-Hotel walls of the
Church-yard,
new Pier,
cavern called
the Parliament
House. The
steam packets
Penrhyn Arms, Caernarvon 27 Bangor Excursion to 221
Castle, and Albion Penrhyn Castle,
Hotel Slate Quarries,
Lime Grove,
Llandegai
Church, Ogwen
Bank, Benglog,
&c. about 20
miles
Harp and Newborough 15 Conway (Aber and the 240
Arms Lavan Sands,
Pen-maen-mawr,)
at Conway the
Castle, Plâs
Mawr, Abbey,
College
40 Ditto Excursion to 244
Caer Rhun,
Rhaiadar Mawr,
Llanrwst, Falls
of the Conway
and Machno,
about 40 miles
Bee Inn Denbigh 20 Abergele by the (Dinas Gonway, 250
Cridden Gloddaith and
Bodysgallen,
the Orme’s
head, Gywddno’s
Weir,
Cavern-arago,)
Walk on the
sands
White Lion Flint 7 St. Asaph (Between A. and 252
St. A. Rhuddlan
Marsh,)
Cathedral and
view from its
tower, Bishop’s
Palace and
Deanery
White Horse and 10 Holywell (Between St. A. 255
King’s Arms and H. the
value of Clywd;
to the right a
Roman Pharos;)
St. Winifred’s
Well, various
Mills; one mile
and a quarter
north, Ruins of
Basing-werk
Abbey
Royal Oak 6 Flint Castle, Goal, 256
and
Smelting-house,
(between F. and
Chester ruins
of Euloe Castle
and Hawarden
ditto)
Coach and Horses, Chester 15 Chester Castle, Walls, 258
Hotel, Feathers, Hop Rows, Bishop’s
Pole, &c. &c. Palace,
Hypocaust,
Gaol, and near
C. Eaton Hall
and Park
Black Lion and Flint 11¾ Mold Church Ruins of 267
Leeswood Arms the Castle,
Cotton Spinning
Mills, and near
M. the
Leeswoods and
famous Iron
Gates, Rhual
Crown and Black Bull Denbigh 16¼ Denbigh (From M. to D. 271
visit Kilken
Church, Moel
Famma,) Castle
and fine view
of the Vale of
Clwyd, old
Church
Cross Keys, White 8 Ruthin (Between D. and 273
Lion R. Well of St.
Dyfnog,)
Castle, Church,
Gaol,
Bowling-green,
Vale of Clwyd
Eagles, Red Lion 16 Wrexham Church, Offa’s 276
Dyke, Erthig
the seat of P.
Yorke, Esq.,
Church of
Marchwiel
6 Ruabon Wynnstay Park, 280
Obelisk, Offa’s
Dyke, (between
R. and
Llangollen,
Pontcyscylltir,
Aqueduct and
River Dee)
Hand, King’s Head 8 Llangollen Bridge over the 284
Dee, Castle
Dinas Brân,
Lady E.
Butler’s
Cottage, Valle
Crucis Abbey,
Pillar of
Eliseg
Wynnstay Arms, Cross Salop 12 Oswestry (Between L. and 291
Keys O. Chirk
Castle,
Aqueduct,
Whittington,)
Ruins of a
Chapel, Castle,
Church
Royal Oak, Bear Montgomery 15 Welsh Pool Between O. and 294
W. Llanymynach
Hill, Breddin,
Rodney’s
Column, Virnwy
River, Powis
Castle
Dragon 8 Montgomery Between W. P. 295
and M. fine
view from the
tower of
Cherbury
Church, Castle
and Gaol,
Ellesmere Canal
Castle 9 Bishop’s Castle Does not 296
present any
thing to detain
the Traveller;
midway between
B. C. and L. is
an excellent
Inn
Crown, Angel Hereford 17 Ludlow Castle, Church, 297
Cross, Walks
round the
Castle Walls,
Bridge, Teme
River
Red Lion, Crown, 11 Leominster Market House, 304
King’s Arms Church
City Arms, Green 12 Hereford Cathedral, 305
Dragon, &c. Castle, Walks,
Gaol, Wye, new
Market House
King’s Arms, King’s down the Wye. Ross Splendid 306
Head monument in the
Church, View
from the
Prospect,
Wilton Castle,
and Bridge, Wye
Beaufort Arms, Monmouth Monmouth (Between Ross 316
King’s Head and M. Goodrich
Castle,
Symond’s Yatch,
Courtfield
House, New
Wier,) Castle
Priory, Town
Hall, Walk to
Monmouth Folly,
Wye, Duke of
Beaufort’s
Beaufort Arms, Three 50 Chepstow Castle, Church, 322
Cranes Piercefield,
one mile from
Chepstow,
Llancaut Cliff,
Wye, New
Bridge, between
M. and C.
Llandago,
Tintern Abbey,
Wyn Cliff, a
corruption from
Wye Cliff
INDEX.
Aber, 232
Aberaeron, 101
Aber Garth Celyn, 233
Abergele, 250
Aberystwith, 102
Alney, Isle of, 13
Amlwch, 212, 217
Anglesea, or Mona, Isle of, 206
Avon, 19
Aust, or Old Passage, 22
* * * * *
Bachegraig, 269
Bangor, 199
Bardsey, Isle of, 150
Barmouth, 134
Baron Hill, 210
Bearcroft Rock, 314
Beaumaris, 210
Beddgelert, 164
Benglog, Cataracts of, 227
Bishop’s Castle, 296
Blenheim, 5
Bodfari, 269
Bodscallan, 249
Bosherton Meer, 76
Brecon, 64
Breddin Hills and Column, 294
Bristol, 13
Britton Ferry, 52
Brynkir, 159
Bully Bear, 76
Burford, 6
* * * * *
Cader Idris, 130
Caerleon, 27, 32
Caermarthen, 60, 66
Caernarvon, 185, 195
Caerphily, 39
Caer Rhun, or Canovium, 244
Caerwent, 27
Caerwys, 270
Caldecot Castle, 26
Cannant Mawr, Waterfall of, 184
Capel Curig, 226
Cardiff, 34
Cardigan, 100
Carew Castle, 72, 84
Carreg, 254
Castle Dinas Brân, or Crow Castle, 286
Castle Morlais, 46
Castleton, 75
Cayne, Falls of the, 141
Cheltenham, 6
Chepstow, 25, 322
Chereton, or Stackpool Elidur, 78
Cheriton, 57
Chester, 258
Chirk, 286, 289
Christchurch, 27
Clawdh Offa, or Offa’s Dyke, 281
Cleave Hill, 7
Clenenney, 159
Clifton, 20
Cold Blow, 66
Coldwell Rocks, 312
Coleman’s Rocks, 319
Conway, 240, 246
Courtfield House, 311
Cresseley, 85
Criccaeth, 149
Crickhowel, 63
Cridden, 248
Culhepste, Upper and Lower, 48
Cwmdu, 63
Cwmgu, 64
Cynvel, Pulpit of, 148
Cyttiau Gwyddelod, 238
* * * * *
David’s, Saint, 89
Dee River, 281, 282, 283
Denbigh, 271
Devil’s Bridge, 107
Dinevawr, 65
Dolbadern Castle, 184
Dolgelly, 124
Dolwyddelan Castle, 159, 247
Dol-y-melynlln, 141
Dovey River, 122
Doward’s Rock, 315
Dowdeswell, 7
Downing, (Mr. Pennant’s) 254
Downton Castle, 304
Drwsycoed, Pass of, 169
Dwygyfchi, 237
Dyflas River, 122
Dyganwy, or Dinas Gonwy, 248
Dynas Brân, 286
* * * * *
Eaton Hall, 260
Eisteddfod, 270
Eryri, or Creigaúr Eryri, (Snowdoniana) description of, 178
Euloe Castle, 257
* * * * *
Fauconberg, Earl of, the seat of, 7
Festiniog, Vale of, 146
Fidenham Chase Hill, 319
Fishguard, 95
Flaxley Abbey, 23
Flint, 256
Forest of Deane, 29, 312
* * * * *
Glamorgan, Vale of, 40
Glocester, 11
Gloddaith, 249
Goodrich Castle, 311
Goodrich Priory, 310
Gored Wyddno, or Gywddno’s Weir, 248
Gosddinog, 235
Great Orme’s Head, 249
Green Bridge, 67
Grongar Hill, 66
Gwddu Glâs, 237
Gwydir House, 246
Gwyndy, 221
* * * * *
Harlech, 136
Haverfordwest, 87
Havod, 112
Haunton-on-Wye, 314
Hawarden Castle, 257
Hênllan, 75
Heythrop, 5
Hereford, 305
Holyhead, 218
Holywell, 253
Hubberston, 81, 136
* * * * *
Iestingtown, or Iseton, 75
* * * * *
Kidwelly, 59
Kilgerran Castle, 97
Kilken, the Church of, 268
King John, cruelty of, to the Jews, 15
King’s Weston, 20
Knole Castle, 50
Kymin Woods, 319
Kymmer Abbey, 133
* * * * *
Landshipping, 85
Lantphey Castle, 73
Leeswood, 267
Leominster, 304
Lidbrook Quay, 311
Lidney, 25
Linney Point, 76
Llanarth, 101
Llanbadem Vawr, 107
Llanbeblic, 188
Llanberris, Vale of, 177, 184
Llandaff, 37
Llandogo, 320
Llandegai, 225
Llandovery, 64
Llandudno, 250
Llanelian, 214
Llanelly, 59
Llanettyd, 133
Llanfair, 213
Llanfairfechin, 240
Llangoed, 236
Llangollen, 284
Llanruth, 274
Llanstaphan Castle, 66
Llanstundwy, 157
Llanwrst, 246
Llanymynach, 292
Llaugharne, 67
Llewini Hall, 271
Llyn Ogwen, 229
Loughor, 59
Ludlow, 297
Lysdin, 159
* * * * *
Machynlleth, 121
Maenwrog, 146
Maen y Campiau, 238
Maes Garmon, 268
Malvern Hills, 11
Mannorbeer Castle, 72
Manuck Farm, 313
March Wiel, 278
Mawddach, River and Fall of, 141
Menai, straits of, and ferries over, 187, 191, 192
—, bridge over, description of, 202
Merion Court, 76
Merthyr Tydvil, 42
Milford and Haven, 80, 82
Moel Arthur, 269
Moel Famma and Column, 268
Mold, 267
Mona, or Anglesea, 206
Monkton, 75
Monmouth, 29, 316
Monnow River, 319
Montgomery, 233, 295
Mumbles, 56
Mynach, Falls of, 108, 109
—, bridge over the, or Devil’s Bridge, 107, 108
Mynydd Caer Leon, 244
* * * * *
Nangle, Bay of, and Village, 75
Nanhwynan, Vale of, 169
Nanlley, Lake of, 169
Nanneau Park, 133
Nant, Ffrancon, 227, 229
Natives of Eryri, 178
—, Courtships, Marriages, &c. of, 180
—, modes of burying, 182
Neath, 50
Nevin, 189
Newgin, 88
Newnham, 25
New Passage, 22
Newport (Monmouth) 28, 34
Newport (Pembrokeshire) 97
New Wier, 313, 314
Northleach, 6
Northop, 257
Nuneham Courtney, 5
* * * * *
Oakley Park, 298, 303
Offa’s Dyke, 281
Ogwen, 226
—, Bank and River, 226
Orielton, 75
Oswestry, 291
Oxford, 1
Oxwich Bay, 57
Oystermouth Castle, 56
* * * * *
Pary’s, or Paris Mountain, 209, 217
Pembroke, 73
Penbedw Hall, 269
Pendyffryn, 239
Pen-mawn-mawr, 235
Penmorfa, 160
Pennard, 57
Penpold, (pleasure-house,) fine view from, 21
Penrhyn Castle, 222
Penrice, 57
Pentraeth, 212
Pen-y Vall Hill, 319
Peter’s Thumb, 323
Picton Castle, 85
Piercefield, 324
Pistyll y Cayne, 143
Plâs Gwynn, 212
Plâs Newydd, 191
Plinlimmon, 119
Plymouth Works, 42
Pont-Aber-Glaslyn, 148, 163
Pontcysyllty Aqueduct, 281, 289
Pont Neath Vechan, 47
Pont y Prid, 41
Porthogo Cavern, 49
Powis Castle, 295
Priory Pill, 83
Prospect, view from the, 307
Pwllheli, 157
Pystyll Rhaiadr, 292
* * * * *
Ragland Castle, 29
Ramsey Isle, 95
Redbrook Hills and Ironworks, 319
Red Wharf Bay, 212
Rhaiadr-du, 147
Rhaiadr Mawr, 245
Rhaiadr y Mawdach, 142
Rhôscrowther, 75
Rhuabon, 280
Rhual, 268
Rhuddlan, 251
Rhyddol, Vale of, and River, 103
Roach Castle, 89
Ross, 306
Ruredean Church, 311
Ruthin, 273
* * * * *
St. Asaph, 252
St. Briaval’s, 29
St. Bride’s Bay, 89
St. Clear’s, 66
St. David’s, 89
St. Degmen’s Well, 75
St. Dogmael’s Abbey, 101
St. Fynnon, St. Dyfnog, 273
St. Govan’s Chapel and Well, 76, 79
St. Julian’s, 33
St. Petrocks, 79
St. Stinan’s, or St. Justinian’s Chapel, 95
Segontium, 190
Seint, River and Fort of the, 190
Shirehampton, 21
Slebech, 87
Snowdon, 170
Solva, 89
Stackpool Court, 77
— Elidur, 79
Stretllan, 292
Swansea, 53
Sychnant, 236
Symond’s Yatch, 313
* * * * *
Taff River, 40
Taliesin, 249
Talylyn, 123
Tannad River, 292
Tan y Bwlch, 146
Tenby, 68
Tewkesbury, 9
Tintern and Tintern Abbey, 320
Tower, 267
Towy River, 63
Traeth Mawr, 161
Trecastle, 64
Trefan Hall, 157
Tremadoc, 148, 162
Tredegar House, 34
Twelve Apostles’ Rocks, 323
Tynymaes, 227
Tyvi River, 98
* * * * *
Vale of Clwyd, 253, 271, 272
— Conway, 246
— Festiniog, 146
— Glamorgan, 40
— Llangollen, 285
— the Severn, 294
Valle Crucis Abbey, 288
Velindre, 97
Victoria Alleluiatica, 268
Virnway River, 292
* * * * *
Upton, 11
Usk, 31
* * * * *
Walford Church, 310
Welsh, or British Games, 238
Welsh Pool, 294
Westbury, 23
Wilton Castle and Bridge, 305, 307
Witney, 6
Woodstock, 6
Worm’s Head, 58
Whitebrook Hills, 319
Whittington, 291
Wrexham, 276
Wye River, 307, 308, 309
Wynd Cliff, 323
Wynnstay Park, 280
Ynys-halen, 220
* * * * *
Y-Trivaen, 228
* * * * *
THE END.
* * * * *
LONDON:
GILBERT & RIVINGTON, Printers, St. John’s Square.
FOOTNOTES.
{0} For much of the present essay I am indebted to the following
works:—Commentarioli Britanniæ descriptionis fragmentum, Auctore Humfredo
Llwyd; Powel’s History of Wales; Edward Llwyd’s Notes, in Gibson’s
edition of Camden’s Britannica; Rowland’s Mona Antiqua Restaurata;
Stukeley’s Medallic History; the Preface to Owen’s Translation of the
Elegies of Llywarch Hen; Jones’s Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh
Bards; the Monthly Magazine, and the first and second volumes of the
Cambrian Register.
{25} Atkins’s Gloucestershire.
{26} Grose’s Antiquities.
{27} Warner’s First Walk through Wales.
{28} He was buried in the cathedral church of St. David, and many
hundred years after canonized by Pope Calistus II.—Godwin’s English
Bishops, p. 414.
{38a} Willis’s Llandaff, p. 34.
{38b} Grose—Willis.
{50} Vol. ii. p. 92.
{57a} Pennarth, eight miles south-west of Swansea.
{57b} From the Welsh Pen Rhys.
{58} William of Malmesbury, p. 158.
{72a} Famous as being the birth-place of Sylvester Giraldus de Barri
(more generally known as Giraldus Cambrensis), nephew of David
Fitzgerald, Bishop of St. David’s; to which see Giraldus himself aspired.
He was twice elected to it by the chapter, but never attained that
dignity, although he had refused, in such expectation, three or four
bishoprics, as well as the archbishopric of Cashel. Acting as legate to
the Archbishop of Canterbury in Wales, he evinced great spirit in
correcting numerous abuses which had crept into the church in that
principality. The great credit which he derived from these spirited
exertions was greatly added to by the many valuable works he bequeathed
to posterity, the merits of which have been recently revived under the
fostering auspices of Sir Richard C. Hoare, Bart., who has enhanced the
value and interest of his translation of the Itinerary of Giraldus by
illustrations derived from his own pencil. Seventeen years before his
death he resigned all his ecclesiastical preferments, giving himself up
to his studies: he died in the 74th year of his age, at St. David’s,
where his monument is still remaining.
{72b} The pedestrian will not possibly find time to examine the ruins of
Carew Castle in this day’s route, but will find it more convenient to
visit it in his way from Tenby to Haverfordwest.
{80a} The price for two oars seven shillings and sixpence; and twelve
shillings and sixpence for four oars.
{80b} Wyndham’s Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales.
{80c} Philosophical Survey of Ireland.
{88a} “This castle (says an eminent author) is said to have been built
by Gilbert, Earl of Clare, who lived in the reign of King Stephen; and
Camden reports, that Richard, Earl of Clare, made Richard Fitz-Tancred
governor thereof. It was one of those in the hands of the Flemings, when
they first came into Dyvet, or Pembrokeshire.”
{88b} These lines were frequently repeated by Dr. Johnson, whose
partiality to inns is well known.
{90} “This celebrated person was uncle to King Arthur, and son of a
Prince of Wales. After being seated in the see of St. David sixty-five
years, and having built twelve monasteries; after having been exemplary
in the piety of these days, this holy person died, at a most advanced
period of human life; having attained, as it is said, to the age of one
hundred and forty-six years. He was buried in the cathedral church of
St. David, and many years after canonized by Pope Calistus the Second.”
Warrington’s History of Wales, vol. ii. p. 385.
{91a} To whose son a MS. t. Elizabeth, quoted by Willis, p. 69, gives
Owen’s monuments.
{91b} Tan. Bib. Brit.
{91c} Tanner, p. 720.
{94} Pope Calistus, by whom David was canonized, had, it seems, raised
this place to a rank second only to the pontifical city itself, in the
meritorious efficacy of the pilgrimages made to it; having declared that
two visits to St. David’s were equal to one to Rome:—this occasioned a
proverbial rhyme in Welsh, which has been thus translated into Latin:
Roma semel quantum, bis dat Menevia tantum.
{95} Leland, Vol. V. p. 25.
{96} For a description of these monuments, see Wyndham.
{98} “From _Cwrwgl_: in Irish _Curach_. The Greenland boats are also
made of laths, tied together with whalebone, and covered with seal-skins.
In these slender vehicles they are said to be able to row upwards of
sixty miles a day; and the tops being covered with skins, they resist the
fury of every storm. For when a wave upsets them, the boat rises again
to the surface of the water, and regains its equilibrium. When Frobisher
first saw them, in 1576, he took them for seals or porpoises. In the
voyages of the two Zenos, they are compared to weavers’ shuttles. They
are used, also, in the islands of the North-Asian Archipelago, where the
Russians call them _Baidars_; and are found to be of such practical use,
that Lieut. Kotzebue, in his expedition along the American coast of the
Frozen Sea, took with him boats of a similar construction, in order to
ford any rivers that might obstruct his journey. Similar boats are used
by the Samoides of Nova Zembla. They are also used in Labrador, Hudson’s
Bay, and Norton Sound. They glide with almost inconceivable swiftness.
The Arctic highlanders of Baffin’s Bay, however, have no method of
navigating the water. They never even heard of a canoe.”—_Beauties_,
_Harmonies_, _and Sublimities of Nature_, Vol. iii. p. 335. Second Edit.
{101} Itinerary, Vol. V. p. 12.
{102} Over the river Rhyddol.
{104} Near the town of Aberystwith, in the year 1795 or 1796, a very
fine coral stone was found, washed up from the sea, by an exciseman. It
is now in the possession of Mr. Charles Hall, of Aller, in Hilton parish,
Dorsetshire; is extremely fine on one side, near two inches in diameter,
rather flat, but with some convexity. The late Dr. Pulteney, of
Blandford, allowed it to be the finest specimen he had ever seen. Its
colour is a yellowish white, its filaments are finely curved, and very
uneven on the surface.
{107} The additions to Camden, 1695, supposed this Bishop Idnert.
{119} Called in Latin, Vaga.
{121} See an excellent account of the woollen manufactory in the seventh
chapter of Aikin’s Tour through North Wales.
{123} See Pennant’s Snowdonia, p. 89, and likewise Wilson’s excellent
View of Cader Idris.
{124} Mr. Pennant, in his Snowdonia, p. 397, edit. 1781, mentions, that
there are brought annually to Salop “seven hundred thousand yards of web;
and to Welsh Pool, annually, between seven and eight hundred thousand
yards of flannel;” but he does not state the particulars whence he
deduces his general estimate. I have quoted this passage from Aikin’s
excellent chapter (vii.) on the woollen manufacture of North Wales, not
having in my possession Mr. P’s. Snowdonia.
{128} First Walk through Wales.
{155} Dr. Fuller observes, “It would be more facile to find graves for
as many saints, than saints for so many graves.”
{166} Gelert was given to Llewelyn by King John, in 1205.
{170} Evan Thomas worked in the copper-works at Aber Glaslyn, and lived
at a place called Drwsycoed, about a mile and a half beyond Beddgelert.
{171} The most usual and best direction, in which to ascend Snowdon at
the present day, commences between the New Inn and Dolbadarn Castle, near
the Bridge.
{181} “The Cambrian fair would blush as much at the term _courting in
bed_ as any other modest female would, that has never heard of this
custom before. It is not expressed _Caru-yn-y-Gwely_, which means
_courting in bed_; but _Caru-ar-y-Gwely_, courting on the bed. Should
the lover offer any indecency, his mistress would not only fly from him
with the velocity of lightning, but he would be fortunate if she would so
leave him without giving him a bloody nose at parting. In a few days
also, the tidings of his impudence would reach the ears of every lass in
the neighbourhood; his company would be shunned with the greatest
caution: and were he so successful as to prevail upon a young woman to
accept of his visits, her continency would be considered as doubtful.”
{183a} “Assembled there, from pious toil they rest,
And sadly share the last sepulchral feast.”
POPE’S HOMER.
{183b} This last custom is not in use in Anglesea.
{186} Such is the received opinion; but the place noted for this event
is only a thoroughfare to the grand apartments of the tower, the middle
one of which appears more probably to have been the room. They shew also
a cradle in which the Prince is said to have been rocked.
{187} “On the outside of the town walls is a broad and pleasant terrace
along the side of the Menai, extending from the quay to the north end of
the town walls, and in the evening is a fashionable promenade for persons
of all descriptions. From the top of a rock behind the hotel is a fine
view of the town and castle: and on a clear day the Isle of Anglesea,
Holyhead, and Parys Mountains, may be distinctly seen, like a good map
before the eyes.”—EVANS.
{188} The parish church is dedicated to Publicius, a brother of the
far-famed and illustrious Helen, whose splendid acts in favour of
Christianity are at this day attested in Palestine. Near the church are
the remains of Segontium, built about the year A.D. 365, by Maximus; or,
as he is styled by the British historians, Maxen Wledig. It was from
hence, it is supposed, that Maximus marched in his ill-fated expedition
to gain the imperial purple at Rome, taking with him all the youth whom
Helen invited to join his standard. The line of march which he pursued
is, even at this time, traditionally recorded amongst the common people
in the neighbourhood.
{191} The hire of a boat is from seven shillings and sixpence to
half-a-guinea.
{192} “The eastern seems originally to have consisted of seven stones,
six uprights supporting an immense superincumbent one (with its flat face
lying upon them), thirteen feet long, nearly as much broad, and four feet
thick.”—Warner’s Second Walk through Wales.
{195} Before the author of this itinerary proposed publishing this tour
through the Cambrian territories, he was induced to send an account of
this extraordinary sect to the Gentleman’s Magazine, July, 1799, p. 579.
This is, therefore, only to be considered as a repetition: with the
addition of a brief extract from two subsequent letters, September, 1799,
p. 741; and November, p. 938; given to the public by different hands
through the medium of the Gentleman’s Magazine.
{197} September, 1799, p. 741.
{200} “Bishops Glynn, 1550; Robinson, 1584; Vaughan, 1597; Rowlands,
1616; Morgan, 1673; and one with a cross fleuri in the south transept,
ascribed to Owen Glendwr: but as he was buried at Monington, in
Herefordshire, where he died, I should rather ascribe it to some of the
earlier bishops. Mr. Pennant gives it to Owen Gwynned.”
{204} A Trip to the Suspension Bridge over the Menai Straits. P. 11.
{206} Id est, the _Englishman’s Island_; having become subject to the
English in the time of Egbert. See Rowland’s Mon. Ant. p. 172, 3.
{224} See an elegant poem written by Owain Cyveiliog, a bard who
flourished in the twelfth century, intitled, “Hirlas Owain.” The
original may be found in Evan Evans’s Collections, published with an
English dress in Pennant’s Tours, Vol. iii. p. 93. This spirited
translation, by a gentleman, under the signature of R. W. must convince
the reader of genuine taste, that a true poetical genius pervaded at
times the bosom of the Welsh: and that some of Owain Cyveiliog’s works
scarcely need shrink from a comparison with the first classical
productions of Lyric poetry.
{233} Princess Joan, daughter of John, King of England.
{243} A Trip to the Suspension Bridge over the Menai Straits, p. 27.
{248} Elphin was particularly unfortunate, as the Editor has frequently
seen from fifty to a hundred fine salmon taken from this weir at a tide;
and herrings drawn from it by cart loads.
{256a} Evans.