Pen-y-lau, Ruabon.
_Meaning of Spon_ (Vol. iv., p. 39.).--Is the word _spooney_ derived
from the Anglo-Saxon _spanan_, _spon_, _asponen_, to allure, entice, and
therefore equivalent to one allured, trapped, &c., a gowk or simpleton?
If C. H. B. could discover whether those specified places were ever at
any time tenanted by objectionable characters, this verb and its
derivatives might assist his inquiries. He will, however, see that
_Spondon_ (pronounced _spoondon_) in Derbyshire is another instance of
the word he inquires after.