Excursions in North Wales, with corrections and additions by W.R. Bingley1839 - 80 pages |
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Page xvii
... Origin of the Name of the Mountain - Places from whence it is usually ascended - Ascent from Dolgelley - Ascent from the Blue Lion- Ascent from Barmouth - View from the Summit of Cader Idris . 170 CHAP . XVII . DOLGELLEY TO MACHYNLLETH ...
... Origin of the Name of the Mountain - Places from whence it is usually ascended - Ascent from Dolgelley - Ascent from the Blue Lion- Ascent from Barmouth - View from the Summit of Cader Idris . 170 CHAP . XVII . DOLGELLEY TO MACHYNLLETH ...
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... origin . The castle continued in possession of the two sons of the founders till the reign of Henry I. when that monarch chose to take it into his own hands . After the restoration of Charles II . it was granted to Francis Lord Newport ...
... origin . The castle continued in possession of the two sons of the founders till the reign of Henry I. when that monarch chose to take it into his own hands . After the restoration of Charles II . it was granted to Francis Lord Newport ...
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... origin than the abbey , and in the Domesday Survey is called " the parish of the city . " It is at present annexed to the church of Holy Cross , or the abbey . The bones of St. Wenefred , when they were removed from Denbighshire to ...
... origin than the abbey , and in the Domesday Survey is called " the parish of the city . " It is at present annexed to the church of Holy Cross , or the abbey . The bones of St. Wenefred , when they were removed from Denbighshire to ...
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... the course of being erected . History of Shrewsbury . — The town of Shrewsbury boasts of a very remote origin , but the exact date of its foundation SHREWSBURY . 11 cannot at this day be ascertained . 10 SHREWSBURY .
... the course of being erected . History of Shrewsbury . — The town of Shrewsbury boasts of a very remote origin , but the exact date of its foundation SHREWSBURY . 11 cannot at this day be ascertained . 10 SHREWSBURY .
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... origin of this well , the inhabitants had a tradition , that when Oswald was slain , an eagle tore one of the arms from the body , and making off with it , fell and perished on this spot , whence a spring of water immediately gushed up ...
... origin of this well , the inhabitants had a tradition , that when Oswald was slain , an eagle tore one of the arms from the body , and making off with it , fell and perished on this spot , whence a spring of water immediately gushed up ...
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