Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
History
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
[Sidenote: Laie.]
From Taffe to Laie mouth or Ele riuer a mile, from Laie mouth (or rather
[Sidenote: Thawan.]
Penarth, that standeth on the west point of it) to the mouth of Thawan
riuer (from whence is a common passage ouer vnto Mineheued in
Summersetshire of 17 miles) are about seuen Welsh miles, which are
[Sidenote: Scilleie.]
counted after this maner. A mile and a halfe aboue Thawan is Scilleie
hauenet (a pretie succour for ships) whose head is in Wenno paroch two
[Sidenote: Barrie.]
miles and a halfe from the shore. From Scilleie mouth to Aber Barrie a
mile, and thither commeth a little rill of fresh water into Sauerne,
whose head is scant a mile off in plaine ground by northeast, and right
[Sidenote: This Ile went fiftie yeares agone for x. pounds.]
against the fall of this becke lieth Barrie Iland a flight shot from the
shore at the full sea. Halfe a mile aboue Aber Barrie is the mouth of
[Sidenote: Come kidie.]
Come kidie, which riseth flat north from the place where it goeth into
the Sauerne, and serueth oft for harbour vnto sea-farers. Thence to the
mouth of Thawan are thrée miles, wherevnto ships may come at will.
[Sidenote: Colhow.]
Two miles aboue Thawan is Colhow, whither a little rill resorteth from
Lau Iltuit, thence to the mouth of Alen foure miles, that is a mile to
[Sidenote: Alen.]
saint Dinothes castell, and thrée miles further. The Alen riseth by
northeast vp into the land at a place called Lhes Broimith, or Skirpton,
about foure miles aboue the plot where it commeth by it selfe into
[Sidenote: Ogur.]
Sauerne. From thence to the mouth of Ogur aliàs Gur thrée miles. Then
[Sidenote: Kensike.]
come they in processe of time vnto the Kensike or Colbrooke riuer, which
is no great thing, sith it riseth not aboue three miles from the shore.
[Sidenote: Auon.]
From Kensike to Aber Auon two miles, and herein doo ships molested with
weather oftentimes séeke harborough. It commeth of two armes, wherof
that which lieth northeast is called Auon Vaur, the other that lieth
northwest Auon Vehan. They meet togither at Lhanuoie Hengle, about two
miles aboue Aber Auon village, which is two miles also from the sea.
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