Map|Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From | +--+-----------------+----------+-------------+------------+ 13|Bedburn, North to|Durham |Bis. Auckld 6|Wolsingham 4| 13|Bedburn, South to|Durham | ... 6| ... 4| 50|Beddgelart[A] pa|Caernarvon|Caernarvon 12|Bettws 7| +--+-----------------+----------+-------------+------------+ |Dist.| Map|Names of Places. |Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+-----------------+------------------------+-----+------+ 13|Bedburn, North to|Durham 12| 254| 387| 13|Bedburn, South to| ... 12| 254| 296| 50|Beddgelart[A] pa|Tan-y-Bwlch 8| 223| 1071| +--+-----------------+------------------------+-----+------+ [A] BEDDGELART, is situated in a beautiful tract of meadows, at the junction of three vales, near the conflux of the Glas Lyn, or Gwynant, or Nant hwynant, and the Colwyn, which flows through Nant Colwyn, a vale which leads to Caernarvon. Its situation was the fittest in the world, says Mr. Pennant, to inspire religious meditation, amid lofty mountains, woods, and murmuring streams. The church is small, yet the loftiest in Snowdonia. The east window consists of three narrow slips. The roof is neat, and there yet remains some very pretty fret work. A side chapel is supported by two neat pillars and gothic arches. This church has been conventual, belonging to a priory of Augustines, dedicated to the Virgin. They were probably of the class called Gilbertines, consisting of both men and women, living under the same roof, but divided by a wall, as a piece of ground near the church is called Dol y Llein (the meadow of the nun). No remnant of the priory however exists. The ground on the south side of the church seems to have been the spot whereon the buildings stood which the monks formerly inhabited. There are two or three arched doors on that side the church, through which probably the friars entered. The ancient mansion-house near the church might have been the residence of the prior. In this house is shown an old pewter mug, that will hold upwards of two quarts; and any person able to grasp it with one hand, while full of ale, and to drink it off at one draught, is entitled to the liquor gratis, and the tenant is to charge it to the lord of the manor as part payment of his rent. Tradition says, that Llewelyn the Great came to reside at Beddgelart during the hunting season, with his wife and children; and one day, the family being absent, a wolf had entered the house. On returning, his greyhound, called Ciliart, met him, wagging his tail, but covered with blood. The prince being alarmed, ran into the nursery, and found the cradle in which the child had lain covered with blood. Imagining the greyhound had killed the child, he immediately drew his sword and slew him, but on