Transcribed from the 1853 David Roberts edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org HISTORY OF LLANGOLLEN AND ITS VICINITY; INCLUDING A CIRCUIT OF ABOUT SEVEN MILES. BY W. T. SIMPSON. Second Edition, with Marginal Notes. * * * * * LLANGOLLEN: PUBLISHED BY DAVID ROBERTS, BRIDGE-STREET. 1853. CONTENTS. Page Aqueduct of Pontcysyllte 33 Berwyn Mountains 25 Brynkinallt 18 Castell Dinas Bran 46 Chirk Castle 13 Village 16 Clawdd Offa, or Offa’s Dyke 6, 10 Conclusion 101 Dee, River 72 Glyn Dyfrdwy 76 La Crucis, or Pillar of Eliseg 68 Llangollen Town 1 Church 93 Bridge 75 Vicarage 41 Llantysilio 58 Llys Pengwern 42 Plas Newydd 99 Ruabon, or Rhiwabon 7 Trevor Hall 39 Valle Crucis Abbey 59 Wynnstay 8 LLANGOLLEN AND ITS VICINITY. “Here let me still with simple Nature live, My lowly field-flowers on her altar lay; Enjoy the blessings that she meant to give, And calmly pass my inoffensive day.” The attraction of North Wales, by its romantic scenery, the antiquity of its language, and the well authenticated records of its desperate struggle for independence, renders every part of the Principality interesting, and perhaps none more so than the beautifully picturesque town and neighbourhood of Llangollen, which have deservedly excited the attention and admiration of a vast number of strangers and antiquarians. Nor have the expectations of its numerous visitors been disappointed; for, though the Alps may raise their towering summits to a greater height—may embosom in their dark recesses more ample lakes, and give rise to more magnificent rivers—yet even they cannot present a more pleasing variety of scenery, or more picturesque views, than those with which Llangollen is surrounded.