The Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon: containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c.Williams, P. B. (Peter Bailey)
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The Tourist's Guide through the Country of Caernarvon: containing a short sketch of its History, Antiquities, &c.
Williams, P. B. (Peter Bailey)
Caernarvonshire (Wales) -- Description and travel
The distance from Pwllheli to Tremadoc is about 15 miles; the first
village on the road is Abererch, situated on the river Erch, and partly
in the Cwmwd (Commot) of Dinlleyn, Cantref of Lleyn, and partly in the
Cwmwd of Eifionydd, Cantref of Dunodig. The Church is dedicated to Saint
Cawrdaf; it is a discharged Vicarage, valued in the King’s Books at £6.
Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The number of inhabitants, in 1811, was
about 1100. In this Church was buried Sir Thomas Pulesten, a
distinguished favorite of Edward 1st. who was killed in 1282.—The next
Parish is Llanarmon, the Church is dedicated to St. Garmon. At Plas Du
in this Parish, was born that celebrated Epigrammatist, John Owen; this
place gave birth also to the Rev. John Evans, S. Th. P. Bishop of Bangor,
in 1715, and afterwards of Meath, in Ireland.—On the road to Carnarvon is
Trallwyn, the seat of J. E. Lloyd, Esq. and not far distant, Glasfryn,
Rev. Thomas Ellis; as we proceed, pass, on the left, Hendre, Rev. Thomas
Roberts, and pretty near it Werglodd fawr, R. Jones, Esq. After passing
the junction of the Pwllheli and Nevin Roads, soon reach Llanystumdwy, a
Church and Village, situated near a river, in a well-sheltered little
Vale, beautifully wooded; the Church is dedicated to St. John the
Baptist.—Near this place are a great number of gentlemen’s seats: Plas
Hen, now the property of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. once the seat of Evan
Lloyd Vaughan, Esq. by marriage with an heiress of the name of Vaughan, a
descendant of _Collwyn ap Tangno_; she afterwards married William Lloyd,
a younger son of Bod-Idris: this William Lloyd was Sheriff in 1648, and
was killed in a skirmish near Bangor, by Sir John Owen. Near it is
Gwynfryn, late the property of David Ellis Nanney, Esq. Attorney-General
on this Circuit, now the residence of his nephew, O. J. E. Nanney, Esq.;
a little nearer Crickaeth, to the left of the road, is Trefan, late the
property of Rev. Z. Hughes, now the seat of Mrs. Priestley.—To these may
be added Sgubor Hen, Aberkin, Ty Newydd, Rev. J. Kyffin; Mynydd Ednyfed,
Rev. Mr. Jones, Rector of Crickaeth; and Brynhir, now unoccupied. In
this neighbourhood are the ruins of a small Chanel, called Bettws; and
not far distant is Chwilog, an old House, which formerly belonged to the
ancestors of Sir Howell y Fwyall, our celebrated Countryman, who attended
the Black Prince to the Battle of _Poitiers_, and, according to our Welsh
Bards, was the person who took the French King prisoner, though that
honor is generally bestowed on _Denis de Morebeque_, a Knight of
_Artois_.—Our brave countryman, however, undoubtedly behaved on the
occasion with distinguished valour, for the Black Prince not only
bestowed on him the Constableship of Crickaeth Castle, which he
afterwards made his residence, but Knighted him, and in perpetual
memorial of his good services, ordered, that from thenceforth, a mess of
meat should be served up before the pole-axe, with which he performed
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