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ceous plant left by the voracious hens belonging to the new 

 farmhouse of Cae Du. 



Much might be yet said of the numerous natural attrac- 

 tions of the whole district, but this may suffice as a hint of 

 a new direction for their rambles to the lovers of North 

 Wales. 



Archaeology. 



s. Michael's church, garway, Herefordshire. 



By Rev. P. J. Oliver Minos, Ph.D., M.R.A.S. (Lond.) 



" Henricus Rex Anglise secundus, dedit. . . . Heremitor- 

 iam de Flikamstede, pertinens ad Walsall, et totam terram 

 suam de Lange Carewey." — Monastici Anglicani Volumen 

 alterum, Lond., 1661, p. 551. The above quotation from 

 Dugdale informs us that Henry II., King of England, gave 

 to the Knights of the Temple 1 all his estate of Lange (i.e., 

 Llan as pronounced in the vernacular) Carewey 2 (B. care or 

 caer = camp + wey or wy = water), modern Garway 3 (pro- 

 nounced locally Garewy), and her church of ancient 

 foundation. 



Let us enter the Llan (originally any enclosure, afterwards 

 a heathen sacred enclosure, and thence a church) or church- 

 yard. Standing at the gate, one sees an old hollow yew- 

 tree on the right hand and a younger yew-tree on the left 

 hand, and the path by the (once wholly detached) tower to 



1 In 1 1 18 Baldwin II., King of Jerusalem, granted a house on Mount Moriali, 

 where the Temple of Solomon had stood, to the " Poor Soldiers of Jesus Christ." 

 Hence they came to be known as Knights Templars. Compare Woodhouse on 

 'The Military Religious Orders,' p. 208. 



- In the ' Liber Landavensis,' p. 502, is a copy of a grant from King Morgan 

 Hen (contemp. Edgar, King of England, 958 - 975) to Gwgan, Bishop of 

 Llandaff. Among other places is mentioned the parish of" Lannguotonoi," which 

 a note says is probably Garway. Again, on p. 547, concerning the territory of 

 Ergyng, mention is made of " Lannmihaegel " upon " Mingui," which a note says 

 is probably Garway. 



3 Garway is on the river Monnow. The care or gaer is on the brow of a hill 

 overlooking the river ; hence the above " Mingui" (B. ;/«'« = brow of a h\\\+gui 

 or gzvy — water). 



