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Archbishop Baldwyn on his itinerary through Wales to preach the crusades, in 

 A.D. 1188. Commencing at Hereford, the Archbishop proceeded, via Kington, to 

 New Radnor, thence to Old Radnor, Hay, and Glasbury, to Llanddew, near 

 Brecon, where resided Giraldus de Barri, Archdeacon of Brecon, who accompanied 

 him on his tour through the Principality. From Llanddew they proceeded by 

 Talgarth to Llanthony, and thence, crossing the mountain at Coed Grwyney, 

 passed by Patricio Church through the Grwynne Fawr valley to Abergavenny. 



Sir Richard Colt Hoare in his annotations on the fourth chapter of the 

 Itinerary of Archbishop Baldivyn, describes this road as emerging from the deep 

 recess of Coed Grono or Cwm Gronwy (the vale of the river Gronwy), and crossing 

 the river at a place called Pont Escob, or the Bishop's Bridge (probably so called 

 from the circumstance of its having been passed by the Archbishop and his suite), 

 then continued its course until it joined the Hereford Road about two miles from 

 Abergavenny. The author adds, that this formidable defile is at least nine miles 

 in length. 



