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were glad to find suitable accommodation in the hotel of 

 Mortimer's Cross, not far from where the cross itself is 

 situated. 



This hotel seems to be a convenient stopping place for 

 cyclists from the Midlands on their way to the Welsh 

 coast, say, to Aberystwith. Those who journey from our 

 district may, perhaps, like the hint as to its suitability, its 

 historical associations, and other interesting features. 



However, we could not stop ; we had to go another lO 

 miles to our friend's house, situated near Lcintwardinc, in 

 Shropshire. This is the Roman station Bravinium, 

 which is presumably a careless Latinization of wardine — 

 the Latin v being properly w. There is a street in the 

 villao;c called Watling Street, and the Roman road runs 

 northwards from the village over the hill to Craven Arms. 



There are really in the neighbourhood two Roman 

 roads known as Watling Street — an east and west road 

 from London to Shrewsbury, and a north and south road 

 from below Hereford up to Manchester. This Watling 

 Street is a part of the latter. 



Leintwardine is an oljvious Welsh name, and there are 

 several place-names in the neighbourhood ending in 

 ivardine, for instance, Pedwardine, Lugwardine, etc. In 

 this case Leint is the Welsh Lliant, a stream, ivar is 

 gtvar, meaning ' water,' from the same root as Sanskrit 

 I'dr, water, Greek cTLicv, Latin uriua, and Welsh gwern, 

 a swamp, givcrcu, a sauce : l)Ut dine demands special 

 notice. 



Isaac Taylor* finds a somewhat similar river name in 

 " the Tyne in Northumberland and Haddington, the 

 " Teign in Devon, the Tian in the Isle of Jura, the Teane 

 " in Stafford, the Teyn in Derbyshire, and the Tynet in 

 " Banff." He connects it with Doit or Dan in Danube, 

 Don, Dneiper, etc., or with Celtic Tian, running water. 



* ' Words ami Places,' London, 1865, p. 209. 



