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mohaflery in Britain) 13 i miles from Ofweftry, on the 

 right of the road to Wrexham^ is Erddig, the feat of 

 JPhilip Yorke, efq. 



See the church at Wrexham •, and in it a moft beaUtifiil 

 monument, in memory of Mrs. Mary Middleton.— 51 

 miles N. E. of Wrexham is Holt, where are the poor re- 

 mains of A caftle. — There are two good inns at Wrexham, 

 the Eagles * and the Red Lion, * the former however is 

 tifually thought the beft houfe. 



From Wrexham to Mold, i2| Miles. 



41 miles Cegidog bridge. — 51 the village of Caergwrle, 

 near which are the remains of a caftle. -6, Hope.— 12, 

 Mold. 



The toUrift may vifit Bayley hill, on which the caftle 

 ftood, and the church. — li mile, north-wefi; of Mold, is 

 Rhual, the feat of the Griffith family, near which is Alaex 

 GarmoTty v/here in 448, the famous Alleluia vidlory 

 ^)l'as obtained by the Britons over the Pidls and Scots. — 

 The inn at Mold is the Dragon, a bad and extravagant 

 houfe. 



From Mold to Ruthin, 8§ Miles. 



At Ruthin are the remains of a c:i(tle. — I forget the fign 

 of the inn *. 



From Ruthin to Llangollen, 13^ Miles. 



About \q\ miles enter the vale of Crucis. — ii| pafs 

 the pillar ofElifeg, in a meadow on the left of the road j 

 and J of a mile beyond it, on the fame fide, the remains of 

 Valle Crucis abbey. Cafteli Dinas Bran is vifible on an 

 eminence behind the abbey. 



The principal obje£ls worth vifiting about Llangollen, 

 are, Valle Crucis abbey, and the pilLir of EUfeg,^ Cafteli 



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