O A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



Not far from the church, was a fine 

 fpring of water, furrounded by a ftone 

 wall, having a chapel over it, called Of- 

 wald's Well. Of the origin of this well 

 Leland* fays, they had at the place a 

 tradition that, when Ofwald was flain, 

 an eagle tore one of the arms from the 

 body, and making off with it, fell down 

 and periflied upon this fpot, from whence 

 a fpring of water immediately flufhed 

 up, which has remained ever fmce a 

 memorial of the event. 



LelandVf- account ofOfweftry is very 

 copious, " There be," he informs us, 

 " withy n the tovvne a X, notable ftreets. 

 " The 3. moft notable ftreates be : The 

 " crofle-ftreate, itbi Crux lapidex : The 

 *' Bayly ftreate, ubi forum maximum 

 " & mercatores. The g. the New- 

 " Gate ftreate. The houfes within the 



* Itin. V. 38. t Ibid. 37, 38. 



" towne, 



