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of the oVkfl biftioprics in Wales. The interior contains a and Elvvy. The original cliurcii being deftroyed at tlie time 



few modern monuments, one of which was raifed to the of the conqueft, or at lead its, oldell part, the pn-fcnt wa« 



memory of Lewis Morris, the celebrated author of the erefted in the year 1120, by bifliop Urban. Its lituation 



" Celtic Rem:iins." In the church-yard is an ancient crofs, is truly monaftic, in a bottom furrounded by riling ground.' 



fmely decorated with fret-worlc. The parifh is very exten- According to Grofe, it meafurcs in length, from eaft to 



live, and contains a number of hamlets, of which Aberyft- wcl\, 263^ feet. The breadth of the body is Oj fett, and 



with is the largeft and mod populous. The wafte lands, or the height from the floor to the centre of the roof 1 19 feet, 



commons, may be about Scoo acres. Several old Britidi The weft front is a beautiful relic of the Norman and 



forts and tumuli can eafily be traced in different parts of it. 

 In a vale, called Dyfryn caftell, is a circle of ftones, which 

 tradition informs us was a Druidical temple and co\irt ot 

 judicature. This town and parifli were entirely laid wafte 

 by the Danes in the year 9S8. The town was foon rebuilt ; 



pointed ftyles of architefture united. At the corners of 

 this front formerly rofe two magnificent towers, one of 

 which is now nearly deftroyed. That on the north-wcil, 

 ftill remaining entire, is embellidit-d with a jirofulion of 

 fculpture. The entrance on this fide is under a iemi-circular 



but in little more than thirty years after again fu3"ered a arch, over which are three windows, witii lancut-fliaped 



liniilar fate, being burnt to the ground by Gruffydd al arches. The interior contains feveral monuments ot the 



Llywelliu, during his contcft for the fovereignty of this bidiops ; alfo, one in honour of the lady Godiva, the cele- 



diftridt with Howel ap Edwin. The houfes in this pariih, brated patroiic-fs of the men of Coventry. A full defcription 



according to the parliamentary returns of 1800, amounted of this church, with views and details, will be found in N' I. 



to 249 in number, and the inhabitants to 122S. For an of Cooper's Architeftural Reliques. Nothing can exceed 



ample and interefting account of this parifh and the county, the abfurd and fantaftical appearance of this edifice, when 



the reader is referred to a volume recently publilhcd by viewed as a whole. Beneath the towers has been ingrafted an 



S. R. Meyrick, entitled '• The Hiftory and Antiquities of Italian fuir.mer-houfe, with a Venetian window, alfo pilallers 



the County of Cardigan," 4to. 1808. and flower-pot jars upon the parapet. Theecclefiaftical efta- 



'LL\^BED¥.R,LL.\yii'r.TEn, or LliitibtihpcMl-Stef'kri, 9. blifliment of this fee conlills of a bifliop, as dean, an arch- 



rnarket-town and pariflt in the hundred ot Modwin,andcounty deacon, a fub-dcan, a chancellor, precentor, and nine pre- 



of Cardigan, South Wales. Ills a corporation, governed by bendanes. The choral-fervice has long been difcoiitiiuied ; 



a ponreve, baililf, and town-clerk, and joins with Cardigan, and the cathedral ufed as the parifli church. A cliapttr- 



Aberyllwith, and Afpar, in returning one member to par-, houfe, in the kitchen, and an office for the proftor general. 



liament. Tiie addition of Pont-Stephen to the name of 

 this place is fuppoled to have arifen from the circumftance 

 of king Stephen having thrown a bridge over one ot the 

 principal trenches of a camp in this vicinity. The market 

 is held here on Tuefday. The principal traffic ccnfills in 

 liorfes, cattle, and hogs, vaft numbers being bought for the 

 Englifli markets. The foundations of a noble caftle, which 

 anciently flood in this neighbourhood, can llill be ditcovercd 

 at a very fliort di'.'.ance from the town. The old familv 



have been erefted in the church-yard, where the officers 

 meet once a-year at Peter's-tide, for the auditing of ac- 

 counts, &c. Two vicars are appointed by the chapter to 

 ferve LlandafT and Whitechuroli alternately. Tlie petty 

 fefiions for the hundred of Kibbor are holden at Llandafl". 

 The biflii>p has no palace here, nor are there any eflabliflied 

 houfes ^r other members of the church. The dioccie con- 

 tains about three-fourths of the county of Glamorgan, 

 and all Monmouthlhire, but feven pariflies. A gatc-wav 



manfiou of the Lluvds forms a very curious and piclurefque and a ruined tower, which formerly contained the great bell 

 object. It is furmounted by four lofty turrets, which, called Peter, now at Exeter, are the only remains of the 

 peeping through a thick planted inclofure, have a ftriking bifliop's palace. The names of the prelates of this fee have 

 appearance The parvflt is fmall, and the foil remarkably been preferved by hillorians from the period of its ereeti*n, 

 tinproduftive, though much improved of late years, by the though with much uncertainty as to the dates of their con- 

 free ufe of lime. The houfes, according to the parliamentary fecrations and deatlis, till the clofc of the ninth century. 



returns of 1800, amount to 161 in number. The inhabitants 

 were eftimated at 669. Meyrick's Hiftory, &c. of Cardi- 

 ganfliire, 410. 1808. 



LLANDAFF, i. e. the church upon the Taff, a city in 

 the hundred of Kibbor, and county of Glamorgan, South 

 AVales. It is watered by the river Tafi^, which falls into the 

 Severn, about four miles below the town. The name of 

 this place is fuppofed to be a corruption of the word Llan- 

 ar-daff, fignifying the church on the Taff, the walls of the 

 C'.thedralburym ^'-ground being clofe upon its banks. Llan- 

 dafF, though a very ancient city in appearance, is only a ftrag- 

 gling village, placed on an ealy emi:.ence. The parilh in- 

 cludes the hamlets of Canton, Elay, Fair^ater, Gabalfa, 

 and Llandaif. The parlfii comprehends 2399 acres of 

 land. It has no market ; but has the advaiaage of a 



Llandaff, according to the parliamentary returns of 180 1, 

 contains 191 houfes, and 860 inhabitants. Two fairs are 

 held here annually, one on the 9th of February, and another 

 on Whit-Suuday. Brown Willis has publiflied an hiftory 

 and defcription of Llandaff cathedral m i vol. 8vo. See 

 Mdlkin's Account of South Wales, 2 vols. 8vo. and 

 Donovan's Tour through South Wales, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 

 Hoare's Edition of Giraldus Cambreiifis, 2 vols. 4to. 

 1809. 



LLANDEILO Vawr, a market-town and parifli in the 

 hundred of Penfedd, and county of Caermarthen, South 

 Wales. The town is fltuated on the declivity of a lull, at 

 the bottom of which flows the river Towy, or Tywi, giving 

 name to one of the moft delightful vales in the county. 

 The town itfclf has very little to recommend it, the ftieets 



tolerably good harbour, which oper.s into the Briftol being extremely narrow, fteep, and irregular. The church 



■ channel. ■ This place is now chiefly fupportcd by Cardiff, is an ancient low building, and confifts of two aifles. The 



which is two miles W N.W. It deferves notice principally pillars which fupport the roof do not exceed five tcet in 



on account of Us catii dr.d-ehurch, which is faid to^have height. A market, held here every Saturday, is well fup- 



been firft founded here fuon after the introduclian of Clirif- plied with provifions. Llandeilo is 15 miles E. by N. trom 



tia^iity into Brita.ii. ;. t. A. D- 1S6. It was not, however, Caermarthen, and 202 W. by N. trom London. No let's 



till the be^tonin^ of the fixth century, that Llandaff whs railed than right fairs are held annually in this town, and another 



to the digni'-v of abilhop's fee, by Myric, kingof the Silures, at Fair- Fach, about one mile diftant. The parifli compre- 



who endowed it with all the lands between the rivers Taff hends an area of about ,16 miles from north to fouth, by eight 



nules 



