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by lubicription, and is at prefcnt iifed as a meeting-lioufe by 

 the Methodifls. Perribree-hill, a feu- miles dillant from the 

 town, commands one of the tincll and molt extenfive marine 

 views to he found in anv part of Great Britain. 



LLA'NES, a fmall [c;i-port town of Spain, in Afturias, 

 near the North coaft ; ,4 miles N.E. of Oviedo. 



LLAN-GADOG-\ AWR, a market-town and parilh 

 in the hundred of Pcnfedd, and countj' of, Caermarthen, 

 South Wales. The town, which ftands between the rivers 

 Brane and Sawdde, is tolerably well built, but was formerly 

 ni'.jch more cxtenfive than at prefent. It lies about 6 miles 

 S.SW. of Llandovery, and 190 W. by N. from London. 

 A. fmuU mannfai':ture of coarie woollens and ftockings 15 

 carried on here, principally to fupply the confumption of 

 the town. The market-day is Thurfday ; and the fairs are 

 held on the 12th of March,' the laft Thurfday of May, gth 

 of July, the firft Thurfday after the nth of September, 

 and the fccond Thurfday after the i ith of December. The 

 ■ancient caftle, mentioned by many tourifts, has been for 

 many years entirely demolifhed. A collegiate church is faid 

 to have been founded here, A.D. 1285. by Thomas Beck, 

 bifhop of St. David's, in honour of St. Maurice and his 

 companion, and St. Thomas the MarVyr. This diftinclion 

 I'eems to have been enjoyed but a very fiiort time, if it ever 

 actually took place. The prefcnt church is dedicated to 

 St. CadojT, and the living is a vicarage'in the 2;ift of the 

 biihop mentioned above. Bledri, the fon of Cedifor, the 

 great lord of Gwydigada and Elfed, who died in 1 1 19, was 

 buried here. The parilh contains three hamlets ; the hamlet 

 of Dyffryn Caead^ Rhych, the hamlet of Gwyiife, and the 

 hamlet above the Sawdde. The population, according to 

 the parliamentary report of 1801, amounted to 1S21 

 perfons. 



LLANGOLLEN, a market-town and pariib, fituated 

 in the hundred of Chirk, and county of Denbigh, North 

 Wales. The houfes of the town have a mean appearance. 

 According to the parliamentary returns for j8oi they 

 amounted tq 281, and the inhabitants to 1287. The 

 church is nowife remarkable, excepting for the length of 

 the name of its patron faint, /'. e. St. Collen ap Gvvynnawg 

 ap Clydawg ap Cowdra ap Caradog Fruchfras ap Lleyn 

 Merim ap Eynion Yrth ap Cunedda Wledig. The market 

 is held here on Saturday every week, and there are four 

 fairs annually. The ruins of Caftell Dinas Bran nearly cover 

 the fummit of a vail conoid hill, which begins its afcent 

 near the foot of the bridge oppofiJe to the town. This is 

 one of the primitive Welfh calllea, but the name of its 

 founder is unknown. The form of it is oblong, extending 

 about 300 yards in breadth, and ijo in length. . On one 

 fide of the hill, which is lefs deep than the others, deep 

 trenches are cut thrcugh the folid rock. The materials 

 compofing this building are the common coarfe Hone of the 

 country, interfperfed with a few free-Hone mouldings. In 

 the reign of Henry III, this callle ferved as an afylum to 

 the traitor GryfFydd ap Madog, who, bafely taking part 

 vith the enemies of his country, was compelled to fecure 

 himfelf in this aerial fallnefs. It afterwards became the 

 refidence of Mufamvay Vechan, the beautiful and accom- 

 plifhed mittrefs of Hoel ap Eynion, one of the mod illuf- 

 trious o£^ the Weldi bards. It is remarkable that this 

 caflle (lands at lead' 600 yards above the level of the fea : 

 the two fprings within its walls are never deficient in water. 

 On the north-fide of the hill may be feen a vail rock, called 

 Craig Eglwyfeg, or the Eagle's Rock ; the llrata of which 

 are fo placed upon one another as to form a feries of fteps 

 parallel with the horizon, known to naturalills by the name 

 Xii Saxa fedilia. The bridge at the bottom of the hill is 

 ^Bc of the moft beautiful and romantic in Wales, and is ge- 



nerally reckoned among the wonders of the principality. 

 The foundation is on the ledge of a rock. It conlifts of four 

 arches, the centre one of which is 50 feet in di:imeter. Tra- 

 dition informs us it was the work of Trevin, bifhop of St. 

 Afaph, in the year 1400. About two miles from the bridge 

 ftandii the abbey of deValle Crucis,one of the fined fjiecimens 

 of architetlnral antiquity in Wales- The V-edern window 

 has been adorned with a variety of fculptnral oniaments, 

 but moft of them are entirely defaced Concerning the 

 etymology of the name of this abbey hiftorians are not 

 agreed ;• fome deriving it from the buildings being in the 

 form of a crofs, and others from the circumdancc of its 

 monks having made a prefent of a part of the true crofs to 

 Edward I. At the dillance of a quarter of a mile hence, 

 is the remainder of a round column, called the pillar of 

 Ehfeg, which is perhaps one of the mod ancient Britifh 

 pillars now exiding. It was entire till the time of the great 

 rebellion, when it was thrown down and broken by fome 

 ignorant fanatics, on account of its refemblance, in figure, 

 to a crofs. This pillar has, no doubt, been credted to per- 

 petuate the memory of fome celebrated chief. It dood on 

 a great tumulus, and, when complete, nieafnred 12 feet iii 

 height. The inlcription was copied by Mr. Edward Llwyd, 

 but it is now entirely illegible. From the fhape of the 

 letters in the copy taken by that great antiquary, it is con- 

 cluded to haviibccn written fome time in the fixth century.. 

 The tumulus was opened fome years back, when fome bones 

 were diicovercd placed between flat dones. 



The beauties of the vale of Llangollen are celebrated 

 both in profe and verfe. It is watered by the river Deva, 

 and lias a canal from the Pont y Cryfylltau aquednft run- 

 ning throughout its whole length to the Oernant flate-quar- 

 ries. The low price of labour, and the great j)leiity of pro- 

 vifions and fuel, have lately induced feveral adventurers in 

 the cotton manufacture to ellablifli fome extenfive works 

 in this neighbourhood. The great mail-road from London 

 to Holyhead pades through both the vale and town. The 

 parilh is very extenfive, and is divided into three portions, 

 called Traian y Glynn, Traian Llangollen, and Traian 

 Trevor ; each of which contains fevcral hamlets. We might 

 have mentioned the romantic refidence of two ladies, who 

 have for many years lived together in the vicinity of this 

 town. It is well known by all tourills. Pennant, Skrine, 

 Bingley, Wyndham, Evans, Warner, and Hutton have 

 given accounts of Llangollen, and of the principal places 

 in its vicinity, in their refpeclive tours in Wales. 



LLANNERCH Y MEDD, a market-town, fituafed 

 chiefly in the parilh of Amlwch, in the h'lndred of Twr 

 Celyn, and county of Ano;lefea, North Wales. A market 

 is held here on Wednefdays, and the fairs on 'he 5th of 

 February, 25th of April, 6ih of May, and Thurfday after 

 Trinity. This town owes its fupport prineipally to the 

 circumdance of its being dationed in the neighbourhood of 

 the Parys mountain. The petty feflions are held here. 

 Aikin's Tour in North Wales. 



LLANOS, Los, a town of Mexico, in tl;e province of 

 Mechoacaii ; 100 miles N.N.E. of Mechoacan. 



Lla-NOS De yllmerin, a town of Spain, in the province of 

 Grenada, on the coall of the Mediterranean ; 20 miles 

 W.S.W. of Almeria. 



LEAN RHAIADAR, in Mochnant, a parifli con-' 

 fitting of 17 townlhips, fituatcd partly in the hundred of 

 Chirk, and county of Denbigh, and partly in the hundred 

 of Llan-FyUin, in Montgomeryfliire, North Wales. It lies 

 in a deep hollow, furrounded by lofty mountains. The 

 petty leffions for the divifion of Cynllaeth and Mochnant 

 are held in the village which gives name to the paridi'. 

 William Morgan, D. D. an eminent divine, and the perfon 



who 



