The Cambrian Tourist, or, Post-Chaise Companion through Wales [1834] Containing cursory sketches of the Welsh territories, and a description of the manners, customs, and games of the natives

The entrance to Tewkesbury from Worcester, or Hereford and Malvern, after a heavy fall of rain, presents to the eye the largest moveable body of inland water I have witnessed in...

through which we passed, about five miles in extent, seemed to be well planned, and kept in excellent order. This castle has always been inhabited; and, having escaped the fate...

The traveller is greatly indebted to the present Mr. Pennant, as well as to the late Lord Penrhyn, for the very great and comfortable accommodation he now derives from their exe...

“The church being situated below the town, the sound of the bell can be heard but a short distance; to summon the inhabitants to their devotions, therefore, a person parades the...

An air of proud sublimity, united with singular wildness, characterises the place. The evening was far advanced, and part of the ruins were shining with the purple glow of the s...

It is now in a ruinous state. The view from the ruins over the bay to Haerlech is beautiful. In the neighbourhood of Pwllheli are several respectable family seats; and the count...

Barmouth, though considered as a bathing-place, is very inferior to Tenby, yet its situation for grandeur of rocks has been frequently compared by many tourists to Gibraltar, an...

The harbour of Swansea, which is large, has had great sums expended upon it, without much judgment having been evinced in the expenditure: the piers, which are extensive, are al...

Close above the town is Baron Hill, the seat of R. B. Williams Bulkeley, Esq. delightfully situated on the declivity of a richly wooded bank, and possessing a complete command o...

At six in the evening the congregation assembled; and, on our entrance into the chapel, we observed, on the north side, from a sort of stage or pulpit, erected on the occasion,...

is extensive and beautiful. In this place iron-works are carried on by Mr. Pitchcock. About a mile from Lidney, the Old Passage,—King’s Road, with the merchant ships lying off B...

We now for many miles passed a barren, dreary country, completely encircled with hills; and we only climbed one to observe others still rising in the distant perspective: not ev...

Aberystwith, partaking much of the dirt of seaports in general, is situated at the termination of the vale of Rhyddol, in the bay of Cardigan, and open to St. George’s Channel....

Under the British princes, the bards and minstrels were associated in corporate, or rather collegiate bodies; into which none were admitted but such as had given proof of their...

The prospect is very pleasing. Chirk Castle, Wynnstay Park, {286} and many other seats of respectability, more particularly conspicuous. Great part of the vale, and the meanderi...

The church next demanded our attention, the only one belonging to this town. The time of the foundation of this ancient and elegant structure cannot now be strictly ascertained:...

From the general high state of perfection and transparent clearness of the sea-water at Tenby, it has become a place of that fashionable resort, that both hot and cold sea-water...

“Their courtships, marriages, &c. differ in nothing from what is practised on these occasions among the lowlanders or other Welsh people; but as there are some distinct and loca...

It is supposed that there were anciently, in the Welsh or British Language, {0} no less than thirty-six letters, sixteen of which were radicals, that expressed the primary sound...

Situate at the junction of three vales, its beautiful meadows form a fine contrast to the surrounding rugged scenery. The church is small, but lofty; it is supposed to be erecte...

so justly styled the Garden of South Wales: the rapid Taff forms an almost continued uproar for many miles; on the opposite side the mountains rose almost perpendicularly in a m...

{0} For much of the present essay I am indebted to the following works:—Commentarioli Britanniæ descriptionis fragmentum, Auctore Humfredo Llwyd; Powel’s History of Wales; Edwar...

Near the castle is a very antiquated house, now converted into a school, the property of the Duke of Beaufort. To this town Wihenoc de Monemue, or Monmouth, in the reign of Henr...

Best Inns. Counties. Miles. Route. Objects most Page. worthy of Attention— Rivers and noted Bridges. Star, Angel, King’s Oxford Oxford Halls, 1 Arms, and Roebuck Colleges, and L...