Part 23

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 Libraries, Heythrop (Earl of Shrewsbury), Nuneham Courtney (Earl Harcourt), Blenheim Plough, Fleece, and Gloucester 40 Cheltenham Pump Rooms and 6 George Hotel Walks, Rooms, seat of Earl of Fauconberg, Cleavehill, Dowdeswell, &c. &c. Hop Pole, Star and 9 Tewkesbury Cathedral 9 Garter Bell, Booth-Hall, 10½ Gloucester Ditto, Pin 11 King’s Head Manufactory, Isle of Alney, Gaol, Severn, Drawbridge, called Westgate Bush, Full Moon, 34 Bristol Ditto, St. Mary 13 Talbot, &c. &c. Redcliffe Church, St. Vincent’s Rocks and Clifton, King’s Weston, and Lord de Clifford’s, Lamplighters’ Hall, and King’s Road Bear 12 Newnham Garden Cliff at 23 Westbury, Flaxley Abbey, Churchyard, View from White Swan 7 Lidney Iron-works, 25 Pitchcock’s Beaufort Arms, Three Monmouth 8 Chepstow Castle, Church, 25, 322 Cranes Piercefield, one mile from Chepstow, Llancaut Cliffs, Wye, and New Bridge King’s Head, 16 Newport (Between C. and 28 Westgate, and Parrot N. Caldecot Castle, Caerwent Pavement, Ruins of Caerleon), Usk, New Bridge, Castle — Monmouth, 29 Ragland Castle and Church, Usk, Llangibby Castle, View, Caerleon, St. Julians Angel, Cardiff Arms, Glamorgan 11¼ Cardiff Tredegar House, 34 &c. boundary of England and Wales, Cardiff Castle, Gaol, Bridge, and Taff 3 Landaff Cathedral, St. 37 Fajans Boar’s Head 7 Caerphily Castle, Thorn 39 Hill, and View Treherne’s Hotel 17 Merthyr Vale of 41 Glamorgan, Pont-d-Pridd Iron-works the largest in the kingdom Angel 14 Pont Neath Falls of 47 Vechan Scotenogarm, Lower and Upper Culliepste, Lady’s Cascade, Porthogo Cavern, Bwr Maen, Purthen and Neath Rivers Ship and Castle 11 Neath (Between P. N. 50 and Aberdulas and Melincourt Waterfalls, the Knole) Abbey, Castle, and Copper-works Mackworth Arms 9 Swansea (View at 53 Britton Ferry,) Castle, Pottery, Tawe, Harbour, and Piers, New Walk and Rooms Pot-House 20 Cheriton Oystermouth 57 Castle, Oxwich Bay, Penrice, King Arthur’s Stone Ditto Caermarthen 16 Kidwely Llanelly 59 Church, Kidwely Castle Ivy Bush, Boar’s 10 Caermarthen Castle, Tin 60 Head Works, Bridge over the Towy Castle 12¼ Llaugharne Llaugharne 67 Castle, Caermarthen Bay Cobourg Hotel Pembroke 16 Tenby (Between L. and 68 T. Green Bridge, a curious excavation in the Rock) Castle, Church, Rocks, Walls, &c. Green Dragon 10 Pembroke Castle, Bridge, 73 sail round Milford Haven, to Hubberstone, Tour by Mr. Fenton, &c. &c. Hotel 16 Milford Dock Yards, 82 Observatory, &c. — Tenby 83 Blue Boar, Castle 20 Haverfordwest Carew Castle, 87 Cresseley, Landshipping, Picton Castle, Slebitch and Church, Priory at the end of the Parade Black Lion 16 St. David’s (Between H. and 89 R. Castle, St. Bride’s Bay) Cathedral, Bishop’s Palace; Rocking Stone, two miles from St. David’s 16 Fishguard In your way, 95 take the place where the French landed, Gwain River 7 Newport Two miles from 97 N. Druidical Monuments Black Lion Cardigan 11 Cardigan Velindre, Tin 100 Works, Kilgerran Castle, River Tyvi, Castle, Church, St. Doegmal’s Abbey Good Accommodation 22 Aberaeron Druidical 101 Monuments and Castle Talbot, Gogerthan 15 Aberystwith Fine Views, 102 Arms Llanrysted, Llanryan Bridge, Castle, and walk round, Lead Mines Havod Arms 12 Havod Devil’s Bridge, 112 Fall of the Rhyddol, of the Mynach, Havod House and Grounds Eagles Montgomery 27 Machynlleth Plinlimmon, 121 source of the Severn, &c. Owen Glyndwr’s Mansion, Dovey River, Bridge Blue Lion Merioneth 10 Talylyn (Between M. and 123 T. Dyflas River) Cader Idris, Pool of Three Grains Lion, Ship, Angel 16 Dolgelly Beautiful 124 situation, Avon-vwar River, excursions to the Vale of the Dee, Caer Gai at the end of the Lake of Bala, and Dinas y Mowddwy Corsy-Gedol Arms 8 Barmouth From D. to B. 134 extremely interesting, pleasant walks on the sands, and likewise on the hills over the town Inn 10 Harlech Castle, a 137 golden Torques dug up in 1682 (between B. and H. Corsy Gedol) Barmouth By Dolgelly to 139 Travellers’ Rest, Fall of Doly Melynllyn, Ditto Cayne and Moddach, Vale of Festiniog Merioneth 28 Tan-y-bwlch by Tan-y-bwlch 146 Dolgelly and Hall, Vale of Falls Festiniog, River Dayryd, Maentwrog, Tremadoc Caernarvon Criccaeth Tany-yr-alet, 149 Castle, excursion by sea to the Isle of Bardsey, pass a Bay called Hell’s Mouth Bardsey Fine view of 151 the coast, Abbot’s House and Chapel Crown and Anchor 45 Pwlheli About five 157 miles from P. Carn-Madryn, an ancient fortress Goat, a good Inn 20 Beddgelert Several 164 Cromlechs, Penmorfa, Tremadoc, and embankments, Morva Lodge, Pont Aber Glaslyn 6 Snowdon Beddgelert 170 Church and Vale, V. of Nanhwynan, and Dinas Emrys, Pass of Drwsycoed, ascent and view from Snowdon Anglesea Arms and 12 Caernarvon Vale of 185 Goat Llanberries, Dolbadern Castle, Two Lakes, Caunant Mawr, and Caer cwm-y Glô, bridge over the Seiont, Castle, Chapel, ruins of Segontium, ancient Fort on the Seiont, &c. &c. Anglesea 6 Plâs Newydd Fine view of 191 the Menai, the elegant new mansion, Cromlechs and Carnedd, Saunderson’s Cottage Penrhyn Arms, Caernarvon 4 Bangor, from P. Beautiful 199 Castle, and Albion N. situation of, Hotel Cathedral, view from the Church-yard, recent improvements, Bridge over the Menai, &c. Bull’s Head Anglesea Beaumaris Fine views from 210 the new road, Castle, Church, Baron Hill, the Friars, Priestholme Island Ty Mawr 16 Amlwch Dulas and Red 217 Wharf Bay, pretty village and church of Pentraeth, Llanelian, Pary’s Mountain Eagle and Child and 20 Holyhead The Church, and 218 Hibernian-Hotel walls of the Church-yard, new Pier, cavern called the Parliament House. The steam packets Penrhyn Arms, Caernarvon 27 Bangor Excursion to 221 Castle, and Albion Penrhyn Castle, Hotel Slate Quarries, Lime Grove, Llandegai Church, Ogwen Bank, Benglog, &c. about 20 miles Harp and Newborough 15 Conway (Aber and the 240 Arms Lavan Sands, Pen-maen-mawr,) at Conway the Castle, Plâs Mawr, Abbey, College 40 Ditto Excursion to 244 Caer Rhun, Rhaiadar Mawr, Llanrwst, Falls of the Conway and Machno, about 40 miles Bee Inn Denbigh 20 Abergele by the (Dinas Gonway, 250 Cridden Gloddaith and Bodysgallen, the Orme’s head, Gywddno’s Weir, Cavern-arago,) Walk on the sands White Lion Flint 7 St. Asaph (Between A. and 252 St. A. Rhuddlan Marsh,) Cathedral and view from its tower, Bishop’s Palace and Deanery White Horse and 10 Holywell (Between St. A. 255 King’s Arms and H. the value of Clywd; to the right a Roman Pharos;) St. Winifred’s Well, various Mills; one mile and a quarter north, Ruins of Basing-werk Abbey Royal Oak 6 Flint Castle, Goal, 256 and Smelting-house, (between F. and Chester ruins of Euloe Castle and Hawarden ditto) Coach and Horses, Chester 15 Chester Castle, Walls, 258 Hotel, Feathers, Hop Rows, Bishop’s Pole, &c. &c. Palace, Hypocaust, Gaol, and near C. Eaton Hall and Park Black Lion and Flint 11¾ Mold Church Ruins of 267 Leeswood Arms the Castle, Cotton Spinning Mills, and near M. the Leeswoods and famous Iron Gates, Rhual Crown and Black Bull Denbigh 16¼ Denbigh (From M. to D. 271 visit Kilken Church, Moel Famma,) Castle and fine view of the Vale of Clwyd, old Church Cross Keys, White 8 Ruthin (Between D. and 273 Lion R. Well of St. Dyfnog,) Castle, Church, Gaol, Bowling-green, Vale of Clwyd Eagles, Red Lion 16 Wrexham Church, Offa’s 276 Dyke, Erthig the seat of P. Yorke, Esq., Church of Marchwiel 6 Ruabon Wynnstay Park, 280 Obelisk, Offa’s Dyke, (between R. and Llangollen, Pontcyscylltir, Aqueduct and River Dee) Hand, King’s Head 8 Llangollen Bridge over the 284 Dee, Castle Dinas Brân, Lady E. Butler’s Cottage, Valle Crucis Abbey, Pillar of Eliseg Wynnstay Arms, Cross Salop 12 Oswestry (Between L. and 291 Keys O. Chirk Castle, Aqueduct, Whittington,) Ruins of a Chapel, Castle, Church Royal Oak, Bear Montgomery 15 Welsh Pool Between O. and 294 W. Llanymynach Hill, Breddin, Rodney’s Column, Virnwy River, Powis Castle Dragon 8 Montgomery Between W. P. 295 and M. fine view from the tower of Cherbury Church, Castle and Gaol, Ellesmere Canal Castle 9 Bishop’s Castle Does not 296 present any thing to detain the Traveller; midway between B. C. and L. is an excellent Inn Crown, Angel Hereford 17 Ludlow Castle, Church, 297 Cross, Walks round the Castle Walls, Bridge, Teme River Red Lion, Crown, 11 Leominster Market House, 304 King’s Arms Church City Arms, Green 12 Hereford Cathedral, 305 Dragon, &c. Castle, Walks, Gaol, Wye, new Market House King’s Arms, King’s down the Wye. Ross Splendid 306 Head monument in the Church, View from the Prospect, Wilton Castle, and Bridge, Wye Beaufort Arms, Monmouth Monmouth (Between Ross 316 King’s Head and M. Goodrich Castle, Symond’s Yatch, Courtfield House, New Wier,) Castle Priory, Town Hall, Walk to Monmouth Folly, Wye, Duke of Beaufort’s Beaufort Arms, Three 50 Chepstow Castle, Church, 322 Cranes Piercefield, one mile from Chepstow, Llancaut Cliff, Wye, New Bridge, between M. and C. Llandago, Tintern Abbey, Wyn Cliff, a corruption from Wye Cliff