Excursions in North Wales, with corrections and additions by W.R. Bingley1839 - 80 pages |
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... seems to prove it of Saxon or British origin . The castle continued in possession of the two sons of the founders till the reign of Henry I. when that monarch chose to take it into his own hands . After the restoration of Charles II ...
... seems to prove it of Saxon or British origin . The castle continued in possession of the two sons of the founders till the reign of Henry I. when that monarch chose to take it into his own hands . After the restoration of Charles II ...
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... seems to have originated among the levies that Henry had raised on the continent , which had been raked out of hos- pitals and gaols , buried in filth , and , without any attention to their health or comfort , immediately crowded on ...
... seems to have originated among the levies that Henry had raised on the continent , which had been raked out of hos- pitals and gaols , buried in filth , and , without any attention to their health or comfort , immediately crowded on ...
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... seem to close up the end of the vale , and imperiously to hold in subjection all the surrounding country . LLANGOLLEN † Is a dirty , ill - built and disagreeable town , containing 3630 inhabitants . The streets are narrow , and the ...
... seem to close up the end of the vale , and imperiously to hold in subjection all the surrounding country . LLANGOLLEN † Is a dirty , ill - built and disagreeable town , containing 3630 inhabitants . The streets are narrow , and the ...
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... seems , however , to be the only foundation for the conjecture , and the most accurate historians believe it to have originated at a much later period . The mountain river Bran runs at the foot of the hill , but whether the fortress ...
... seems , however , to be the only foundation for the conjecture , and the most accurate historians believe it to have originated at a much later period . The mountain river Bran runs at the foot of the hill , but whether the fortress ...
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... seem to have followed the succession of the lords of Bromfield . * In 1390 , Castell Dinas Bran was the habitation of My- fanwy Vechan , a very beautiful and accomplished female , a descendant of the house of Tudor Trevor . She was ...
... seem to have followed the succession of the lords of Bromfield . * In 1390 , Castell Dinas Bran was the habitation of My- fanwy Vechan , a very beautiful and accomplished female , a descendant of the house of Tudor Trevor . She was ...
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