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Title: Narrative of a journey : associated with a fly from Gloucester to Aberystwith, and from Aberystwith through North Wales, July 31st to September 8th 1837
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Turner, Thomas, of Gloucester Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, engraver. egr Turner, Thomas, of Gloucester, signer. sgn UPB
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Publisher: London : Printed for private distribution only
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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earerSt. Asaph is Bodlewyddan, Sir J. Williams, baro-net. The entire distance of seven miles betweenAbergeley and St. Asaph, abounds in beautifulscenery. On the left the town of Rhuddlan, withthe ruins of its ancient castle, is often conspicuous.It is situated on the banks of the Clwyd, and inthe celebrated marsh to which it gives its name.Here was fought the battle between Offa and theWelsh, under Carradoc, in 795, and according tothe opinion of some, it was upon this occasion thatthe exquisitely plaintive Welsh air of MorfaRhuddlan was composed. Edward the first spentmuch of his time at this castle, during his warfarewith the Welsh princes, and he kept his Christ-mas here upon three subsequent occasions. Oneof Queen Eleanors daughters was born in thecastle, and Richard the Second dined here on hisway to Flint. Here also David, the brother ofLlewellyn, was sent upon his capture, and thenremoved to Shrewsbury where he was executed.The fortress was dismantled by General Myttonin 1646 :
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FROM CONWAY TO RUTHIN. 171 And een so fares it with the things of earth Which seem most constant: there will come the cloud That shall enfold them up, and leave their place A seat for emptiness. Our narrow ken Reaches too far, when all that we behold Is but the havock of wide-wasting time, Or what he soon shall spoil. His outspread wings Are plumed in front so downy soft, they seem To foster what they touch, and mortal fools Rejoice beneath their hovering : woe the while ! For in that indefatigable flight, Hard and more hard his iron pennons beat With ceaseless violence. We found the episcopal city of St. Asaph to bea neat though small place, situated upon the sideof a hill, in the rich vale of Clwyd, and at theconflux of the river so named with the Elwy, ahandsome stone bridge being erected over each.The cathedral is built in the gothic style, andthough of plain appearance is exceedingly neat,more especially as respects the interior of the build-ing. In length it is 179 feet, and in

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