THE ITINERARY OF JOHN LELAND THE ANTIQUARY.printed at the Theatre; for James Fletcher, and Joseph Pote, at Eton, 1744 - Great Britain |
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Abbay abowt alfo almoſt apon Bangor beneth berith betwixt Botom Brekenok Bridge buildid Caftel Cairarvon Cairmardine Cantref caullid cawlled Chanons Chirk Comm Commote Conwey Corne Coyns cummith Cumpace Defunt Denbigh devidith divers dwellith Erle fair fame felf fhould fide fome Foreft FRANCIS CHERRY ftondith fuch fum fay fumtime fumwhat Gallienus Gate goith Ground half a Mile hard hath Hedde Herford Hille Houfe Houſe Howfe Hundrede iiii Kidwelli King Land Leland Lenght lifte Hond litle LLan LLin LLinne Lord Lordship lyith Market Towne Medow Montaine moſt Myle North paffid paffing Pafture Parke Paroche Chirch Penmaine Place caullid Poole praty Priory reafon rennith Richemont rifith right Hond River Rylle Ryver Severn Shore Shottesbrooke Shropshire South Stone Stowe Strateflur Streate thefe ther theſe Toppe Toune Trouttes tyme Village Walsch Water Waulle Weft wher wherof Whitland wich withyn Wood Woodde ynto
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Page 51 - Churne evidently perceyve the cumpace of fundation of towers sumtyme standing in the waul ; and nere to the place wher the right goodly clothing mylle was set up a late by the Abbate, was broken down the ruine of...
Page 94 - Though betwixt Cawoode and Rotheram be good plenti of wood, yet the people burne much yerth cole, bycawse hit is plentifully found ther, and sold good chepe. A mile from Rotheram be veri good pittes of cole.
Page 42 - J Leland observes of this island, that " at the floode it is al " environed with water as an isle, and then the trajectus is a " quarter of a mile over, and four fadome deep of water, and " at ebbe a man may go over the sand. It is about a mile in " compace, and the ground is sandy and hath conies.
Page 83 - ... communely digge up for fier wood, but ther did I se no fyrre trees grouing. Oftentimes in diggin in this mosse or more for petes or turves they finde the hole trees of the first, sum short and sum veri long, without twiste or bow, lying sumtime not a foote, sumtime iii.
Page 88 - ... of Morle. And yet by Morle as in hegge rowes and grovettes is meately good plenti of wood, but good husbandes keep hit for a Jewell.
Page 87 - Geutilmeu for most of Lancastreshire. Ther is as much Pleasur of Orchardes of great Varite of Frute, and fair made Walkes and Gardines as ther is in any Place of Lancastreshire.
Page 40 - Mr Roulande Griffith tolde me that ... in tyme of mynde menne usid not in Termone [ie Anglesey] to separate theyr grounde, but now stille more and more they digge stony hillokkes yn theyre groundes, and with the stones of them rudely congestid they devide theyre groundes after Devonshire fascion. In digging of these [they] digge up yn many places yerthen pottes with the mouthes turnid douneward, conteyning (cineres et ossa mortuorum).
Page 4 - ... was by S. Benow, of whom mention is made in S. Wenefrides Life. The Whit Monkes were of a newer Fundation. Guithin, Uncle to one of the Princes of North-Wales, was the first Giver of Clunnok Village and Place to Bennow.
Page 73 - The castel stondith hard by the waul on a hard rokke, and is veri larg and strong, being doble wardid. In the utter ward I saw the chaumbre wher King Henri the VII.
Page 99 - Dodwell : a name that will always be mentioned with respect as long as there is any due regard for religion, virtue, and learning.