Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1885 |
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ancient ANGLO-CELTIC arch Archæological Bishop Blodwel Broseley buried Caerleon Caerwent Cambrensis Castle Catherine Celtic century chancel chapel church churchyard Corn cross daughter David Davydd Earl east end east window Edward Einion Elizabeth Evan lloid font Gael Griffith Gruffudd heir Henry Horderley Howel Ieuan inscription Iorwerth John Jones King Kyffin Kynaston land lights Linc Llandderfel Llanddew Llanfor Llangedwyn Llanuwchllyn Llanvorda Llanycil Llewelyn Lloyd Lord lordship lump m'grett Madoc Maenan Maenan Abbey Manx Margaret married Mary Meifod Meredydd Monmouthshire Morgan Morris Kyffin Muckleston nave Newport Norman octagonal Oswestry Owen parish Pembrokeshire Perpendicular prim probably pron Prov Rhys Richard Robert Roger Roman round rude Salop Saxon side Skeat south aisle south porch South Wales stone Thomas tower Trevor Vaughan Vychan Wales wall Welsh Wentllwch west end wief wife William word
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Página 293 - ... built of masonry, with courses of bricks, by the Romans. Many vestiges of its former splendour may yet be seen; immense palaces formerly ornamented with gilded roofs, in imitation of Roman magnificence, inasmuch as they were first raised by the Roman princes, and embellished with splendid buildings; a tower of prodigious size, remarkable hot baths, relics of temples, and theatres, all enclosed within fine walls, parts of which remain standing.
Página 293 - ... enclosed within fine walls, parts of which remain standing. You will find on all sides, both within and without the circuit of the walls, subterraneous buildings, aqueducts, underground passages; and what I think worthy of notice, stoves contrived with wonderful art to transmit the heat insensibly through narrow tubes passing up the side walls.
Página 156 - OLD STONE CROSSES OF THE VALE OF CLWYD AND NEIGHBOURING PARISHES, together with some Account of the Ancient Manners and Customs and Legendary Folk-lore connected with the Parishes.
Página 234 - Head has been in gradual process of exploration by a person named Kendrick. In its silt and breccia he has discovered fragments of human skeletons, indicating by their dimensions that the individuals to whom they belonged were about five feet six inches in height. Some of their tibiae are still to be seen embedded in situ. There has also been found a considerable quantity of swine's teeth, each marked on the fang with from four to six transverse lines, and perforated at the extremity with a hole...
Página 154 - The minister goes to the altar, and there says the Lord's Prayer, with one of the prayers appointed to be read at the grave : after which the congregation offer upon the altar, or on a little board for that purpose fixed to the rails of the altar, their benevolence to the officiating minister. A friend of the deceased is appointed to stand at the altar, observing who gives, and how much. When all have given, he counts the money with the minister, and signifies the sum to the congregation, thanking...
Página 239 - ... church at Greensted, with a close paling around it along the edge of the table top, perhaps a second line at its base, and a third along the outer edge of the ditch, and others not so strong upon the edges of the outer courts, with bridges of planks across the ditches, and huts of ' wattle and dab ' or of timber w-ithin the enclosures, and we shall have a very fair idea of a fortified dwelling ot a thane or franklin in England, or of the corresponding classes in Normandy, from the eighth or ninth...
Página 233 - Madelaine, a reindeer cave in France. The matrix in which it was discovered was similar to that which encased the mammalian remains. A quantity of sand is found in the cavities of the bones. Dr Hicks also shows a piece of granite which had evidently been brought down from Scotland by glaciers. The quantity of remains of scientific and general interest discovered has been very large, a heavy load having been removed each evening to the residence of Mr Luxmoore, St. Asaph, who has had Dr Hicks as his...
Página 247 - ... Britain, and attacked the French coasts, returned to England from the province of Lidwicum (Brittany) under their leaders Ohter and Rhoald, and having sailed round the West Saxons, and Cornwall, entered the mouth of the Severn. Without delay they invaded the country of the Southern Britons (South Wales), and destroyed all that they found on the banks of the river. Having taken, in the district of Ircenefeld, the British Bishop Cimilgeacum, they rejoiced not a little, and conveyed him to their...
Página 295 - Henwg, who went to Rome on a mission to Constantine the Blessed, requesting he would send St.
Página 152 - ... go to bed. In the morning, as soon as they are up, they come to search out the stones, and if any one of them is found wanting, they have a notion that the person who threw it in will die before he sees another All Saints Eve.