26 Abergavenny.. hun Monmouth.. 224 2506 209 214 2675 535 100 664 St. Asaph ..7 Holywell ...17 Aberconway 12 Llandilo Var 7 Lampeter .9 Caermar....14 Caermar....2 Llandilo Var15 Newcastle..16 ...pa Montgomery Newton,....3 Llanydloes. 11 Llanfair....10 180 ...to Montgomery Llanfair....6 Newton......5 Montgomery 10 180 ...to Caermar Llandovery.7 Llangadock..3 Lampeter...14 198 .ham Brecknock Hay. 4 Brecon .11 Builth... 12 160 pa Caermar Caermar... 4 Llaugharne. 10 Newcastle..11 222 .chap Glamorg Neath.....10 Brecon 20 Merthyr Tyd13 188 .pa Montgomery Welsh Pool.5 Montgomery.4 Newtown ...9 ..pa Cardigan Cardigan...7 Newcastle...9 Lampeter...24 235 pa Brecknock.. Brecon.....4 Llandovery. 16 Builth... 14 173 51 Aberystwith*.m. t. & pa Cardigan Tregaron..15 Machynlleth 18 Aberllelwyn .5 208 26 Aberystwith .pa & chap Monmouth.. Abergaven,.7 Crickhowell.7 Pontypool...8 153 4 Abingdont... ...m. t. Berks Oxford ..6 Wallingford.11 Wantage....10 56 5259 172 VENNY. 2429 485 110 4128 5992 4000 men and remarkable for the beautifully composed landscape seen through it. ABERGA The style of building which forms the remains of this fortress marks its origin to have been subsequent to the Norman epoch. Excursions are frequently made to Blaenavon Iron Works, about six miles distant. Blaenavon which employ upwards of four thousand men. The mountainous Iron Works. territory containing these mineral treasures of iron, was demised by employed. the crown to the Earl of Abergavenny, and is held under a lease by Hill and Co. A principal excursion from Abergavenny is that which leads northwards to Llanthony Abbey, a majestic ruin, seated in Llanthony a deep recess of the black mountains, at the very extremity of Abbey, a Monmouthshire. Abergavenny is a place of much resort, being the ruin in the thoroughfare from the west of Wales to Bath, Bristol, and Gloucester- black shire. Its principal manufacture is flannel, and its annual fairs for cattle are well attended. Mail arrives 2 P.M., departs 11 A.M.-Inns, Angel, and Greyhound.-Bankers, Hill and Co., draw upon Esdaile and Co.,-Jones and Co., draw upon Williams and Co.Fairs, May 14, lean cattle and sheep; 1st Monday after Trinity, linen and woollen cloths; September 25, horses, hogs, and flannel.-Market Tuesday. majestic mountains. * ABERYSTWITH, a market town and seaport in the hundred of Glenaur Glynn, and also a township in the parish of Llanbadarn Vawr. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Ystwith and Rhyddol, at which the former falls into the sea in the bay of Cardigan. The building of a castle, of which some vestiges remain, is attributed to Edward I. It stands on a craggy eminence projecting into the sea at the west of the town, and affords a magnificent view of the whole line of Welsh coast within the bay of Cardigan. The streets are steep and uneven.The houses, which are principally formed of dark slate, present a very singular appearance. For some years past its celebrity, as a summer retreat and bathing-place, has been annually increasing, which is greatly Five ba contributed to by the beauty of the neighbourhood, and the commanding thing-place. prospects around. The roads to it have been made excellent, and the customary amusements of plays and assemblies during the season add to the attractions for summer visitants. There was formerly a herring fishery, and the practice of fishing is still carried on with considerable advantage by the natives. About seven miles north of Aberystwith, on the sea coast, a considerable extent of land, has, by drainage, been recovered; twelve miles of embankment have been formed; and two Twelv navigable cuts, with a road of three miles and a stone bridge completed. miles of em Mail arrives 7 A.M. departs 5 P.M.-Fairs, 1st Monday in May and November, chiefly for hiring servants.-Bankers, W. Davis and Co., draw on Esdaile and Co.-Inns, Gogerddon Arms, Old Lion, and Talbot.-Markets, Monday and Saturday. † ABINGDON, at the very edge of the county of Berkshire, was called Shovesham, by the Anglo-Saxons, until the foundation of the abbey, from which period it began to assume the name of Abbandeen,| bankment. Dist. Popu- Names of Places. 37 Abinger. 15 Abinghall 28 Abington. County. Number of Miles from Dorking....4 Guildford...10 | Ockley 49 Above Sawdde....ham Caermar.... 21 Abthorp 54 Aburthin 46 Acaster Malbis Fairford....5 Cirencester..7 Northleach..7 85 Lond lation. ..5 27 767 103 164 112 195 803 240 591 197 511 824 477 142 204 ..8 Tadcaster....8 190 707 24 Aby.... 46 Acaster Selby 22 Accrington, New....to 22 Accrington, Old..chap Lancaster.. 44 Acklam.. 29 Acklington 45 Ackton 45 Ackworth*. .chap N. R. York. to Northum... Thrapston..4 Oundle. .4 Kettering...12 3 ABINGDON. or the Town of the Abbey. This monastery, the monks of which were and his son cated here. the abbot at that time, erected and embellished the church, and his Sir J. Ma- father a Quakers' Mail arrives 2.49 A.M., departs 12.10 A.M.-Fairs, 1st Monday in Lent, May 6, June 20, * ACKWORTH is a parish and township, in the upper division of 29 Acomb West. 17 Aconbury+ 21 Acrise 7 Acton 7 Acton 52 Acton 25 Acton. 29 Acton ..pa W. R. York. to Northumb.. to Northumb.. .chap Hereford .pa Kent. .to & pa Chester .to Denbigh 5 882 Number of Miles from Norwich...11] Yarmouth...9 Loddon .8 121 820 201 11 275 36 .3 275 523 2453 91 Nantwich..2 Tarporley ...9 Middlewich.11 166 ..5 pa Middlesex.. Harrow.....8 Brentford ...3 Uxbridge...10 5 .to Northumb.. Alnwick....8 Rothbury....8 Morpeth....10 300 36 Acton. .pa Suffolk... Lavenham..3 Sudbury.. 3 Bildeston....8 42 Acton Beauchamp..pa Worcester Bromyard ..4 Worcester..11 Ledbury....10 122 33 Acton Burnellt. to & pa | Salop. Wenlock....7 Shrewsbury..7 Ch. Stretton. 7 155 the Foundling Hospital, and rendered a seminary for the children of the more humble class of Friends. The number of pupils, is one hundred and eighty boys, and one hundred and twenty girls. * ACLE. Market, Thursday.-Fair, Wednesday before Michaelmas day. There ACKWORTH † ACONBURY. At this place a nunnery of the order of St. Augus- Nunnery. tine was founded by Margery, wife of Walter de Lacey, in the reigni of King John. The Cliffords were large benefactors to this house, which, at the dissolution, possessed £75. 7s. 6d. per annum. are some remains yet standing, occupied as a farm house. On the summit of Aconbury Hill, a bold and extensive eminence, well wooded, and commanding a charming view over the adjacent county, are traces of a large encampment. parliament ACTON BURNELL is celebrated for the remains of an ancient castle, founded by Robert Burnell, bishop of Bath and Wells, a man of eminent abilities, first treasurer, and afterwards chancellor of England, who was much employed by King Edward I. in Welsh affairs. He died at Berwick, in 1292, and was buried in the cathedral at Wells. The castle is a quadrangular building, with a square tower at each corner. The hall in which King Edward I. held his parliament, in 1283, was Edward I. 183 feet long, by 41 broad, but the gable ends only remain. The held his Statutum de Mercatoribus enacted here, is from that circumstance better here in known as the Statute of Acton Burnell. The successor of the bishop, at 1283. the castle, was Sir Edward Burnell, son of Philip Burnell and Maud, daughter of Richard Arundel. He served in many actions in Scotland, under Edward I., and always appeared in great splendour, attended by a chariot decked with banners of his arms. He was summoned to parliament from the fifth to the eighth year of Edward the second's reign, and died in 1315. In 1346, the castle came into the possession of Nicholas Lord Burnell, who died in 1382, and is buried in the church under an altar tomb, inlaid with his effigy in brass. In the reign of Henry VI. the Lovell Lord Burfamily were in possession of this estate, which was forfeited by Lord nell's effigy Lovell, in consequence of his adherence to King Richard III. Henry the altar VII. being seated on the throne, granted Acton Burnell, together with tomb. other estates in this county, to Jasper Tudor, Earl of Bedford; after whose death it reverted to the crown, and Henry VIII. granted it to Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, distinguished for his valour at the battle of Flodden. Sir Humphrey Lee, of Langley, in this parish, was created in brass on a baronet, May 3, 1620. Acton Burnell Park is now the residence of Sir The seat of Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart. whose family have been seated here from Sir E. J. the time of Charles II., when Sir Edward Smythe, of Esh, in Durham, Smythe. created a baronet, Feb. 23, 1660, married the daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Lee, Bart. of Langley. The mansion, on a verdant lawn, bordered by a shrubbery, presents a handsome elevation of fine white stone, having a noble Ionic portico, under which is the carriage entrance. C |