Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1904 |
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Page 98
... quillets . More to the north - west , moreover , are perhaps a dozen fields called Cefney , " that is , Cefné , " which is the local dialectic plural of " cefn : " cefu , " again , meaning a quillet or butt in a common field . That ...
... quillets . More to the north - west , moreover , are perhaps a dozen fields called Cefney , " that is , Cefné , " which is the local dialectic plural of " cefn : " cefu , " again , meaning a quillet or butt in a common field . That ...
Page 99
... quillets designated , are the following : Y tri chefn yn y maes vcha , " and " y tri chefn yn y maes issa , " that is : The three butts in the upper field , and The three butts in the lower field . In Burton , cefn , " or " cefné , " is ...
... quillets designated , are the following : Y tri chefn yn y maes vcha , " and " y tri chefn yn y maes issa , " that is : The three butts in the upper field , and The three butts in the lower field . In Burton , cefn , " or " cefné , " is ...
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... quillets or butts , or have been formed by joining several quillets together . The trained eye cannot fail to recognise them . Here we have , in fact , the débris of the old common fields of Llai , and they doubtless formerly extended ...
... quillets or butts , or have been formed by joining several quillets together . The trained eye cannot fail to recognise them . Here we have , in fact , the débris of the old common fields of Llai , and they doubtless formerly extended ...
Page 179
... quillets , or separately - owned strips of land , The whole area , I suspect , belonged to St. Leonard's Chapel of the Glyn , 1 and was afterwards allotted , one - third to the vicar and two - thirds to the parson . 1 The older name of ...
... quillets , or separately - owned strips of land , The whole area , I suspect , belonged to St. Leonard's Chapel of the Glyn , 1 and was afterwards allotted , one - third to the vicar and two - thirds to the parson . 1 The older name of ...
Page 195
... quillet in Tir Bychan ) , " yr errowe yn tir Einion ddu " ( the quillet in Tir Einion Ddu , or Land of Einion the Black ) , and so forth . By 1620 , many of these quillets were joined together by exchange or purchase ; and this process ...
... quillet in Tir Bychan ) , " yr errowe yn tir Einion ddu " ( the quillet in Tir Einion Ddu , or Land of Einion the Black ) , and so forth . By 1620 , many of these quillets were joined together by exchange or purchase ; and this process ...
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acres aged Allington Alyn ancient Anglesey Arch Archæologia Archæological Society Bangor bapt Beddgelert belonged Bishop Brecon Bronze Bryn buried at Gresford Burton Cadoc Caerwent called Cambrensis Cardiff Carnarvon Carnarvonshire Castle Cawley Celtic century Chalice Chester Church Cottage Criccieth Cromlech cross daughter Davies Denbigh died Earl Edward entrance Evans Farm Flintshire George Gresford Griffith Grono Gwersyllt Hall Harlech Harold Hughes Haverfordwest Henry Hoseley Humberston John John Boydell Jones King land Llai Llandaff Llandough Llangybi Lloyd Llwyd Lord Madocks manor Marford married Merthyr Tydfil Mill mound Moylgrove nave ornament Oswestry Owen parish Partrishow pedigree Pembrokeshire portion Portmadoc Powys probably Puleston Pwllheli quillets Rectory Rhys Richard Robert Robinson Roger Santhey stone Sutton Thomas tower town township Tre'r Ceiri Trevor Vicarage Wales wall Welsh William William Madocks window Wrexham Wynne
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Page 3 - Single copies of the yearly Index may be obtained. Many of the societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries take a sufficient number of copies to issue with their transactions to each of their members. The more this plan is extended the less will be the cost of the Index to each society.
Page 3 - Index to archaeologists is now" recognised. Every effort is made to keep its contents up to date and continuous, but it is obvious that the difficulties are great unless the assistance of the societies is obtained. If for any reason the papers of a society are not indexed in the year to which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the year 1891. By this means...
Page 31 - ... bird ; and he descended upon the top of his lair, and strove to snatch away one of the precious things from him, but he carried away nothing but one of his bristles. And the boar rose up angrily and shook himself so that some of his venom fell upon Menw, and he was never well from that day forward. After this Arthur sent an embassy to Odgar, the son of Aedd, King of Ireland, to ask for the Cauldron of Diwrnach Wyddel, his purveyor. And Odgar commanded him to give it. But Diwrnach said, "Heaven...
Page 3 - Many of the Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries take a sufficient number of copies of the yearly Index to issue with their transactions to each of their members. The more this plan is extended the less will be the cost of the Index to each society.
Page 3 - ... which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the year 1891. By this means it will be seen that the year 1891 is treated as the commencing year for the Index and that all transactions published in and since that year will find their place in the series.
Page 141 - Cherbury gives an interesting account of the education of a highly-born youth at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Page 55 - Wallingford, lord of this province, and many men-at-arms. At the passage of Coed Grono, and at the entrance into the wood, he dismissed him and his attendants, though much against their will, and proceeded on his journey unarmed ; from too great a presumption of security, preceded only by a minstrel and a singer, one accompanying the other on the fiddle.
Page 244 - ... family of Gwrfod, with field and fountains, with woods and hawks, and with every payment which used to be given before to the King, were put into the possession of the Bishop, and in the power of the church of St. Teilo. All these things being settled by divine judgment, the Bishop arose in the middle, and they all stood near him holding the gospel, and he said to Nowi, " Lay thy hand on this gospel." And Nowi placed his hand on the gospel, and said, " May this land with its " inhabitants be...
Page 156 - Brendlais,2 the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling from the principal tower on his head: upon which he instantly dispatched messengers to recal the bishop, and exclaimed with a lamentable voice, " O, my father and high priest, your saint has taken most cruel vengeance of me, not waiting the conversion of a sinner, but hastening his death and overthrow.
Page 3 - Index, and that all transactions published in and since that year will find their place in the series. To make this work complete an index of the transactions from the beginning of archaeological societies down to the year 1890 is needed.