A topographical dictionary of Wales, comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelries, and townships, with historical and statistical descriptions; illustrated by maps of the different counties; and a map of Wales ..and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishopricks, corporate towns, and boroughs; and of the seals of the several municipal corporationsWith an appendix, describing the electoral boundaries of the several boroughs, as defined by the late act . recknockshire. Thepoor are maintained by an assessment conjointly wi
A topographical dictionary of Wales, comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelries, and townships, with historical and statistical descriptions; illustrated by maps of the different counties; and a map of Wales ..and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishopricks, corporate towns, and boroughs; and of the seals of the several municipal corporationsWith an appendix, describing the electoral boundaries of the several boroughs, as defined by the late act . recknockshire. Thepoor are maintained by an assessment conjointly withGwydre, the average annual expenditure amountingto £94. 17. R. RADNOR (NEW), orMAES-YVED, a boroughand parish, having exclu-sive jurisdiction, and for-merly of sufficient impor-tance to have given its nameto the county of Radnor,South Wales, 8 miles ( W.) from Presteign, and157 (W. N. W.) from Lon-don, containing 47*2 inhabit-ants. Its Welsh name, signi-fying the imbibing meadow, is derived from thecircumstance of the little river Somergil sinking intothe earth in its vicinity, and pursuing a subterrane-ous course for a considerable distance. Though atpresent little more than an inconsiderable village, itwas anciently a place of some importance, and mostprobably owed its origin to the erection of a castlehere by the Mortimers, for the protection of the ter-ritories they had acquired in this part of the princi-pality. This castle, which was of considerable strength,occupied an eminence above the town, commanding. Arms the passage from the mountains into the open country;and, from its situation on the border, the town wasfortified with walls having four strong gates, and sur-rounded by a deep moat. In 1188, Baldwin, arch-bishop of Canterbury, accompanied by Giraldus Cam-brensis, on his mission to preach the crusades through-out Wales, commenced his labours at this place, towhich he was attended by Ranulph de Glanville, justi-ciar} of England, and where he was received by R
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