. The British Isles : a guide for overseas visitors, taking in the American pilgrim shrines, the principal show-places and other famed for their history, beauty, or literary associations. erethe fine 15th century church has a magnificent towerwhich is one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the churchyard, west of the tower, lies buried Elihu Yale,a great benefactor to the famous American Universitynamed after him (see page 25). Through Ruabon, centre of a colliery district, we cometo Llangollen, buried amidst rugged hills, on the banks ofthe Dee. Llangollen Bridge dates from the fourte
. The British Isles : a guide for overseas visitors, taking in the American pilgrim shrines, the principal show-places and other famed for their history, beauty, or literary associations. erethe fine 15th century church has a magnificent towerwhich is one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the churchyard, west of the tower, lies buried Elihu Yale,a great benefactor to the famous American Universitynamed after him (see page 25). Through Ruabon, centre of a colliery district, we cometo Llangollen, buried amidst rugged hills, on the banks ofthe Dee. Llangollen Bridge dates from the fourteenthcentury and was the first stone bridge to be built in the ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey, a Cistercian monas-tery founded in 1200, through fine mountain scenery, andover the Pass of Bwlch Rhiwfclen, we reach Ruthin, afascinating little town with fragments of an ancient castle,situated in the beautiful vale of Clwyd. 86 WALES AND THE WYE VALLEY. Llanrhaiadr has a fine parish church containing afine Jesse window which, during the turbulent StuartjxTiod, is reported to have been taken out and buried inthe churchyard in a chest made from the trunk of aneighbouring Photo. THE SWALLOW FALLS,BETTWS-Y-COED. Denbigh dominates the landscape from the summit ofa rocky steep and has a ruined castle close to which stooda cottage, the birthplace of Sir H. M. Stanley, the greatexplorer. The charming village of St. Asaph has less than 2,000inhabitants, but is nevertheless a Cathedral City, eventhough the Cathedral is the smallest in England and Hemans, the poetess, who lived in the district formany years, is commemorated by a tablet and a memorial 87 WALES AND TH]: WYE VALLEY. window. In front of the Cathedral stands the finemonument to Dr. Morgan, the translator of the Bible into\\elsh more than three centuries ago. Rhuddlan, which is quite near, has a fine ruined castledating from 1015 which was occupied for three \ears byEdward I during his wars with Wales. C
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