stone from Llangollen is called 'Glyndwr's Mount,' and is supposed to have been the site of his house (Sycharth)."

The town of Corwen (or White Choir) is seated near the base of a vast rock, at the foot of the Berwyn mountains, and forms a picturesque view from various parts: the entrance to the Vale of Edeirnion is within a short distance. It is a market-town, and the population 2199 by the census of 1841, principally employed in agriculture. The scenery around it is striking and beautiful; but the chief interest to strangers which it possesses is historical, it being the theatre of many of the gallant exploits of the fiery Glyndwr. The church, dedicated to St. Sulien, Archbishop of St. David's (who is described as the "godliest man and greatest clerk of all Wales,") is an ancient cruciform building, but has few relics of antiquity within its walls. Among its few memorials is a very ancient coffin-lid, to the memory of one of its first vicars, Jorwerth Sulien, bearing the following inscription :

HIC JACET JORWERTH SULIEN, VICARIUS DE CORVAEN, ORA PRO EO." In the churchyard is a very ancient cross, roughly hewn, which is shown to strangers as representing the sword of Glyndwr, probably from its pointed shape bearing some resemblance to that weapon. Glyndwr is said to have attended divine service at Corwen church, where a doorway is shown, long since made up, through which he entered to his pew in On the mountain behind the church is a place called

TOMBSTONE OF JORWERTH

SULIEN, VICAR OF
CORWEN.

the chancel.

Glyndwr's Seat, whence tradition states he threw a dagger, which fell on a stone, and left an impression of its entire length half an inch deep, which stone forms part of the doorway just mentioned. From Glyndwr's Seat he might have viewed forty square miles of his own territory.

There is an hospital in the town, founded by William Eyton, Esq., of Plas Warren, Salop, for the widows of six poor clergymen in Merionethshire. Markets, Tuesday and Friday.

Inn.-The Owen Glyndwr.

There is a waterfall, Rhaiadr Cynwyd, 3 miles from Corwen, and 2 from the village of Cynwyd, formed by the Trystiog, a tributary river to the Dee. Llandrillo, 3 miles farther up the Vale of Edeirnion, leads to Bala, 7 miles from that village, where the tourist may pleasantly occupy a day in surveying the Lake (Llyn Tegid), the town, with its manufacture of stockings, comfortables, and woollen wigs, and the agreeable mountain and lowland scenery in the district. He can then return by coach through Edeirnion Vale, where he will descry fresh beauties every mile he traverses, and, passing through Llangollen, will have a full opportunity of surveying Pont Cysylltau, the great aqueduct across the Dee. This beautiful work of art is 1007 feet in length, and has nineteen arches, each 45 feet in span. The trough, or open caisson, made of cast iron, is 11 feet 10 inches broad, by which the water of the Ellesmere canal is conveyed over the Dee, 1000 feet, to the opposite level. Along one side of the canal is a towing-path, 4 feet in breadth, with a handsome iron balustrade, as a defence for man and horse. The whole undertaking is said to have cost £47,069. Having viewed this marvellous work, the tourist may immediately regain the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, at CEFN STATION, and from thence proceed, one mile and three quarters on the line, to

RHUABON,

A pleasant little town, containing about 1300 inhabitants, situated on the turnpike-road from Oswestry to Wrexham and Chester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains monuments to the memory of various members of the Wynnstay family. Dr. David Powel, the eminent Welsh historian, who was instituted to this vicarage A. D.

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1571, was interred here. The British Iron Company has extensive works at Acrevair, in the neighbourhood, where several hundred men are employed. At Cefn Mawr, a rapidly-increasing village on the north bank of the Dee, and over which a fine bridge has been thrown, there are extensive coal mines, which give employment to a great number of people. This parish forms an important part of the Denbighshire coal-field, the largest seam of which is 9 feet thick. From Rhuabon there is a carriage-road, partly along the north bank of the Dee, to Llangollen.

Inn. The Eagles (or Wynnstay Arms).

WYNNSTAY PARK

Is situated about a mile from Rhuabon. It is the princely residence of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P. for Denbighshire. Wynnstay, or, as it was formerly called, Watt-stay (from the celebrated rampart, Watt's Dyke, having passed through that part now inclosed within the domain), occupies the rising ground in the magnificent park, forming an irregular triangle, comprehending a circuit of about nine miles. The entrance to the mansion is through an avenue of oaks, chesnuts, and other stately trees, nearly a mile long. The house has undergone many alterations. The first Sir Watkin, called “the great Sir Watkin," commenced the modern portion of the structure, and the other part of it is now occupied by the household. Wynnstay possesses some fine pictures, principally portraits by Vandyck, Kneller, Reynolds, and others, with several marble busts of eminent statesmen, including Lord Grenville, Pitt, &c. The library is rich in Welsh historical lore, especially in manuscripts relating to the marches.

The grounds are of matchless beauty, and command diversified views of great extent. There is an extensive cold bath; not far from which is a fine fluted column or obelisk, 100 feet in height, erected to the memory of Sir Watkin's grandfather. A spiral staircase in the interior leads to the top, which is protected by a balustrade. Near the south end of the grounds is a cenotaph, erected by the late Sir W. W. Wynn, recording the names of his brother officers and privates who were slain in the Irish Rebellion in 1798. It stands on an eminence, overlooking a deep ravine called Nant-y-Bele (the Dingle of the Marten), through which the Dee urges its rapid course along a

narrow channel rich with impending woods. From this elevated spot are seen the distant hills of Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Chester, and Salop; the fairy arches of Pont Cysylltau, the Railway Viaduct across the Dee, with the Vale of Llangollen spreading far away before the sight. Castell Dinas Brân can be seen to the right, whilst the Berwyn range of hills to the left stretches to the utmost point of vision. Near the Park the Dee makes a horse-shoe bend, and pursues its course through the Marten Dingle, which lies immediately before the beholder. It was this scene which produced such enchantment on the mind of Lord Lyttleton when he first beheld it. The Waterloo Tower, within the grounds, and near the railway, was built by the late Sir W. W. Wynn to commemorate that victory.

RHUABON RAILWAY STATION, close to the Park, is only five miles distant from

The town is large and populous; the buildings are generally good; and the surrounding country is exceedingly beautiful. The markets and fairs here are always crowded; and the mineral district around sends forth large numbers of people to Wrexham on such holiday occasions. The church, formerly collegiate, is a noble structure, and the glory not only of the place, but of the Principality. It is ranked among the Seven Wonders of North Wales. Browne Willis, in his Survey of St. Asaph, says that the stately gothic tower of Wrexham church is exceeded by very few in England. The old church was destroyed by fire in 1457; the present church was completed in 1472; and the tower in 1506. The tower is 140 feet high, and is richly ornamented on three sides with rows of saints placed in rich gothic niches: among them is St. Giles, the patron saint of the

church, with the hind which, according to the legend, miraculously nourished him in the desert. Within the church are several handsome monuments: one by Roubiliac, in memory of Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Myddleton, of Chirk Castle, who died in 1747. She is represented as rising from the tomb in the fulness of youth and beauty. Dr. Bellot, Bishop of Bangor, and a great linguist, was buried here in 1596. In the churchyard (which is now kept cleanly and in good order) is the following epitaph, to the memory of Elihu Yale, of Plas Gronow, near the town, and for some time Governor of Fort George, India, who was interred July 22, 1721. He is said to have first introduced auctions into England:

"Born in America, in Europe bred,
In Afric travell'd, and in Asia wed;
Where long he liv'd and thriv'd-

In London died:

Much good, some ill he did; so hope all's even,

And that his soul through mercy's gone to heav'n!-
You that survive, and read this tale, take care

For this most certain exit to prepare.

When blest in peace, the actions of the just

Smell sweet and blossom in the silent dust."

The altar-piece is peculiarly beautiful. A fine painting representing the Lord's Supper, by Rubens, and another by the same artist, "David playing on the Harp," are within the church.

The population of Wrexham, including that of the parish, which is twelve miles in length, was in 1841, 12,981. There are several dissenting places of worship in the town.

Inns.-The Eagles; the Red Lion.

In the neighbourhood of Wrexham the tourist will derive much pleasure from his visits to several remarkable places. ACTON PARK, one mile on the Chester road, for a long period the property of the Cunliffe family, and now occupied by Sir R. H. Cunliffe, Bart. The brutal Jefferies-Chancellor of England during a period which his wicked and distorted mind rendered still more troublous-was born here. His name is never mentioned in the neighbourhood but with contempt, and his memory is deservedly held in execration. The village of GRESFORD is only two miles farther in the same direction.