The Cambrian Directory [1800]; Or, Cursory Sketches of the Welsh Territories. / With a Chart, Comprehending at One View, the Advisable Route, Best Inns, Distances, and Objects Most Worthy of Attention.
Transcribed from the 1800 J. Easton edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
OR, CURSORY SKETCHES OF THE WELSH TERRITORIES.
WITH A CHART ,
Comprehending at one View,
The advisable Route — Best Inns — Distances — and Objects most worthy of Attention .
Authors, you know, of greatest fame, Thro’ modesty suppress their name; And, wou’d you with me to reveal What these superior Wits conceal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All my ambition is, I own, To profit, and to please, unknown. Visions in Verse .
Salisbury : Printed and sold by J. Easton, High-street: Sold also by T. Hurst, Pater-Noster-Row, London ; L. Bull, and J. Barratt, Bath ; J. Norton, and W. Brown, Bristol ; and O. Tudor, Monmouth .
1800.
TO THE FRIENDLY AND TRULY HOSPITABLE INHABITANTS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, THESE Cursory Sketches , ARE RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, BY
As Dedications and Prefaces are considered proper avant couriers to a Work, the omission of either might be deemed an essential breach of literary decorum:—I profess myself an Old Bachelor, and am consequently anxious every minutiæ should be properly attended to.
It is generally customary in Dedications, to solicit the patronage of an individual; but, as these Cursory Sketches will fully prove, I by no means always pursue the common beaten track, trust it will not be thought too presumptuous, addressing myself to Pluralities , and humbly requesting permission, that the Cambrian Directory may be looked upon as a Ward of the Welsh in general: for I can with safety affirm, in no country will the Tourist experience more true hospitality and friendly attention, than in the Principality of Wales: I therefore with true respect and gratitude, beg leave to subscribe myself,
Gentlemen,
Anonymous
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CHELTENHAM,
GLOUCESTER.
FLAXLEY ABBEY,
NEWNHAM,
LIDNEY,
CHEPSTOW.
CALDECOT CASTLE.
CAERWENT,
CAERLEON,
NEWPORT
CARDIFF
LANDAFF;
CAERPHILY
PONT NEATH VECHAN,
NEATH,
BRITTON FERRY.
SWANSEA.
MUMBLES,
CHERITON,
LLANELLY,
KIDWELY,
CAERMARTHEN,
LAUGHARNE,
GREEN BRIDGE.
TENBY,
PEMBROKE,
HUBBERSTON,
CRESSELEY,
PICTON,
NEWGIN BRIDGE,
ROACH CASTLE
ST. DAVIDS,
RAMSEY ISLE,
FISHGUARD,
KILGERRAN CASTLE,
CARDIGAN,
ST. DOGMAEL’s ABBEY,
LLANARTH,
ABERYSTWITH,
DEVIL’s BRIDGE,
HAVOD,
MACHYNLLETH,
TALYLYN;
DOLGELLY;
BARMOUTH.
HARLECH,
TAN-Y-BWLCH.
BEDDGELERT,
SNOWDON.
CAERNARVON;
PLAS-NEWYDD,
BANGOR,
BEAUMARIS,
CONWAY CASTLE.
ABERGELE,
DENBIGH,
RUTHIN,
WREXHAM.
MARCH WIEL,
RUABON,
LLANGOLLEN,
WHITTINGTON.
LLANYMYNACH,
WELCH POOL
MONTGOMERY,
BISHOPS CASTLE,
LUDLOW;
LEOMINSTER,
HEREFORD,
MONMOUTH,
LLANDOGO;
CHART.
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