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Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879 Subjects: Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, Reader Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Text Appearing Before Image: d to a narrow channel by lofty,precipitous rocks; and from the deep inclination of its bed is thrown with great violenceover a rock about twenty feet in height into a black pool beneath. Scarcely has the waterbeen forced from this foaming receptacle, when it is projected from another precipice of notless than sixty feet into a similar reservoir; from this it hurries to a third fall of twenty feet,and shortly after is precipitated in an unbroken cataract full one hundred feet in perpen-dicular height. The valley of the Rheidol, for several miles below the falls, offers a continuous successionof beautiful scenery, but as it approaches Aberystwyth its sides become more tame, and itsbottom more marred by the debris of floods—to the overflow of which this valley is greatlysubject after heavy rains on the moorlands and hills. It arrives at Aberystwyth like atraveller wearied with his journey, a painful contrast to the dancing and springing Rheidolof the mountain and the rocky glens above.

Text Appearing After Image: GOGERDDAA : IHIC SEAT OF SiR PRYSE PkYSE, BaRT. In the valley of Rheidol are found several residences of the gentry, among whicli may bementioned Ghmrheidol, the seat of Thomas Bonsall, Esq.; Fronfraith, the seat of J. G. W.Bonsall, Esq. ; Lovesgrove, the residence of John Evans, Esq.; while a little to the north, inthe fertile Vale of Clarach, lies Goga-ddan, the ancient home of the distinguished family ofPryse, now represented by Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart. (See Pryse, Gogerddan) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF CARDIGANSHIRE. 127 The situation of Gogerddan is low, surrounded by venerable woods and hills of moderateheight. The lands are carefully cultivated, in which matter the tenant farmers of the neigh-bourhood have a valuable example set them by Col. E. L. Pryse, of Peithyll, close by, LordLieutenant of the county, who devotes a considerable portion of his time to farming and thebreeding of stock. Between the valley of the Rheidol and that of the Dyfi, which forms the line betweenCardiganshir

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