English: Identifier: annalsantiquitie01nich

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: , and at a short distance another, both coming down from the uplands andmoors dividing these lower parts from the Vale of Teivi to the east. It then, with increasedvolume, and amid wider and more cultured scenes, passes by L/ajiHyr, the seat of Col.John Lewes; Brynog, that of Capt. Herbert Vaughan ; and all the way to Ciliau Aeronand beyond is environed on either side by a well-wooded and lovely landscape.

Text Appearing After Image: Ty-Glyn, Vale of Aeron. To the right, at the village of Ciliau Aeron, the road branches off for Llanbadarn-treiEglvvys, close by the mansion of Tyglyji, the residence of W. J. Davies, Esq., and theMisses Davies. This place is of long antiquity, and by reason of old associations its featuresare maintained in their integrity, and made permanent in the engraving above, reproducedfrom a faithful water-colour drawing. It is not precisely known at what date this house was erected,—a circumstance whichot itself testifies to its age; and there are reasons for believing that even in earlier times thanits own period the site was occupied by very ancient buildings. The scenery around is 132 CARDIGANSHIRE. rich and varied in the extreme, the valley, though narrow, being at the same time sufficientlywide to present fertile meads of some extent, garnished on the sides with shaded glades andhanging woods, among wjiich are fine specimens of oak, ash, and elm. The alluvial soil isprolific, and the h

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