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: red berries and deep sheeny green standing forth in bolder relief in contrast with the generalbarrenness of the region. Not far from Llanbadarn-tref-Eglwys the landscape begins to softenand put on its better clothing. The land slopes down towards the pretty Arth, which reachesthe sea some two miles north of Aberaeron. We pass by Monachdy, the ancient seat of theGwynnes—an unassuming but elegant mansion, surrounded by some beautiful groves of firand other timber. Returning in our survey to the Vale of Aeron, when passing Ty-glyn, already noticed, weleave on the left the mansion of Tyimnvr, now occupied by W. C. M. Abadam, Esq. (seeAbadam). In the same neighbourhood is the village of Cilcennin, whose great house, F/dsCtlccnin, was in the seventeenth century of considerable note, the property and residence ofHarry Vaughan, sheriff for the county in the time of Cromwell. Near at hand are thebarrows, probably places of ancient sepulture, called Tri-chrug Aeron, the three cairns ofAeron,

Text Appearing After Image: Llanaeron : the Residence of Mrs. Lewis. Further down in the direction of Aberaeron the beautiful valley grows wider, and itpossible more and more rich in its meads and luxuriant in its vegetation. In this part isthe parish church of Llan-uwchaeron, and in its close vicinity the mansion of Llanaeron,situated in as choice a spot as could well be desired for the planting of a happy home. Itstands on gently rising ground in the midst of the valley; the hill behind is clothed with thickmasses of trees, which are seen to accompany the river as far as the sinuosities of the valleyallow the eye to reach, and the whole aspect of the landscape on every hand is completelydelightful. To a townsman, a visit to a place like the Vale of Aerori, so quiet, fragrant, and fair,is not so much like a journey from London to Wales as from earth to Elysium. A new 134 CARDIGANSHIRE. set of emotions are awakened, the poetic side of nature receives life, and a man feels himself tobe different as well as the sc

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