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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: which its ownvirtue mainly contributes, it marches on by Llandovery and Llangadock, for, if possible, fairer 214 CARMARTHENSHIRE. unfokHngs of grandeur be3-ond Llandeilo-fawr. The Vale of Tovvy abounds in elegantresidences. Above Cilycwm \^ Neuaddfaio7\ the mansion of W. D. H. Campbell Davys, Esq. ;near Llandovery stands Henllys, recently the seat of the Jones family; Tomi^ the seat ofWilliam Rees, Esq. (see Rees of Tofin); Blaenos, the seat of John Jones, Esq., M.P. (seeJimes of Blaenos); Llwyn-y-brain ; Dolgarreg, the seat of Charles Bishop, Esq.; Glanseviji,the seat of Captain Lloyd, and long-continued home of his ancestors (see Lloyd, Glanstvin);Cilg7vy7t, the seat of J. P. W. Gwynne Holford, Esq., M.P. ; Abermailais, the residence ofMrs. Price, and long ago the property of the well-known family of Johnes (see Price, Aber-f/iarlais); and Dirleton, formerly Llwynyberllan, delightfully situated near the margin of theTowy, in the neighbourhood of Llangadock (see Gulston of Dirleton).

Text Appearing After Image: DiRLETON, Side View {jrom a photo, by Allot). The river Towy, between Llangadock and Llandeilo, is of good volume, rolling along,especially in winter, with majestic force, and during floods, which are not of unfrequentoccurrence, committing serious havoc on the alluvial soil of the valley. A great reach ofhilly country is drained by the Towy and its numerous tributaries coming from the N.W.;and when the westerly winds bring their heavy charges from the Atlantic and deposit themon the Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire heights, all that the earth drinks not in isultimately taken in charge by the Towy for conveyance to the sea; and then woe be to thefair meads and fertile corn-fields if the ordinary channel is too confined, or obstructionsoccur! The proud and mighty flood, as if conscious of supernal strength, and master of alicence which sets all law at defiance, sweeps avvay bridges and embankments, effaces theboundaries of properties, converts the meadow into a field of pebbles, tangl

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