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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: s. He was a citizen and goldsmith of London, and proprietor of lead minesin Cardiganshire, and laid out the ample fortune he had amassed in the beneficent enterpriseof bringing from a distance of twenty-two miles a supply of good water to the metropolis.He expended ;^5oo,ooo on the works ; found himself at their completion a ruined man ;was rewarded with the empty honour, as Pennant observes, of seeing himself attendedby the king and his court; but the noble self-sacrifice was not fruitless, for besidesproviding a perpetual source of wealth to the fortunate shareholders, it secured for theteeming population of London a priceless and never-ending blessing. Nearer Rhuabon is Plas Madoc (see Whalley of Plas Madoc), a spot of considerableantiquity and interest, whose grounds adjoin those of Wynnstay. Tradition has connectedthis place with Madoc, the reputed discoverer of America in the twelfth century, on whichtradition Southey, Mrs. Hemans, and Lady Marshall have built poetic structures.

Text Appearing After Image: Erddig : THE Seat of Simon Yorke, Esq. Following towards Wrexham the line of the vallum of Watts Dyke, which traversesWynnstay Park (and from which the ancient name of that place, JVafrstay, is said to havebeen taken), we come upon another venerable mansion, Erddig, the residence at one time ofPhilip Yorke, Esq., author of The Royal Tribes of Wales, 1799 (see Yorke of Erddig), whichstands on a delightful knoll in a well-wooded picturesque neighbourhood, about a milefrom Wrexham. The interior of this fine old mansion is enriched with antique furnitureand paintings, of great value and interest, and is characteristically decorated with the PHVSICAT, DESCRITTIOX OF DF.NBK.HSIIIRE. 371 armorial ensigns of the royal tribes. Watts Dyke runs through this property : there aretraces of other military works, and in the near vicinity was fought a great battle, in whicliOwain Cyfeiliog of Powys was victorious over the English, a.d. 1161. As to this remarkableDyke—how its name originated is very

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