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A BOOK OF

NORTH WALES

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UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

By S. BARING-GOULD
A BOOK OF DARTMOOR
A BOOK OF THE WEST—TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I. DEVON
VOL. II. CORNWALL

A BOOK OF BRITTANY

By F. J. SNELL
A BOOK OF EXMOOR

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CONWAY CASTLE


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A BOOK OF
NORTH WALES

BY S. BARING-GOULD

WITH FORTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
1903


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PREFACE

CONCERNING the purpose and scope of thislittle book I have but to repeat what I havesaid in the prefaces to my other works of the samenature—A Book of the West, A Book of Dartmoor,A Book of Brittany—that it is not intended as aGuide, but merely as an introduction to NorthWales, for the use of intending visitors, that theymay know something of the history of that delightfulland they are about to see.

Welsh history is a puzzle to most Englishmen;accordingly I have made an attempt to simplify itsufficiently for the visitor to grasp its outlines. Withouta knowledge of the history of a country in whichone travels more than half its interest is lost.

I have to return my warmest thanks to kindfriends who have helped me with information,notably the Rev. J. Fisher, B.D., of Cefn, S. Asaph;Mr. J. E. Griffith, of Bryn Dinas, Bangor; the Rev.E. Evans, of Llansadwrn; Mr. C. H. Jones, of thePublic Library, Welshpool; Mr. A. Foulkes-Roberts,of Denbigh; Mr. D. R. Daniel, of Four Crosses,[vi]Chwilog; and Mr. R. Williams, of Celynog, Newtown.I am also much indebted to Mr. R. J. LloydPrice, of Rhiwlas, for kindly allowing me to reproducethe portrait of Catherine of Berain in hispossession; and to Mr. Prys-Jones, of Bryn-Tegid,Pontypridd, for sending me a photograph of thepainting. But, indeed, everywhere in Wales I havemet with general kindness and hospitality; and ifI have failed to interest readers in the country andpeople the fault is all mine. It is a glorious country,and its people delightful.

S. BARING-GOULD

Lew Trenchard, N. Devon

May 17th, 1903


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