Britannia: or a Geographical description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging.
Blome, Richard
1687
Caernarvonshire.
by the called and in composition before was divided into was known by the name of the principal (or ) in the County bearing now that name, (in called ) being of a very great extent and height, and affordeth excellent sweet on the top of which floateth a and maketh a River which falleth into the Sea at | |
It is a Country of a sharp and piercing and generally very mountainous, especially in the midst, which may not unaptly be called the (which was a great cause of its long resistance, being the last County that was brought under the Dominions of the Kings of ) yet is it not unfertile, feeding good herds of and hath aboundance of and especially that part towards which giveth place to few in | |
The form of this County is much like a long and narrow, thrusting it self forth far into the whose extream is called also and and here lyeth the of and and a little further North-Eastward, two little small called and | |
Its extent from River in the East, to River in the West, is said to be 20 and from to in the North, about 40; and making in circumference about 110 | |
It hath for its bounds on the South (from which it is severed by and ) and the which is also its Western and Northern limits, except where it is fronted by the of and on the East the River which parts it from which Rivers together with the sendeth forth, or receiveth those many and which so plentifully water the Country, and afford and to the | |
It is severed into several in which are numbred 68 and hath traffick with 6 whose names are as followeth. | |
raised out of the ruins of the ancient City mentioned by the Emperour; by some supposed to be the City of for that the body of the Father of the Great, in . was here found, which afterwards was interr'd in the of this by command of K. the First. It is commodiously seated on the Sea-shoar, where it hath an excellent prospect into the of it was a place of good account, where the of had their and for and is of great strength, as well by Nature as Art, being encompassed on all parts (except towards the East) with the and two and had a strong on the North-west part, whose in a manner did also encompass it, where in a thereof called the Second, the first of was born: It is of no great extent, numbring but one its and are well built and ordered, is well inhabited, is honoured in giving Title to the Right Honorable Earl of it enjoyeth | |
282 | several sendeth a to is governed by the of the who by his Patent is ever and hath for his Assistants an two a and and its which is on is very good for and |
seated low, and also on the said narrow Sea, opposite to but more North-wards; a in ancient time so large, that it was called that is and was defended by a powerful built by Earl of which long since was laid level with the ground. This or is but small, yet dignified with the See of a Bishop, whose conteineth the Counties of and together with part of those of and in which are 107 whereof 36 are Impropriations, and hath under it also three of and one of which is added to the for support thereof. Its is large and well-built, and consecrated unto sometime Bishop thereof, about the year , which being miserably defaced, and set on fire by that impious Rebel (whose intentions was to put an end to all the Cities in for that they acknowledged the King of ) was afterwards in some measure repaired and beautified by then Bishop thereof, in the reign of the Seventh: the of this are indifferent good, the chief of which are the and the it is pretty well inhabited, hath an indifferent good on and is governed by the who keepeth and for the Bishop. | |
Nigh unto is that is the being an exceeding high and steep Rock, which at high Sea so hangeth over, that it affordeth a very narrow passage, having on the one side great which hang over their heads as threatning a downfall; and on the other the furious Sea, which lyeth of an exceeding steep depth under it. But having passed this, as also that is the the Country openeth it self in a broad Plain as far as the River | |
or seated at the mouth of the River raised out of the ruins of the ancient of being strongly fenced both with and a It is a pretty good governed by an and two which for largeness and good buildings, doth rather deserve the name of a pretty then a especially were it thicker of and better resorted unto; yet its which is on is well served with and several Country | |
Near unto this stood the ancient City many ages ago consumed with lightning; which place, Mr. is of the opinion, was the City where the Captain over the Band of the kept their Guard under the latter And this part of the Country thrusteth forth a with a bending where is in the Sea near the shoar opposite to is seated | |
seated on the South-side of the near or where stood formerly a now all ruinous, except an arched Chamber called Sir It is a small and poor which enjoyeth large and hath a mean on | |
scituate also on the Sea-shoar, and between two a pretty large and indifferent well-built which hath a good on for and and enjoyeth a small by Sea. | |
opposite to and on the Western shoar of the a poor governed by and hath a mean on | |
Footnotes: [] Its name. [] Very mountainous. [] Fertility. [] Its form. [] Small Isles. [] Extent. [] Bounds. [] Caernarvon. [] Bangor. [] Pen-maen-maur. [] Pen-maen-bychan. [] Aberconwey. [] Diganwy. [] Ormes-headpoint. [] Sinadon-Castle [] Krekyth. [] Pulhely. [] Newin. |