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LLANGOLLEN , a picturesque See also:market-See also:town and summer resort of Denbighshire, N. See also:Wales, in the See also:Dee (Dyfrdwy) valley, on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western Railway, 9 m. S.W. of See also:Wrexham, 2021 M. from See also:London by See also:rail. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3303. The Dee is here crossed by a 14th-See also:century See also:bridge of four See also:arches, " one of the seven wonders of Wales," built by See also:John Trevor, afterwards See also:bishop of St See also:Asaph (Llanelwy). The See also:Anglican See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Collen, See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English, has a See also:monument in the See also:churchyard to the " Ladies of Llangollen," See also:Lady Eleanor See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler and Hon. Sarah See also:Ponsonby, of Plas Newydd, (1778 to 1829 and 1831 respectively). The See also:house is now a museum. See also:Castell Dinas See also:Bran (the See also:castle of the town of Bran; the See also:mountain stream below is also called Bran), the ruins of a fortress on a high conical See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill about 1 m. from the town, is supposedly See also:British, of unknown date. " An old ruynous thinge," as the Elizabethan poet Churchyard calls it even in the 16th century, it was inhabited, apparently, about 139o, by Myfanwy Fechan of the Tudor Trevor See also:family and beloved by the See also:bard Howel ab Einion Llygliw, whose See also:ode to her is still extant. See also:Valle Crucis See also:Abbey (See also:Lien Egwest) is a Cistercian ruin at the See also:foot of Bronfawr hill, some 2 M. N.W. of Llangollen, founded about 1200 by Madoc ab Gruffydd Maelor, See also:lord of Dinas Bran and See also:grandson of See also:Owen Gwynedd, See also:prince of Wales. Llan Egwest, dissolved in 1535, was given by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. to Lord See also:Edward Wootton. In the meadow adjoining, still called Llwyn y Groes (" See also:grove of the See also:cross "), is ". Eliseg's See also:Pillar." Eliseg was See also:father of Brochmael, prince of Powys, and his grandson, Concen or Congen, appears to have erected the pillar, which is now broken, with an illegible inscription; the See also:modern inscription See also:dates only from 1779. At Llangollen are See also:linen and woollen manufactures, and near are collieries, See also:lime and See also:iron See also:works. See also:Brewing, malting and See also:slate-See also:quarrying are also carried on. Within the See also:parish, an See also:aqueduct carries the See also:Ellesmere See also:canal across the Dee.
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