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 CORNWALL Gwen. This Gwen or Wenn was the wife of the Duke Selyf, and the mother of St. Cybi or Cuby. The church tower is a very good speci- men of Perp. Tregury in this parish was at one time held by the Cornish writer Hals, whose works have been of great value to all students of the duchy. Whitcsaud Bay, to the N. of Land's End, has not only a profusion of rare shells on its beach, but has some historic association. It enjoys slight shelter from S. and E. winds, so that we may believe it possible for Athelstan to have landed here, as tradition says he did, after his expedition to Scilly. Kings Stephen and John also used this spot as a landing-place, as did Perkin Warbeck v/hen he made his un- happy attempt to gain the throne. They must all, however, have been favoured with fair weather, or they could never have disembarked in safety at such a perilous and stormy spot. Many wrecks have taken place here. In 1659 a Dutch ship went to pieces in the bay, and her spoil was carried to St. Ives ; while among the many charities of which we read in the old St. Ives Borough Accounts, there is an entry under the year 1697 of: "given 4 Irish sea- men cast away in Whitson Bay, 3s. 6d.". iS^. Winnow (about 3 m. S. of Lostwithiel) is situated on the E. bank of the Fowey Estuary. It retains the name of Gwynno or Winnow, whom the Welsh know as Gwynog ap Gildas, the son of Gildas the British his- torian. Several Welsh churches (Llanwynog, 264