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Rh ABERAMM' 'X. ABEBCORN. ny visitors of late yean. The town baa grown i. .1 i ..i i. .1 .;.... IQII ]. ijmlution more thiui doubled sina is a good harbour, which was constuu ted in 1807 nt, and' has since been enlarged. u a bar at : '.arbour, wl.. ..rt, which i- :i sulijx.i1 of has about fifty vessels belonging to it, mi<l one lmii.il' d iKTwins are engaged in urponilding. Quarter .sessions and petty BCMOIM, and the ooimty- rourt, are held in the town-hall, which was erected in 1835, and enlarged in 1846. Saturday is the market day. . l .'fill Dec. then u a fiur for horses and caul- II is a large school connected with the Church of England, which was established in 1819. The Dissenters also maintain another. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. David's, vol. 50. The patron, is in the hands of tho inhabitants. On the shore, near the town, is an ancient circular earthwork, called Castell Cadwgan, which is supposed to have been constructed in the middle of the 1-th century by Cadwgan-ab-Blcddyn. ABERAMMON, near Adaro, in tho hund. of Mirkin, in the oo. of Glamorgan, 2 miles 8.E. of Aberdare. Here stood the old mansion of the Matthcwcs, who hare loft Considerable charities to Adare. . UAD, a vil. in the limit, of Eml>-n, par. of .nd hund. of Elvst, in the co. of Carmarthen, 1 mill 1 distant from Newcastle Emlyn. I :i:.VKTH, Cardiganshire. M LLAXDEWI AIIEH- AKlll. A I '. 1 : 1 : AVON, a par. in tho hund. and union of Xeath, in the <. <<! (Glamorgan, South Wales. It lies on the road from Swansea to Cardiff, and is a station on tho ] i Wales Railway, distant 30 miles N. W. from Cardiff, and 196 miles from London. It is a place of very great antiquity, baring at one time some peculiar privileges, which have long fallen into disuse. The Norman chief- tain Fitzhamon conferred it, along with other territories, on Caradoc-ab-Jestyn, who is said to have erected the castle, the foundations of which are still discemable in >r the church vard. The castle was laid in ruins in the middle of the 12th century, by Madoc-ab- Meredydd, Prince of Powys. Tho town is situated about 1 mile above the mouth of the Avon, on tho shore of Swansea bay, and is protected on the north by lofty hills. Tho {tort has been very greatly improved ) stmrtion of a floating harbour, in tho year 1838. In former times, the town suffered from frequent in- undations. A very destructive one occurred in 1768. The late increase and present importance of the place is
 * ' the great works at Cwm Avon,

'< are among the most extensive in Wales. They inrlude collieries, iron-works, copper-smeltinp, tin-plate, and charcoal-works, and are under the management of the governor and company of Copper Miners in England. town is a borough bv prescription. By the Reform Kill of 1S3J it was made contributory to Swans, retaining a member to parliament. It wns fon Bovernea by a portreeve, 2 aldeniu-n, burgesses, &c. lartor of incorporation grant. <1 in .Inly, 1S61, it is now governed by a mayr, I aid. -mien, and a body of councillors. There is a town-hall, and a 1 ridgo over i-on. The living is a ndaff, with 54, in tin. ].ati ' ' indsome Gothic edifice Man-. Tho Baptists, Christians, Pri- initivi. .u,, have cha].. I. in tin- c<>. i.f Brecon. Uiowell. It is s >.ii with the Usk, . Ki.ll flown ''. r.-k. in th. . " -' ' i ''' ' T -' 1' :, Ilk |l,ll i ivi r m em- banked aqmxlnct, nt th- height of 84 feet abov, i),,. S . and river l>ed. Employment is furnished l.y collieries, liine- works, and the Clydach iron-works, which arc very nxlucing alnive 200 tons a week. The limit. .ins its own poor. Si, nth of tho hill, near !h" l'wll-v-Cwn, may be seen remains of a7i an. i. nt ItritUh fort, i aer. ABERBECHAH. a tnshp. in the par. of Llanllw- ii, hnnd. 'it N, wtown, in Montgonnryshire, North Wales, not far from Ncwtown. It stands at the oon- e of tho rivers Bechan and Severn, Abexbechan House is the residence of Sir .1. Clifton. Bart. ABER BIGA, a small place under riinlimmon,in the co. of Montgomery, 5 miles N.W. of Llauidlocs, and V. from Montgomery, situated on the river Cywedog. ABERBBOTHICK, Forfarshire. See ARIIBOATH. ABF.l:<'AII;NH-:.:i vil. in the par. oi < llammis, in Fnr- farahire, Scotland, 8 mi' Dundee. Abercairnie House is tho seat of the Earl of Strathearn. ABERCARFAN, near Caron-ys-CUwdd, in the co. of Cardigan, 3 miles 8. of Tregaron, and 6 X.E. of I^ua- peter ; not far from Trcgaron Hill, which rises to the it of 1,7-17 fe. A I! I : I :< ' A li X K, a town in tho lower div. of Wentlooge hund.. in the co. of Monmonth, 7 miles N.W. of N jwrt. It is situated on tho river Ebwy and on the Crumlin canal. The Abercarnc station on the Western Valleys' railway, is at the confluence of the Gwydden with the Ebwy, near Abergwydden. ABEKCASTLE, a vil., in the par. of Mathry, hund. of Dewisland, in tho co. of Pembroke. .Vales, 6 miles to the N.E. of St. David's. It i* -.itK.it. .1 creek, not far from Abercastle Shoal and Abcrcastle bbuia. A l'.i:i:i 'EGID, Carnarvonshire. Set POUT PmHTK. AI'.Kl;clIIUl)ER, a vil. in tin ] r. of Marnoch, in Bonfl'shire, Scotland, 7 miles W. of Turrill', and * Banff. It was formerly tho name of the whole j.arish, but is now confined to the village, which stands at the intersection of tho roads from Huntly to Banff, and Turriff to Portaoy. It is situated on the hank of the Doveran. Besides a handsome, new church I" - longing to tho Free Kirk, the Episcopalians, Pi tcrians, Roman Catholics, and Baptists hav. worshiji Thei-.. is a branch office of the North of : hind Bank, and a stamping office. An annual fair is h.ld on the second Tuesday of March for tho sale of hones and cattle, and a weekly market for groin. ABEi:n>NVAY, Carnarvonshire, .v.r C..NWAV. ABKIM 'i H.'X. a j.ar. ::n.l di.-trict in the co. of Linlith- gow, Scotland, 5 miles N.I : of Linlithgow. It is sit i ..n the >...ntli hank of the Fiith of l'..rth. and is a Mat ion on tho Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, and on tin- t'nii.n canal. The village and church of Aherconi, which is an old sic delightfully situated on an angular jmint, where t.) mnall rivulets unite 100 yards 1 |unction with the Forth. Winch- burgh is the nearest post town. Its greatest and W. is about 4j miles, and it^ u'icalest luvadth is about 2^ miles. The surfaco is CM. . din^-ly d i iK toe seal. which is rich wnth wood, and surpassingly l.eautil'nl. The ].- ins the villageH of MewtoD and Philj)s- town. It is said that a PictMi di.u 1. was establish, d here at tin y, mentioned }.y the Veiirrablo Bode. A monastery, one of the most ancient in Scotland, was founded here, in 1140, by David I. Tho castle, which ': the family el the Douglases, was built on 'Ian fort, and was desBOTM in 1 l.'i'i during' the rehellion of the I '.ail of] at no He, Thecountn 1 well wmKlrxl. Coal is obtained, HT with limestone, ironstone, and a useful l.uddinp- stone. Tli" I'nlot II").. toiin, chief heritor, is the i'ls'.l, in the jire-li. of l.inlithgow. ' .hie inan- lm>w nf a hill, .-"inman.fing a i the Forth; .". miles tr"in t^ne. ii-terry, and 1." from Edinlnirgh. Ueoiy.'lV. on thi^ occasion of his