Practical Guide to Great Britain and Ireland (Volume 1); Preparation, Cost, Routes, Sight-Seeing - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909. Excerpt: ... WALES HISTORY. Wales is bounded on the north by the Irish Sea and the estuary of the river Dee; on the east by the English counties of Chester, Salop, Hereford, and Monmouth; on the south by the Bristol Channel; and on the west by St. George's Channel. It is about one hundred and forty miles long from north to south, and varies from forty to ninety miles in width. It comprises about 7425 square miles. The name of Wales is of Saxon origin. The Romans called the country Cambria, from the name Cymri, by which the Welsh called themselves. The early Britons retreated to this section of country when successive invaders forced them from their original lands, and neither Romans nor Saxons were successful in bringing them into subjection. It was not till they began to fight among themselves that they were subjugated by the Mercians under King Offa. The boundary from the mouth of the river Dee to the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn was called "Offa's Dike." The Danes did not invade Wales as they did other sections of Britain, and the Welsh had their own princely rulers and were governed by their own laws till the reign of Edward I. At that period one of their princes lost his dominions to this king, and in order to make the Welsh people more reconciled to a foreign ruler, he promised them a prince who should be born in Wales and know no other language. Then he sent his queen to Carnarvon, and there she gave birth to a son, who was the Prince of Wales promised them. And from that time the oldest son of the King of England bears this title and draws certain revenues from Wales. The Welsh people have kept certain of their characteristics through all their periods of struggle for national life. On all sides are remains of the Druids and their worship, Roman for...

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