The Itinerary in Wales of John Leland in or about the Years 1536-1539; Extracted from His Mss by J.. details from sapnaonline

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. 1906 Excerpt: ...woode at Perskillye an viii. miles from S. David, bytwixt Fischard' and it, and moch better at Treugarn g a 4. miles f There appere in dyvers partes of Pebidiauc hilles and dikes with bulwarkes of yerth as campes of men of warre or closures for catelle. The soile of Pebidiauc is stony, yet there is meatly good corne. There is plenty of fisch bycause of the crekes. S. Davidislande. fo. 29. S. David-Land beginnith at Newgulleb a crek servid with bak fresche water. There is a bay afore this creke betwixt it and Milforde. There be divers other litle crekittes betwixte Newgalle and S. David Hedde, and againe betwixte S. David and Fischard' beside them that be written of heere. Newgull 6. Word supplied by Dr. J. G. Evans. t Foot of page torn. Rhds, ignorantly written Rowse and Roose. b Pebidiog. c Clegir Voia. Boia, a man's name, is stupidly confounded in the Ordnance map with the adjective mwya. Porth Mawr, at St. David's Head. e Cf. Preseleu Forest on the West Clefciv. Fishguard. s Trevgarn, fourteen miles west of St. David's, on the Clefciv. h Newgale. mile from S. David in the midde way betwixt Herford" and PembrokeS. David. 8hlre. A 4. miles from Newgal upward on the shore is Solvach, otherwise Salverach, a smaul creke for ballingars and fischar botes. And hither resortith a litle fresch water. Thens to Porte Clays 3. miles, a litle havenlet, wither Alen that rennith thorough S. David Close cummith. This Porte Clais lyith a myle south weste from S. David. About a mile of is Port Maure, where is a greate sande with a shorte estuary into the lande. S. Stinans b Chapel is a mile strait weste from S. Davids, and ther is the Pass to Ramesey a myle of by water. This chapel is betuixt Portclais and Porth Maur.c Then to Pendewi or S. David Hedde half a mile. To...