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COLLECTIONS
HISTORICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Relating to
MONTGOMERYSHIRE
and its Borders.
Issued by the Powys-land Club for the use of its Members.
Vol. XXIX (29)
Publ.
London:
Pringed for the Club by
The Bedford Press, 20 and 21, Bedfordbury, W. C
1896
CONTENTS
 
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For the Original Purpose of the Formation of the Club, and the Rules and Amended Rules, see vol. xvii, pp. viii to xiv. 310
List of Members vi
Report of the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting x
Report of the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting xix
Obituary of Members of the Powys-land Club, 1895 and 1896 xxxiii
List of Literary Societies with which the Powys-land Club exchanges publications xxxiv
Defodau Powys (The Customs of Powys).  Copied by Mr. Charles Ashton; translated by Mr. J. E. Lloyd 1
Montgomeryshire Records; Enrolment of Exchequer Pleas 28
Myddelton Deeds at Chirk Castlle 57
Montgomeryshire Folk-lore.  By the Rev. Elias Owen, M. A., F.S.A.
     - Llanymynech Hill - 68
     - Animal Folk-Lore - 72
     - A Ghost Story - 72
     - Three Crows - 73
68
Place-Names of Newtown and Neighbourhood.  By Robert Owen 75
Offa's Dyke.  By the Rev. Elias Owen, M. A., F.S.A.-
     - The Lecture - 93
     - Offa - 94
     - The Historical Evidence - 94
     - Two Dykes - Offa's Dyke and Wat's Dyke - 96
     - Different Names given to the Dykes - 97
     - Various Reasons given for erecting the Dyke - 99
     - When were the Welsh Dykes erected - 101
     - The Description of the Dyke - 106
     - Is the Dyke an Ethnological and Linguistic Separation of the Celt and the Saxxon? - 110
     - Conclusion - 111
93
Rodney's Pillar, i.  By Archdeacon Thomas, M.A., F. S. A. 113
Fungi in the Powys-land District to be found on Trees - By the Rev. J. E. Vize, M. A. 132
Powysiana
     - LXXXII - 155
     - LXXXIII - 157
155
Review - The Works of the Rev. Griffith Edwards 159
Welsh Pool and Powys-land: A History of the Town and Borough of Welsh Pool, and the surrounding District.  By Robert Owen, Esq.
     - Introductory - 161
     - Ancient Powys - 166
     - Ecclesiastical Settlements - 178
     - The Tribe of Brochwel - 193
     - The House of Mervyn - 208
     - The House of Cynvyn - 221
     - The Princes of Upper Powys - 230
     - Feudal Times - 257
     - Modern Times - 274
161
Montgomeryshire Follk-Lore.  By the Rev. Elias Owen, F. S. A.
     - Divination - 289
     - Animal Folk-Lore - 290
     - Social Folk-Lore - 292
     - Folk Rymes - 294
289
The Lingen-Burtons of Longner, near Shrewsbury.  By the Rev. Geo. Sandford, Pant Purlas, Llandrindod 297
Principal Rhys of Powys-land 303
Nobility and Gentry related unto the County of Montgomery 316
Powysiania
     - LXXXIV. Thomas Herbert, his Petition to General Cromwell - 319
     - LXXXV. Hugh Owen, M. D.- 320
     - LXXXVI.  Humphrey Lloyd, Esq., of Aberbechan - 320
     - LXXXVII.  Margaret, the second daughter of that name, of Lewys Jones, Esq., of Bishop's Castle - 320
     - LXXXVIII.  Sir Arthur and Col. John Blayney - 322
     - LXXXIX.  Bishop William Morgan - 322
 
Obituary Notices
     - Rev. William Valentine Lloyd, M. A., R. N., F. R. G. S. - 323
     - C. W. Williams-Wynn, Esq., M. A., of Coedymain - 328
     - Colonel G. H. Lloyd-Verney, of Clochfaen - 330
     - Colonel Robert John Harrison, of Caerhowel - 332
323
Rodney's Pillar, ii.  By Archdeacon Thomas, M. A., F.S.A. 334
Berriew Church 351
Newtown Rood-Loft 352
SUPPLEMENT. - Montgomeryshire Records 1 to 64

ILLUSTRATIONS
 
Ancient Trackway passing through Offa's Dyke 107
Mound at South End of Offa's Dyke 108
Offa's Dyke by Gwalia, Llanymynech Hill 109
Section of Offa's Dyke, showing Wall on Top 110
Secton of Offa's Dyke, Llanymynech Hill 110
Rodney's Pillar 112
Rodney's Pillar as it is, 1895 129
View from the Castle, Welsh Pool 161
Arms of Cunedda Wledig 170
The Old Church, Welshpool 189
Maen Beuno, near Berriew 192
Arms of Rhodri Mawr ab Mervyn 208
Arms of Bleddyn ab Cynvyn 223
Arms of Madoc ab Maredydd 230
Seal of Hawys, Lady Powys 245
Seal of the Borough of  Welsh Pool 265
Powis Castle 274
Portrait of the Rev. William Valentine Lloyd, M.A., R.N., F.R.G.S. 323
Rodney's Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral 334


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