Ian King
I have lived in Dolgellau since 1988 and have run a town website at dolgellau.wales since 2000. Nannau.com was launched in April 2014 and this site in May 2018. I also have a Nannau Facebook Page if you want to post any comments.
Thomas Pennant “Tours of Wales”, 1883 Ed. Vol.3
“How often has not warm fancy seen the fairy tribe revel round its trunk! or may not the visionary eye have seen the Hamadryad burst from the bark of its coeval...
The Spirit’s Blasted Tree Poem
The Spirit’s Blasted Tree
Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll by the Reverend George Warrington
"Through Nannau's Chase as Howel pass'd,
A chief esteem'd both brave and kind,
Far distant bore, the stag-hounds' cry
Came murmuring on the hollow...
The Gwiber/Wyvern of Coed y Moch
The curse of the Wyvern lay like a pestilence upon the people of Coed-y-Moch. The monster hunted human being and beast alike, destroyed every living creature which it caught.
Neither strength nor...
Notable Architecture
A few of the notable buildings around Nannau
Ruins & Old Trees
Ruins & Old Trees - Associated with Memorable Events in English History by Mary Roberts (Published in 1844)
How beautiful is this wild spot, with its accompaniments of lawn and thicket, with its...
The Fairies of Llyn Cynwch
The following is taken from “The Story of Two Parishes: Dolgelley and Llanelltyd” written by T.P. Ellis and published in 1928:
The most famous of all were the fairies of Llyn Cynwch,...
The Strangling Oak of Nannau Woods
A few miles north of Dolgelly, the county town of Merioneth- shire, North Wales, in a beautifully wooded park, lies Nannau Mansion, the ancient seat of the Vaughan family.
About the end...
1958 Schedule of Contents
This is the Complete Transcript from the Schedule Of Content.
Original Scans Courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams..
HALL
1. Huw Nannau the Younger, 1588-1647. Grandson of Huw Nannau Hen. Married Anne Vaughan of Corsygedol. (died...
