COLWYN

BAY  , a watering-place of Denbighshire, N . Wales, on the Irish Sea, 402 M. from Chester by the London & North-Western railway . Pop. of urban district of Colwyn Bay and Colwyn (1901) 8689 . Colwyn Bay has become a favourite bathing-place, being near to, and cheaper than, the fashionable Llandudno, and being a centre for picturesque excursions . Near it is Llaneilian village, famous for its " cursing well " (St Ellian's, perhaps Aelianus') . The stream Colwyn joins the Gwynnant . The name Colwyn is that of lords of Ardudwy; a Lord Colwyn of Ardudwy, in the loth century, is believed to have repaired Harlech castle, and is considered the founder of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales . Nant Colwyn is on the road from Carnarvon to Beddgelert, beyond Llyn y gader (gadair), " chair pool," and what tourists have. fancifully called Pitt's head, a roadside rock resembling, or thought to resemble, the great statesman's profile . Near this is Llyn y dywarchen (sod pool), with a floating island .