CORWEN (" the

See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

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• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir ")  , a market town of Merionethshire, Wales, on branches of the London & North Western and the Great Western railways; ro m. from Llangollen, through the Glyn Dyfrdwy (Dee Vale) . Pop . (1901) 2680 . Telford's road, raised on the lower Berwyn range side and overlooking the Dee, opens up the picturesqueness of Corwen, historically interesting from the reminiscences of Wales's last struggle for independence under Owen Glendower . In the old parish church was traditionally Owen's pew; his knife, fork and dagger, are at the neighbouring Rug (Rhiig) ; his palace, 3 M. distant at Sychnant (dry stream) . Here is the church dedicated to St Julian, archbishop of St David's (d . 1009), with " the college," an almshouse endowed by William Eyton of Plas Warren, Shropshire . The old British fort, Caer Drewyn, one of a chain of forts from Dyserth to Canwyd, is the supposed scene of Glen-dower's retreat under Henry IV., and here ! Owen Cwynedd is said to have prepared to repulse Henry II . To the N.E. are the Clwyd hills; to the S. the Berwyn range, to the S.W . Arran 1\/Iawddy and Cadair (Cader) Idris; to the W. the two Arenigs; to the N.W . Snowdon .

Corwen is a favourite station for artists and anglers . Besides the Dee, there are several streamlets, such as the Trystion, which forms the Rhaiadr Cynwyd (

waterfall), the Ceudiog, and the Alwen .