Welsh Journals

cultivation over a long period. The township is crossed by no less than four roads, coming from Gwarthlow, Brompton, Cwm Bromley and Draen-llwyn-Elen respec- tively, and all converging on the county town. In the days of turnpike gates the tolls were collected at Penbryn Turn and Pwllpydr. II. Rhiston (Ristune) During recent years Rhiston has been closely associated with Brompton, the two together constituting a separate parish for all civil pur- poses Rhiston's individuality is therefore liable to be overlooked. The boundary between them is, however, clearly defined by the Lack Brook, which flows through Offa's Dyke near Little Brompton and joins the Ceibut- rach at the. Brickyard, while for its western frontier it has nearly a mile and a quarter of the Dyke itself. Rhiston has an even surface and is sheltered on the north side by several woods, the largest of which is Rockley Wood. At present this only comes within about a mile of Rockley it was probably much larger at one time. The woods of Ristune are, indeed, specially mentioned in Domesday, the entry reading Silva XXX porcis incrassandis." The principal farms in the township are Rhiston, Rockley, Upper and Lower Gwarthlow and Cae Prior. The last-named was doubtless a possession of the Augustinian Priory at Chirbury, little over a mile distant. III. Brompton (Lach) is a compact oblong area two and a quarter miles long and half a mile wide. Its southern boundary is formed by the Ceibutrach from Melin-y-wern to Churchstoke Brickyard, and within a quarter of a mile of the stream is the excellent road to Kerry and Newtown. One of the Pentrehyling fields