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Two trifling streams afterwards empty themselves into the Ystwith from the south-west, when, winding its course past Tan-y-Castell, it receives the tributary Paith at Rhyd­y-velin, and thence takes its course round the base of Pen­dinas hill, and falls into the Rheidol a little above where that river meets the sea, and gives its name to the town of Aberystwith.

ABERYSTWITH HARBOUR.

In the year 1780, the inhabitants of Aberystwith obtained an Act of Parliament, 20 Geo. 111. cap. 26, to "repair, enlarge, and preserve", their port. The harbour appears to have been in a very bad state at that time, and is described in the act as in great danger of being lost or destroyed ; a bank of sand at the mouth is represented as the great cause of injury to the trade of the port. Under the act, the trustees and their successors are empowered to levy duties upon articles landed within the limits of the port, and to borrow on tallies of £50 each, a sure exceeding £4000, upon the credit of the harbour dues, in order to carry into effect the improvement of the harbour. It also vests in the trustees all waste or common land between the bridge at Aberystwith and the sea on both sides of the harbour, to the distance of forty feet from high-water mark. In virtue of these powers, about the year 1806, a pier was attempted to be built on the low ridge of rocks called the Weeg, at the end of Pier Street, as a refuge for fishing boats ; but it appears to have been designed on too small a scale to be efficient ; and having been constructed of dry stone, has long since disappeared, leaving a standing debt of £825.
A subsequent Act of Parliament was obtained, 6 Geo. IV., cap. 41, to "alter and amend the previous act, with power to borrow any sum not exceeding £20,000" on the credit of a new scale of tolls, for the same object as the prior act.
In the year 1830, the trustees consulted the late Mr,

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New Guide To Aberystwyth and its Environs; comprising Notices, Historical and Descriptive, of the Principal Objects of Interest in the Town and Neighbourhood. By Thomas Owen Morgan, Esq. etc., etc., etc.
With Illustrations. Third edition, carefully revised.
ABERYSTWITH: Printed and published by J. Cox, Pier Street; and to be had of Messers. Whittaker and co., London 1858

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