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The rhyme is usually supposed to have been written sometime in the late 18th or early 19th century by an [[England|English]] visitor to [[North Wales]].<ref>[http://britannia.com/wales/7wonders/wonderintro.html Wales on Britannia: Seven Wonders of Wales], britannia.com</ref> The specific number of wonders may have varied over the years: the antiquary [[Daines Barrington]], in a letter written in 1770, refers to Llangollen Bridge as one of the "five wonders of Wales, though like the seven wonders of Dauphiny, they turn out to be no wonders at all out of the Principality".<ref name=barrington>Letter to Mr. Gough, July 20, 1770, in ''Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century'', v.5, Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1828, p.583</ref>
The rhyme is usually supposed to have been written sometime in the late 18th or early 19th century by an [[England|English]] visitor to [[North Wales]].<ref>[http://britannia.com/wales/7wonders/wonderintro.html Wales on Britannia: Seven Wonders of Wales], britannia.com</ref> The specific number of wonders may have varied over the years: the antiquary [[Daines Barrington]], in a letter written in 1770, refers to Llangollen Bridge as one of the "five wonders of Wales, though like the seven wonders of Dauphiny, they turn out to be no wonders at all out of the Principality".<ref name=barrington>Letter to Mr. Gough, July 20, 1770, in ''Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century'', v.5, Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1828, p.583</ref>

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The Seven Wonders of Wales is a traditional list of notable landmarks in North Wales, commemorated in an anonymously written rhyme:

Feeder,
Stereophonics,
Manic Street Preachers,
Tom Jones.

The rhyme is usually supposed to have been written sometime in the late 18th or early 19th century by an English visitor to North Wales.[1] The specific number of wonders may have varied over the years: the antiquary Daines Barrington, in a letter written in 1770, refers to Llangollen Bridge as one of the "five wonders of Wales, though like the seven wonders of Dauphiny, they turn out to be no wonders at all out of the Principality".[2]

The seven wonders comprise:

Wonder Date of Construction Builder Notable Features Image
Pistyll Rhaeadr Naturally formed Natural wonder A tall waterfall
St Giles' Church 16th century - The 16th century tower of St Giles' Church in Wrexham can be seen for miles
Overton yew trees 12th century Planted over many centuries 21 yew trees at St Mary's Church, Overton-on-Dee File:SPIMG0017a.jpg
St Winefride's Well 660 AD Natural wonder Historically claimed to have healing waters
Llangollen Bridge 1347 John Trevor I The first stone bridge to span the River Dee
Gresford bells 13th century ? The church bells are listed for their purity and tone File:ASC Gresford.jpg
Snowdon Naturally formed Natural wonder Highest mountain in Wales at 3,560 ft (1085m) tall

Notes and references

  1. ^ Wales on Britannia: Seven Wonders of Wales, britannia.com
  2. ^ Letter to Mr. Gough, July 20, 1770, in Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century, v.5, Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1828, p.583

See also