The Severn valley: a series of sketches, descriptive and pictorial, of the course of the Severn: containing notices of its topographical, industrial, and geological features; with glances at its historical and legendary associations (1862)
Randall, John, 1810-1910 · London, J. S. Virtue · leaf 269
CHAPTER XXI. Lydney — Etymology of the Name — Wiatonr's Leap — Roman Remains — Alviugton — Berkeley and Berkeley Castle — Tiddenham — OfFa's Dyke — Beachley— Aust Cliff— The Meeting Place of Edward and Llewellyn- Ancient Apologue of the Severn, the Wye, and the Rheidol. … and the inhabitants affirm that although the river is at present but half a mile in width^ whilst it is a mile and three quarters at Frampton Lake above^ and two and a half below^ it was formerly much wider than at present^ and that a large tract has been recovered from its bed. Lydney was formerly…
Severn River Valley (Wales and England) -- Description and travel
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