Little England
In talk about the fine stretch of coast scenery about St. David's Head, for which the National Trust seeks funds, the phrase " Little England beyond Wales " has been freely used, and doubtless roughly used. Has this " Little England " a definite boundary? It might be called Little Flanders. The origin is the settlement of a Flemish colony there to the end of keeping the Welsh in order, and one may still find symptoms of the old hostility. There are folk who dislike to talk Welsh or be thought Welsh and folk who dislike to talk English or be thought English. A line of castles and castle ruins more or less indicates a part of the boundary of the " Little England " district; but there is none perhaps near enough—not even Roch Castle—to indicate whether or no St. David's comes within the term.
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