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LIST OF PARISHES The divisions adopted are those of the Civil Parishes in the Administrative County, following the arrangement in the Census Reports of England and Wales for the year 1911. Bala Barmouth Bettws Gwerfil Gocli Brithdir and Islaw'r Dre Corvven Dolgelly Festiniog Gwyddelwern Islaw'r Dre (see Brithdir) Llanaber Llanbedr Llandanvvg Llandderfel Llanddwywe Is y Graig Llanddwy we Uwch y Graig Llandecwyn Llandrillo Llanegryn Llanelltyd Llanenddwyn Llanfachreth Llanfair Llanfihangel y Pennant Llanfihangel y Traethau (see Talsarnau) Llanfor Llanfrothen Llangar Llangelynin Llangower Llansantffraid Glyn Dyfrdwy Llanuwchllyn Llanycil Llanymawddwy Maentwrog Mallwyd Pennal Penrhyndeudraeth Talsarnau Talyllyn Towyn Trawsfynydd
Slates from quarries in Wales once went to roof the world. By the late nineteenth century as many as a third of all the roofing slates produced worldwide came from Wales, competing with quarries in France and the United States. This book traces the industry from its origins in the Roman period, its slow medieval development and then its massive expansion in the nineteenth century – as well as through its long drawn-out decline in the twentieth.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.
Almost every class of objects and type of constructions with which the student of Welsh antiquities becomes acquainted is represented within the county of Montgomery, though in their relative importance the various classes differ widely one from another, and some types are singularly deficient in characteristic examples. LIST OF PARISHES. The divisions adopted are those of the Civil Parishes in the Administrative County, following the arrangement in Table 11 of the Census Reports of England and Wales for the year 1901. Aberhafesp Aston Bausley Berriew Bettws Cedewen Brithdir (no entries) Caereinion Fechan (no entries) Carno Carreghofa Castle Caereinion Rural Castle Caereinion Urban Castlewri...
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.
Cardiganshire County History Volume 2 is published by the University of Wales Press on behalf of the Ceredigion Historical Society, in association with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. This volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative account, written by distinguished authors in fifteen chapters, of the wide range of social, economic, political, religious and cultural forces that shaped the ethos and character of the county of Cardiganshire over a period of 600 years. This was a period of great turbulence and change. It witnessed conquest and castle-building, the impact of the Glyndŵr rebellion, the coming of the Protestant Reformation, and the tur...
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.
This book presents the results of a successful project to establish the date and social context of some of the earliest houses in Snowdonia. This partnership project between the Dating Old Welsh Houses Group and the RCAHMW involved many householders and about 200 local people in an ambitious exercise in community archaeology.