Download or read book Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales written by Thomas Nicholas and published by London : Longmans, Green, Reader. This book was released on 1872 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Never Knew That About Wales written by Christopher Winn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the primetime ITV series on Great Britain, this is a spellbinding journey around Wales by bestselling author Christopher Winn. Packed full of legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, I Never Knew That About Wales visits the thirteen traditional Welsh counties and unearths the hidden gems that they each hold. Discover where history and legends happened; where people, ideas and inventions began; where dreams took flight; where famous figures were born and now rest. A glittering pantheon of writers and artists, thinkers and inventors, heroes and villains have lived and toiled in this small country. Remarkable events, noble (and dastardly) deeds and exciting adventures have all taken place with Wales as their backdrop. This book seeks out their heritage, their monuments, their memories and their secrets. You'll be able to visit Britain's smallest city, St David's with its glorious 12th-century cathedral slumbering in a sleepy hollow near the sea. Explore Britain's greatest collection of castles from the first stone fortress at Chepstow to Britain's finest concentric castle at Beaumaris and the magnificent Caernarvon, birthplace of the first Prince of Wales. Browse through the second hand book capital of the world, Hay-on-Wye, wander the glorious Gower peninsula, Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Take a trip to Fishguard, where the last invasion of Britain took place in 1797. Marvel at Thomas Telford's Menai Bridge, the world's first iron suspension bridge or Pontcysyllte, the longest bridged aqueduct in Britain. This irresistible compendium of interesting facts and good stories will give you a captivating insight into the people, ideas and events that have shaped the individual identity of every place you visit, and will have you exclaiming again and again: 'Well, I never knew that!'
Download or read book Wales A Walk Through Time Flat Holm to Brecon written by Brian E. Davies and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Brian E. Davies on a historical walk from Flat Holm to Brecon and discover Wales's rich and diverse history, some of its more colourful characters and some of its best pubs.
Download or read book Breconshire written by Christopher J. Evans and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales written by Thomas Nicholas and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book Wales A Walk Through Time Brecon to Harlech written by Brian E. Davies and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Mid Wales has changed and developed over the last century.
Download or read book Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry Their Lineage Alliances Appointments Armorial Ensigns and Residences written by Thomas Nicholas and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book C P Lewis The Champion Cricketer of South Wales written by Bob Harragan and published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Prytherch Lewis (1853-1923), quick bowler and hard hitting batsman, played an important part in the rise of Welsh cricket, despite his background in rural Carmarthenshire, away from big towns and cities. From Llandovery he went on to play for Oxford University, in 1876, at a time when that ancient institution supplied top cricketers, athletes and footballers (in two codes), to the world. He took seven for 35 in his first-ever first-class match, and was one of the first Welshmen to play for Oxford. Returning to Llandovery, he enthused cricketers and rugby players, and built up the College into a formidable sporting force. He himself played for the South Wales Cricket Club, Glamorgan’s predecessor, and represented Wales in several early international rugby matches. Later, he brought his skills as a lawyer to bear on the organisations running those two games. And long after his skills had declined, he ‘turned out’ for Carmarthenshire in Minor Counties championship cricket. Using material from a range of sources, Bob Harragan and Andrew Hignell, two specialists in Welsh cricket history, bring together – for the first time – a full tale of one of the big men in Welsh cricket and rugby.
Download or read book A History of the County of Brecknock written by Theophilus Jones and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the County of Brecknock written by Theophilus Jones and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wales A Historical Companion written by Terry Breverton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and uniquely accessible history of Wales.
Download or read book Birds in Wales written by Roger Lovegrove and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume sets out for the first time the historical and current status of all the bird species found in Wales together with their present distribution. The rugged countryside of Wales has long been a destination for successive generations of naturalists, ornithologists, oologists and, latterly, birdwatchers. Since the pioneering days of Willoughby and Ray, Pennant and Edward Llwyd, a growing number of intrepid travellers have recorded the wildlife and other natural riches of the mountains and coastlines of Wales. Despite these beginnings and the more recent twentieth century vogue for birdwatching, no volume on the birds of Wales has been produced until now to serve the increasing need for scientifically valid information for conservation purposes. In the years that have passed since the first naturalists visited Wales, changes of unimaginable scale have taken place in the Welsh countryside which have had equally dramatic impacts on the native bird communities. A succession of bird species have either been eliminated deliberately by the hand of man - mainly birds of prey - or have been dispossessed by changes in land use, the spread of industrialisation, urbanisation and pollution, trends which continue today to the increasing detriment of even some of our most familiar countryside birds. Much fine habitat remains however, and new species have come in to colonise Wales and add to the magic of its countryside. The three authors, all staff of the RSPB in Wales, have between them an accumulated experience of some 80 years of first-hand knowledge of birds in the Principality. Their knowledge and love of the birds and Wales itself makes this authoritative volume a landmark both in Welsh and ornithological publishing.
Download or read book Who s who in Wales written by Arthur Mee and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the County of Brecknock written by Theophilus Jones (Deputy Registrar of the Archdeaconry of Brecon.) and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saint Brychan King of Brycheiniog and Family Ancestors and Descendents written by Brian Daniel Starr and published by Brian Daniel Starr. This book was released on 2008 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Saint Brychan shows all his family and his wives. Lineage of his and his wives are examined, and a listing of all his children (over 40). A study of all his ancestors who are Saints, as well as all his descendents for about 5 generations who are Saints. He and his wives relationships to Saint Joseph, James first Bishop of Jerusalem, and Saint Joseph of Arimathea is studied. His descendents who are Saints lineage and their descendents are studied. Other families of Saints are shown, and there are about 40 pages of charts and text about the biblical times. In the book there are 65 ancestral charts, and many lineages shown. Lines that continued from Saint Brychan are included to about 1000 ad. and some to 1400 ad. in an attempt for the reader to find links to his or her ancestry. A gedcom is offered (computer file used to tie in the lineages used in the research)at the end of the book with over 375 Saints and 50 Popes lineages or descents contained in the file.
Download or read book Historical Memoranda of Breconshire written by John Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
