Books for adults (2)

ISBN: 9781912631070 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Hardback, 242x160 mm, 384 pages Language: English Authorised b...

Description The Welsh in North Staffordshire is a new local history book that uniquely examines Welsh migration to all parts of North Staffordshire...

Description A book that includes over 60 folk tales and a great deal of information about Welsh folk customs, according to area, including Cantre'r...

Description The discovery in the 1970s of a number of boxes containing early glass plate negatives of Montgomery provided the impetus for this long...

Description From the first student register in 1872 and early x-ray equipment to future foods and space exploration, discover fascinating stories f...

Description The story of one woman’s life in rural mid Wales at the turn of the 20th c. Despite poverty and setbacks, she climbs the ladder to beco...

Description Hugh Jones was the last traditional shepherd of the upper Tywi valley. His memoirs recalls traditions and customs that have long vanish...

Description  A volume that explores more than two thousand years of history to discover the rich, forgotten heritage of Welsh foods - from oysters ...

Description An Oswestry Miscellany comprises twenty-five chapters, each focussed on a specific aspect of Oswestry's history, including some fascina...

Description Oswestry: a local history is based upon articles written by the author for Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer, the Country Quest...

Description The history of the Trawsfynydd military camp from 1903 to 1959 is captured in this illustrated, compact book. The full story of the loc...

ISBN: 9781916468702 Publication Date February 2020Publisher: Gw. Disgrifiad/See Description, Pwllheli Edited by Y Tad Deiniol Format: Paperback, 14...

ISBN: 9781850492535 Publication Date August 2017Publisher: Gwasg Bryntirion Press, Bridgend Format: Paperback, 229x152 mm, 112 pages Language:Welsh...

ISBN: 9781845275440 Publication Date November 2016Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 215x138 mm, 366 pages Language: Welsh...

Description Following on from his volumes on the archaeology of north Wales, the Marches, and south-west Wales, this volume completes archaeologist...

Description The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry ...

Description This book examines masculinity and femininity in Wales across modern Welsh history. Contributors question what it meant to be a man and...

 Description In The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, renowned folklorists Delyth Badder and Mark Norman present an intriguing and comprehensive selection...

Description A few moments before eight o'clock on the morning of 4th April, 1862, Richard Rowlands, or Dic Rolant as he was called, husband, father...

Description A fascinating illustrated account of the industrial heritage of the town and county borough of Wrexham across the centuries. Details IS...

Description Featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris, an immersive, evocative non-fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on th...

Description In this volume, Rhys Mwyn chooses a dozen sites of archaeological and/or historical interest in north Wales, being hidden pearls that ...

Description This factual thriller details a scandal which has been described as one of the most widespread and significant miscarriages of justice ...

Description This is the first study of the early years of one of Wales's most important cultural organisations – S4C. Through a detailed study of m...

Description This book explores the history of Wales under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. It tackles subjects such as the Union of Wales and England...

Description Spanning three centuries and telling the story of three women who come to 'share' a house in Denbigh. It opens at Lleweni, just outside...

Description Written by the foremost expert on Strata Florida and drawing on the latest archaeological research, this is a concise and accessible in...

Description Matthew Yeomans seeks to answer these questions as he walks more t han 300 miles through the ancient and modern forests of Wales, los i...

Description This volume explores the various means by which historians write history. This is an introduction to historiography - the study of wri...

Description Biography of Dic Penderyn, hanged for stabbing a soldier after the 1831 Merthyr Rising – a crime later confessed to by someone else – a...

Description The Little Book of Welsh Culture is a fast-paced, fact-filled journey through the cultural heritage of Wales, exploring the rich histor...

Description The history of Tregaron and surrounding area - the people, the places and local stories. Includes pictures. Details ISBN: 9781800992634...

Description A volume that explores the religious responses of the American Welsh settlers to slavery during the period 1838-68. By using the Americ...

Description Welsh experiences from both sides of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Translated for the first time, Ioan Roberts's vivid oral history recor...

Description This book is based on a collection of papers written between 1930 and 1953 by Syr Ifan and some of yr Urdd's Central Staff to a gentlem...

Description A study of the background and contribution of Twm Carnabwth, one of the leaders of the Becca movement in west Wales in the mid-19th cen...

Description In 2020, the doors of Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant were closed by the National Trust, who are responsible for the building, and the job of warden o...

Description The history of Ukrainian town Hughesovka, a mining/steel town founded in the 1870s by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and 70 Welsh worke...

Description A selection of folklore, myths and ghost stories from Wales. Readers will find it both informative and entertaining. There are stories ...

Description A Little Gay History of Wales examines the lives, cultures and politics of ordinary LGBT men and women from the medieval period to the ...

Description Oswestry: Parish, Church and People is based on a series of articles prepared by the author for St Oswald's monthly parish magazine in ...

Description In A Second Oswestry Miscellany, John Pryce-Jones considers a wide variety of aspects of Oswestry's history, from king Oswald through t...

Description The Holy Dee, ever changing, ever constant. From her open-mouthed estuary, she follows a man-made channel, through Roman founded Cheste...

Description Wales is a land of castles. The best known are those built in the 13th century under King Edward I to defeat the native princes, but th...

Description A substantial collection of brand new and original prayers by Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, comprising over 400 prayers prepared by the auth...

Description The Lost Lines series documents a lost age of steam-train travel which thrived from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. The...

Description The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of...