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ISBN: 9781912631193 Publication Date November 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 200x212 mm, 168 pages Language: English A book...

Description No artist has been more committed to recording and interpreting such environments as places of industry and the gaunt and mournful rema...

Description John Parker held the living of two parishes either side of the Welsh border, first at Llanmerewig near Newtown and later at Llanyblodwe...

Description Nuclear technology is an amazing feat of human ingenuity, yet with its incredibly destructive power and the highly radioactive waste th...

Description The Golden Valley is an exploration and a celebration of a small south Wales valley. The site of ancient tombs and settlements, its rur...

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

Description Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corne...

Description This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing ...

Description A Hardy Breed is a collection of 120 black and white photographs celebrating shepherding and sheep farming in mid and north Wales. An i...

ISBN: 9781786833471 Publication Date November 2018Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff Format: Paperback, 216x138 ...

Description There are so many amazing stories associated with the ancient pubs of Wales: some of them true, some of them exaggerated and some of th...

Description A new version of the magisterial volume on Welsh history, with information extending from the ice-age to the current period. Includes a...

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

Description The first detailed study of Thomas Rees' background and the part he played in the mid-19th century Rebecca Riots in west Wales. Events ...

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

Description Fascinating volume of history, shedding light on the lead mining industry in Ceredigion and shipping from Aberystwyth, through the stor...

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

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

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 This volume reveals the long and dramatic history of one of Wales's most popular towns, from the arrival of its first visitors, twelve ...

Description Rhys ap Gruffydd stands out as a prince of unusual talent, vision and insight. A native ruler, he was an astute politician, a zealous r...

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 history of the Welsh love of hymn singing, and of how hymns and the religious movements and revivals of which they were part fired ...

Description Oakhurst: the story of a country house, the latest in a series of books and booklets on the history of Oswestry by John Pryce-Jones, ha...

Description Bridges have always been required to ease the passage of people and goods from the earliest of times. In this book are described steppi...

Description This book is designed to support poor readers by giving them overtly adult material but where the language has been calculated using a ...

Description Philip Hume's book provides a richly-illustrated history of the medieval Mortimer family of Wigmore in north Herefordshire, with a focu...

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

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 This book traces the remarkable and sometimes hazardous rise of a Welsh family of the Anglo-Welsh borderland, from relatively humble or...

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 Ieuan Morris' striking images and fascinating accompanying text throw new light on one of Wales' most stunning regions, leading readers...

Description The forgotten Manor of Talerddig reached along the watershed of Montgomeryshire from Pont Llogel in the north to Clywedog in the south....

ISBN: 9781871184310 Publication Date October 2008Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Aberystwyth Format: ...

Description A brief popular history of the Welsh protest against the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in Caernarfon in 1969. Placar...

Description A collection of letters written by John Barnard Jenkins while in prison for masterminding MAC's Welsh bombing campaign - reprint of the...

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

ISBN: 9781783160143 Publication Date January 2014Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff Format: Paperback, 234x156 m...

Description The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette tells the tale (through poetry, dialogue and historical records) of the author's great-grandmother's c...

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

Description Sara John presents us with an eclectic collection of tantalising tales originating from the author's childhood in South Wales during th...

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

Description This volume describes the development of religious thought in Wales between 1760 and 1900. Although the emphasis is on religious though...

Description Change intrudes into the remote valleys of the Black Mountains. What will happen to life there, and to grieving farmer's daughter Beth,...

Description An extremely comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the castle under Wales' native rulers (c.1066-1283)...