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1880s In Wales
{, class="infobox" id="toc" , - , align="left" , 1870s in Wales, 1870s , 1890s in Wales, 1890s , List of years in Wales, Other years in Wales , - , , 1880s, Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1880–1889 to Wales and Welsh people, its people. Incumbents *Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – David Griffiths (Clwydfardd), Clwydfardd Events *1880 in Wales, 1880 *1881 in Wales, 1881 *1882 in Wales, 1882 *1883 in Wales, 1883 *1884 in Wales, 1884 *1885 in Wales, 1885 *1886 in Wales, 1886 *1887 in Wales, 1887 *1888 in Wales, 1888 *1889 in Wales, 1889 Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales *1880 – Caernarfon *1881 – Merthyr Tydfil **Chair – Evan Rees (Archdruid), Evan Rees ("Dyfed") **Crown – Watkin Hezekiah Williams *1882 – Denbigh **Chair – ''withheld'' **Crown – Dafydd Rees Williams *1883 – Cardiff **Chair – ''withheld'' **Crown – Anna Walter Thomas *1884 – Liverpool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870s In Wales
{, class="infobox" id="toc" , - , align="left" , 1860s in Wales, 1860s , 1880s in Wales, 1880s , List of years in Wales, Other years in Wales , - , , 1870s, Other events of the decade This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1870–1879 to Wales and Welsh people, its people. Incumbents *Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – David Griffiths (Clwydfardd), Clwydfardd (from 1876) Events *1870 in Wales, 1870 *1871 in Wales, 1871 *1872 in Wales, 1872 *1873 in Wales, 1873 *1874 in Wales, 1874 *1875 in Wales, 1875 *1876 in Wales, 1876 *1877 in Wales, 1877 *1878 in Wales, 1878 *1879 in Wales, 1879 Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales – no National Eisteddfod officially took place during this decade. 1872 – William Thomas (Islwyn) wins a bardic chair at Rhyl. 1874 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Caerphilly. 1877 – Islwyn wins a bardic chair at Treherbert. New books *R. D. Blackmore – ''The Maid of Sker'' (1872) *Rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1888 to Wales and its people. Incumbents *Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Richard Davies *Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk *Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves *Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Edward Pryse (until 29 May); Herbert Davies-Evans (from 16 July) *Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor * Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West *Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes *Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot *Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Robert Davies Pryce *Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort *Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis *Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington *Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davies (poet)
Richard Davies may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (1833–1877), poet in the Welsh language * Richard Davies (American actor) (1915–1994), American film actor * Richard Davies (Australian actor) * Richard Davies (Welsh actor) (1926–2015), Welsh actor * Richard Davies (writer) (born 1950), English writer and actor * Richard Davies (Tru Calling), fictional TV character * Richard Davies (musician) (born 1964), Australian singer-songwriter * Richard Michael Davies, better known as Dik Mik, synthesizer player for Hawkwind * Rick Davies (musician), multi-instrumentalist and member of Amoeba * Rick Davies (Richard Davies, born 1944), British musician, vocalist for Supertramp * Ritchie Davies (born 1971), Welsh professional darts player Sports * Richard Davies (cricketer) (born 1954), former English cricketer * Richard Davies (footballer) (born 1990), footballer playing for Barrow AFC * Rick Davies (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith Tecwyn Parry
Griffith may refer to: People * Griffith (name) * Griffith (surname) * Griffith (given name) Places Antarctica * Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency * Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Ridge, Victoria Land * Griffith Nunataks, Victoria Land * Griffith Island Australia * Griffith, New South Wales, a city * City of Griffith, a local government area which includes Griffith, New South Wales * Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Division of Griffith, a parliamentary electorate in Queensland Canada * Griffith Island (Georgian Bay), Ontario * Griffith Island (Nunavut) United States * Griffith Park, a public park in Los Angeles, California * Griffith, Indiana, a town and suburb of Chicago * Griffith Lake, Vermont * Griffith, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Griffith Peak, Nevada * Griffith Quarry, near Penryn, California Education * Griffith Institute, Oxford, Great Britain * Griffith Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdare
Aberdare ( ; cy, Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tydfil, north-west of Cardiff and east-north-east of Swansea. During the 19th century it became a thriving industrial settlement, which was also notable for the vitality of its cultural life and as an important publishing centre. Etymology The name ''Aberdare'' means "mouth/confluence of the river dare", as the town is located where the Dare river ( cy, Afon Dâr) meets the Cynon ( cy, afon Cynon). While the town's Welsh spelling uses formal conventions, the English spelling of the name reflects the town's pronunciation in the local Gwenhwyseg dialect of South East Wales. ''Dâr'' is an archaic Welsh word for oaks (the plural of ''derwen''), and the valley was noted for its large and fine oaks as late as the nineteenth century. In ancien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Walter Thomas
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Vorone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Rees Williams
Dafydd is a Welsh masculine given name, related to David, and more rarely a surname. People so named include: Given name Medieval era :''Ordered chronologically'' * Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145-1203), Prince of Gwynedd * Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales ** Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd * Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320–c. 1350/1370), Welsh poet * Dafydd ap Llywelyn (1215–1246), Prince of Gwynedd and first Prince of Wales ** Dafydd ap Dafydd ap Llywelyn (born between 1240 and 1246-?), illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Llywelyn * Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd (fl. 1340-1390), Welsh poet * Dafydd Benfras (fl. 1230-1260), Welsh court poet * Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug (died 1371), Welsh poet, grammarian and cleric * Dafydd Gam (1380-1415), Welsh soldier and nobleman who died at the Battle of Agincourt * Dafydd ab Ieuan or David Holbache (died 1422/3), Welsh politician * Dafydd Gorlech (c. 1410-c. 1490), Welsh poet * Dafydd Llwyd a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denbigh
Denbigh (; cy, Dinbych; ) is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly, the county town, the Welsh name translates to "Little Fortress"; a reference to its historic castle. Denbigh lies near the Clwydian Hills. History Denbigh Castle, together with its town walls, was built in 1282 by order of King Edward I. The Burgess Gate, whose twin towers adorn the symbol on Denbigh's civic seal, was once the main entrance into the town. The first borough charter was granted to Denbigh in 1290, when the town was still contained within the old town walls. It was the centre of the Marcher Lordship of Denbigh. The town was involved in the revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294–1295; the castle was captured in the autumn, and on 11 November 1294 a relieving force was defeated by the Welsh rebels. The town was recaptured by Edward I in December. Denbigh was also burnt in 1400 during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr. During the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), the town was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watkin Hezekiah Williams
Watkin Hezekiah Williams (1844–1905), known as Watcyn Wyn, was a Welsh schoolmaster and poet. Early life Born on 7 March 1844 at his mother's home at Ddolgam, in the Llynfell valley, Carmarthenshire, was the son of Hezekiah and Ann Williams. He was brought up, the second of a family of ten, on his father's farm of Cwmgarw Ganol, near Brynaman. At an early age he found employment in the coal mines then being opened up in the district, and he worked, chiefly as a collier, with occasional periods of attendance at local schools, until the age of 27. Teacher In 1870 Williams married Mary Jones of Trap, Carreg Cennen; the death of his wife in less than a year led him to leave his home and occupation. In January 1872 he entered the school of his relative, Evan Williams of Merthyr. He was soon assisting Evan Williams and his successor, J. J. Copeland. In 1874 he decided to qualify for the independent ministry; he returned home, began to preach at Gibea Chapel, and, after a preliminary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Rees (Archdruid)
Evan Rees (1 January 1850 – 19 March 1923), known by the bardic name Dyfed, was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Life Rees was born at Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, the son of James and Eunice Rees; they moved to Aberdare when he was a child and he began working in the local colliery at the age of only eight. Having moved to Cardiff, he became a Calvinistic Methodist minister at the age of 23 and gained his first National Eisteddfod victory in 1881. In 1893, Rees participated in the Eisteddfod that was held as part of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, winning the Bardic Chair and a $500 prize for a 2,000 line ''awdl'' on the set subject ''Iesu o Nazareth'' ("Jesus of Nazareth"). Rees went on to become the Archdruid of the ''Gorsedd Cymru'' and to announce the posthumous victory of Hedd Wyn at the famous 1917 "Eisteddfod of the Black Chair" in Birkenhead.Alan Llwyd Alan Llwyd (born 1948), original nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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