History and heritage societies and organisations in Caernarfonshire
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Wales
Museums, archives and heritage in Merioneth
Merioneth, maritime county, N. Wales, bounded N. by Carnarvonshire and Denbighshire, SE. by Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, and Cardiganshire, and W. by Cardigan Bay; greatest length, NE. to SW., 45 miles; greatest breadth, NW. to SE., 30 miles; area, 384,717 acres, population 52,038. The coast-line is alternately cliffs and stretches of sand, and the co. generally is … Read more
Libraries and archives in Merioneth
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Historic places to visit in Merioneth
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History and heritage societies and organisations in Merioneth
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Museums, archives and heritage in Brecknockshire
Brecknockshire, or Brecon, an inland county of S. Wales, bounded N. by Radnorshire, E. by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, S. by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and W. by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire; greatest length, N. and S., 38 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 33 miles; area, 460,158 acres, population 57,746. Brecknockshire is one of the most mountainous … Read more
Libraries and archives in Brecknockshire
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Woman of the waterways
From Mid Wales to the Black Country and back, Hannah Evans had a hard life on the canal system, writes Raymond Humphreys. Life could be hard for anyone sucked into the early industrial revolution. The story of my great-grandmother, Hannah Evans, illustrates this. Hannah was born in Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire in 1848, the second of the … Read more