Museums, archives and heritage in Ayrshire

Ayrshire, a maritime county in the SW. of Scotland, adjoining the cos. of Renfrew, Lanark, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Wigtown. It is in the shape of a crescent, with the concave side, measuring about 70 miles, adjacent to the Firth of Clyde. Its greatest breadth, across the middle, is 30 miles. Area, 1128.5 square miles. Population … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Cardiff

Cardiff, municipal and parliamentary borough, seaport, and county town of Glamorgan, at the mouth of the river Taff and on the estuary of the Severn 29 miles W. of Bristol by water and 170 miles W. of London by rail – parliamentary and municipal borough, population 82,761. In 1801 the population was only 1018; in … Read more