Welsh Historical Research

01/03/2021

24/02/2021

What is it about Wales wild and mysterious landscape, and the ancient churches you stumble across, every few miles, which seem so intimately connected with it? Churches that time forgot; churches set in circular llan, protected by trees much older still. Churches that seem at one with the elements;....

24/02/2021

Discovering old Welsh houses. A project to identify and date old Welsh houses from the tree ring dating of timbers used in their construction.A  Library of Dendronchronlogy dating Reports, Architetchtural Building Reports and House Histories

04/11/2020

COUNTESS OF LISBURNE, CROSSWOOD. ALICE, COUNTESS AMHERST. LADY ENID VAUGHAN. LADY WEBLEY-PARRY-PRYSE, GOGERDDAN. LADY HILLS-JOHNES OF DOLAUCOTHY. MRS. HERBERT DAVIES-EVANS, HIGHMEAD. MRS. WILLIAM BEAUCLERK POWELL, NANTEOS. [V]

04/06/2020

Angharad Tomos It’s the detail that gets you – the old woman outside the house before they left, the army officer who could not pronounce Welsh place-names, the man whose home was blown up. They all add up to the memories of a community that was displaced. Displaced communities are …

01/03/2020

08/08/2019

Imagine a long-forgotten ancient woodland restored into a sanctuary for wildlife, barren fields transformed into vibrant young woodland, and an abandoned shack resurrected into a secure home for its resident barn owl - all against the breathtaking backdrop of Swansea's famous bay, with views across to Mumbles lighthouse.

This is our vision for Brynau Wood in Wales and its surrounding farmland. With your help we can restore this incredible ancient woodland into a haven for wildlife and allow it to flourish and thrive.

Help us save Brynau Wood: http://www.woodlandtru.st/BNH11

07/09/2018

If you're a fan of Victorian mystery and suspense novels, pop along to the Castle this coming Saturday 8th 11am - 3pm to meet a local author Greg Howes. You'll have the opportunity to buy one of his newly released novels and get it signed by Greg. Hope you can pop along and lend your support to a local author.

04/08/2018

🏰Carew Castle and Tidal Mill Summer Fayre
📅Sunday 5 August 10am-5pm
🍲Locally produced crafts, art and tasty treats.
🎶Live music and loads of family-friendly activities!
🎟️Fayre included FREE in normal admission fee. Small charge for some activities.

🏰Ffair Haf Castell a Melin Heli Caeriw
📅Dydd Sul 5 Awst 10am-5pm
🍲Crefftau, celf a danteithion blasus a gynhyrchwyd yn lleol.
🎶Cerddoriaeth fyw a digonedd o weithgareddau i’r teulu.
🎟️Ffair yn gynwysedig yn RHAD AC AM DDIM yn y pris mynediad arferol. Codir tâl bychan am rai gweithgareddau.

27/03/2018

Wrexham Lager Brewery by Dave Edwards. This account is intended to supplement the existing account of Wrexham Lager Brewery to be found on this website. Wrexham has been noted for its beer since medieval times, [more]

03/11/2017

The cosy autumn evenings have arrived and it’s time to cwtsh up with a good book. Local authors will be signing their books at a series of book fairs in Carmarthenshire Libraries this autumn. Visitors to the three main libraries will have a chance to meet the writers and get books signed for themsel...

20/10/2017

Ffair lyfrau yn Llyfrgelloedd Sir Gâr / Book fairs at Carmarthenshire Libraries📘📕📗

07/10/2017

A Book Fair for local authors to be held in Carmarthen.

09/09/2017

In case you missed the point...

18/11/2016

Celebrate the publication by Parthian Books of this evocative collection of Ethel Ross’ photographs

05/10/2016

In July, I explored a site I last visited over 15 years ago. In a hidden corner of coastal Carmarthenshire, located on south-sloping ground close to where the river Cowyn flows into the Taf estuary…

05/10/2016

Street scene, with a blacksmith shoeing a horse. Llanfo...

05/10/2016

A coachman with an 'unusual' passenger outsid...

05/10/2016

01/10/2016

I’ve previous posted about the awesome bishop’s castle of Llawhaden here. Recently, I got to revisit and this time I got the opportunity to explore the nearby site of the Llawhaden hosp…

23/09/2016

What a fun archaeodeath day! First up, I did some work at home on the paper I am writing: a bit of a departure for me that has come from circumstances and enthusiasm; I’m writing up an articl…

21/09/2016

No, I’m not descending into ‘Carry On Archaeology’, I assure you this is a legitimate research question. Let me explain why. Yesterday, I posted about the ‘naked Viking& #821…

11/09/2016

Explore our map showing the major Celtic tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest

08/09/2016

Very pleased to be investigating Newton House Dinefwr on the 15th of October.
They only allow paranormal groups in in the month of October so it isn't a place that gets investigated often.
We have two types of tickets available.
One for the investigation and one for the investigation with a sleep over.
Tickets are available at www.ghostgeeks.co.uk and spaces are limited so don't delay get your ticket today.

04/09/2016

I recently visited a Welsh churchyard where I saw a monument that reflected on the careful strategies involved in pulling down ‘dangerous’ memorials and their natural collapse. In this …

04/09/2016

I’m a regular visitor to Rhuddlan Castle, which in many ways is a superior example of Cadw castle heritage experience for me and my kids in North Wales. Recently, I visited with 4 of my offsp…

24/08/2016

Plans for an archives and modern records centre are nearly complete following funding approval.

01/04/2016

Last week I found myself coming face-to-face with a long-lost medieval incised effigial slab: a unique memorial quite possibly of an abbot of Valle Crucis. In this post I provide only a brief and i…

24/03/2016

Back at the Pillar of Eliseg again, this time accompanying University of Chester Computer Science student Matt Williams together with colleagues Paty and Ruth and visiting Portuguese scholar Bruno.…

24/03/2016

Do casts of early medieval stones dream of fibre glass sheep? Today I revisited the Pillar of Eliseg with colleagues and a University of Chester Computer Science student to photograph it with a dro…