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Tag: 19th Century History
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The Extent of the South Wales Coalfield
This is a map of the South Wales Coalfield from around 1944. You can see in the image just how large the coalfield was. Wales & the Coal Connection Cymru has a rich history closely tied to the mining industry, particularly coalmining. The story of Welsh coalmining is one of labour, struggle, and profound societal…
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Waterloo 210: Thomas Picton
Waterloo! Before Waterloo was a popular London Underground station and a hit ABBA song, it was most well known as arguably the most definitive battle in modern history. Today also marks 210 years since it happened on 18 June 1815. The battle took place in Waterloo, Belgium (Waterloo then a part of the Kingdom of…
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19th Century Irish Migration to Wales
It was during the 1840s when ‘an Gorta Mór‘, the Irish famine known as the “Great Hunger“, devastated Ireland and led to the drastic and tragic depopulation of the island which it, even today, has still not recovered from. Irish migration to Wales during the 19th century was almost certainly the result of the famine…
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Robert Owen: Welsh Founder of Utopian Socialism
Did you know that one of the founders of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement was a Welshman by the name of Robert Owen? Who Was Robert Owen? Owen was born in Y Drenewydd, Powys, on 14 May 1771. The hard work of his father, who was a saddler, ironmonger and post-master, no doubt inspired…
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19th Century Wales & the Rebecca Riots
In the 19th century, between the years 1839 and 1843, rural Cymru saw a series of protests known as Terfysgoedd Beca (the “Rebecca Riots”). These protests were characterised by peasants disguising themselves as women and taking to the streets to voice their grievances. Origins of the Rebecca Riots The riots were a response to several…