Many visitors to the enormous Edward I built castle, Conwy Castle, are perhaps not aware that, just a short distance away across the estuary, lie the remnants of arguably the Kingdom of…
Tag: Medieval History
Rhodri Mawr – Uniting Mannin & Cymru
Though the native tongue of Mannin is Gaelg (Manx) and it is far more similar to Gaeilge (Irish) and Gàidhlig (Scottish) than it is to Cymraeg (Welsh), Brezhoneg (Breton) and Kernewek, there…
Sorry, Telegraph: Lampeter Not Boring
Does anyone actually read The Telegraph? Some Lampeter History Advertisement I noticed that Llanbedr Pont Steffan (Lampeter), Ceredigion, had recently been named by the newspaper as the seventh most boring town in…
Eglwys Llanbadrig, Ynys Môn
Eglwys Llanbadrig is a Welsh church in Llanbadrig, Ynys Môn, that claims to be among the oldest in all of Cymru. Advertisement The Church is known in English as St. Padrig’s Church…
Origins of the Welsh Marches & the Marcher Lords – Welsh Histories
Did you know that, immediately following the Conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, he appointed three of his most trusted devotees to contain and subdue the Welsh? Who Were…